Me (wearing a white eBay shirt) and the eBay booth folks at Comic-Con.
I was the kind of kid that never
really got the toys she wanted. It wasn't my parents'
fault - we had bills to pay. So I never got a Fisher
Price Mini-Movie Theater. I had to play with Lincoln
Logs instead of Legos. My brother and I had to use our
imaginations with our Tonka trucks instead of being
able to enjoy ourselves with expensive motorized race
tracks. And I'm a better person for it.
But now I've been reliving my childhood by buying
pop-culture finds off of an online auction house
called eBay.
Here you can buy anything from Super Deluxe
Spirographs to ultra-rare Fisher Price Pixelvision
cameras. Sometimes you'll find a real bargain, while
other times you'll find yourself caught up in a
bidding war and end up paying $20 for a stupid two-ring
Spice Girls folder.
Look here for detailed descriptions on what I actually
won on eBay. I've bought some seriously demented things.
So weird in fact that this site has been mentioned in the magazines:
Yahoo Internet Life and
The New Yorker, among others.
Also take a moment to read my column called
Absurd Auctions. I've written about
taxidermied squirrels,
airsick bags,
thrift store artists,
tarot cards,
Mr. Peanut and
Band-Aid tins.
Be sure to sign up for the
eBay Weirdness Mailing
List -- at the top of the Weird eBay Finds section if you'd
like to receive a regular list of weird stuff you can buy on eBay. I'm not joking about weird either - we're
talking taxidermy reptiles and old medical tools here!
I also make a point to put a lot of TV and movie
memorabilia on the list - so be prepared for an
onslaught of links to Planet of the Apes, Thunderbirds
and Charlies Angels!
Please go to my
eBay Weirdness Collector Group on Yahoo to chat about the things you find on eBay as well.