| Man banned from eBay for alleged shilling
LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A British man, one of eBay.com's "Titanium PowerSellers," has been permanently removed from the Web site for alleged shill bidding. Shill bidding is when the seller artificially drives up the price of an auction, The Sunday Times of London said. Eftis Paraskevaides, an antiquities dealer from Cambridgeshire, England, allegedly used his ex-wife's eBay account to drive up the prices of at least 400 items, the newspaper reported. Six users were permanently banned from the auction site after after The Sunday Times ran an investigation on shill bidding and passed the evidence on to eBay, the newspaper said. Paraskevaides antique company made around $2.7 million, making him a "Titanium PowerSeller" and one of eBay's top earners. Last month he told an undercover reporter that he was able to have business associates bid on his auctions, The Sunday Times alleged.
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Hammond Public Library users now need not wait for "Antiques Roadshow" to come to town to get real market-based information about their antiques, artwork and family treasures. The library has now subscribed to the p4A Antiques Reference database and is making it available free of charge at all Hammond Public Library locations through its Web site.The p4A Antiques Reference is used by most leading appraisers. Antiques are organized into 1,280 different classifications on subjects including furniture, glass, pottery and porcelain, paintings, prints, clocks, toys, dolls, advertising collectibles, books, autographs, lamps, silver, firearms and historical documents.The database is unique in having at least one color picture for every record. Library patrons can actually see if the item they are researching closely matches the one described in the database.FYI: (219) 931-5100, ext.
Stalder tenants want more relocation help from Riverside
By DOUG HABERMAN
The Press-Enterprise RIVERSIDE - Some tenants in the historic Stalder building on the northeast corner of Market Street and Mission Inn Avenue downtown say the city Redevelopment Agency is evicting them by March 1 but doing little to help them find new sites. .
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