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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s death on eBay: A round-up of vulture auctions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do folks capitalize on the death of Michael Jackson on eBay? Let us count the ways. If you run an underground cloning facility, you may be interested in the DNA strand of auctions that include a piece of MJ&#8217;s hair. Artists that few, or possibly no one has heard of are busy asking for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" title="MIchael Jackson and friend" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DoGXQN4XNBU/SSuKxGpsrQI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/_9Ww4bnY5YE/s400/michael-jackson-thriller.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="295" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">How do folks capitalize on the death of Michael Jackson on eBay? Let us count the ways.</p>
<p>If you run an underground cloning facility, you may be interested in the DNA strand of auctions that include a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=280364660682&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">piece of MJ&#8217;s hair</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=280364660682&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />.</p>
<p>Artists that few, or possibly no one has heard of are busy asking for big bucks if they happened to dash off an image of Jackson. After all, you&#8217;d like to drop 50 grand on a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=290327103198&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">&#8220;surrealist&#8221; oil painting</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=290327103198&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> of the 1980s-era MJ by someone calling themselves &#8220;artist,&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t you? How about if they throw in another painting called &#8220;Light House at Valcour Island in Plattsburgh Adirondack&#8221; with it?  Or what about a portrait of the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=230352595360&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">many faces of MJ in fabric</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=230352595360&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />, by &#8220;huge fan/artist Angela Chambers.&#8221;  She also intends to let it go for a $50K minimum bid. An Israeli artist morphed her face with Jackson&#8217;s in a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=260438777282&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">broken nose</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=260438777282&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> portrait that she&#8217;s asking $12,000 for.</p>
<p>On the other hand, while I&#8217;m not sure who Vinzent Massi is, this 3-foot tall <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=300326081592&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">Michael Jackson marionette</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=300326081592&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> looks kind of cool.</p>
<p>Since any jackoff can buy a domain name for pocket change and resell it to the highest bidder, just about every jackoff that knows this has purchased a Michael Jackson-related name and put it on eBay. For a minimum $2 million bid one Californian would like to sell you the macabre domain name <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=150355792714&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">michaeljacksondied.com</a><img style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=150355792714&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />. While a slightly more imaginative seller from Bowling Green, Ohio has every variation on <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=120442533866&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">michaeljacksonwalksthemoon.com</a>.  And that barely scratches the surface when it comes to potential web site addresses, there are <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%2Fitems%2F%3F_nkw%3Dmichael%2Bjackson%2Bdomain%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m270.l1313%26LH_Auction%3D1%26_sop%3D3%26_odkw%3Dmichael%2Bjackson%2Bdomain%26_osacat%3D0" target="_self">dozens, if not hundreds, of others</a><img style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />.Despite the fact that the seller is admittedly unsure that his car is the real deal, several people are bidding on a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Febaymotors%2FCadillac-Fleetwood-JACKSON-5-JACKSON-5-FAMILY-CADILLAC-MICHAEL-JACKSON-JACKSONS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a3Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c293Q3a6Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem20ac4ffa17QQitemZ140329875991QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks" target="_self">1971 Cadillac Fleetwood</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> that ostensibly belonged to the Jackson family when the boys were kids.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re lonely for Michael Jackson and wish you could have a two-dimensional reminder of him around your house like a perpetual party guest, you can bid $750,000 on a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=250457632557&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">life-sized cardboard standup</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=250457632557&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> of him from the &#8220;Bad&#8221; era.</p>
<p>While I&#8217;m not walking around with a spare $300,000 these days, I am a bit partial to this <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=110410622949&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">candid photo</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=110410622949&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />, given as a gift to a fan by one of MJ&#8217;s tour bus drivers. If you ever want to find out if a musician is a decent person or a spoiled tyrant, there&#8217;s a good chance that their tour bus driver has a strong idea.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;" title="Michael Jackson - the chilling Thriller" src="http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!BVpIPh!CGk~$(KGrHgoOKjsEjlLmVqugBKTid7Mu5Q~~_1.JPG" alt="" width="400" height="283" /></p>
<p>There&#8217;s also a cute story in an auction for a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=260437767354&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">photo MJ signed for Frank Gorshin</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=260437767354&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />, The Riddler on the Batman TV series, and longtime Vegas showman. Apparently he helped school Jackson and his family in many Vegas stage tricks in the early 1970s, and MJ called him a few times to say thanks. More details are promised to the winning bidder.</p>
<p>Seller citbit336 is certain that she has written the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=270419397705&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">first lyrics written in memory of Michael Jackson</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=270419397705&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />, that&#8217;s anyone has put up for sale on eBay, anyway. All she will share is the title — &#8220;Farewell King,&#8221; but she&#8217;s willing to reveal the rest to you for a minimum $50K bid. If you can&#8217;t go for that, she&#8217;s got lots of Mary Kay products you might like.</p>
<p>Naturally,  MJ-inspired fashions are popping up for sale. Like these <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=180376153995&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">adjustable belts</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=180376153995&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />. And a buttload of <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%2Fitems%2F%3F_nkw%3Dmichael%2Bjackson%2Bjacket%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m270.l1313%26LH_Auction%3D1%26_sop%3D3%26_odkw%3Dmichael%2Bjackson%2Bthriller%2Bjacket%26_osacat%3D0" target="_self">Beat It, Thriller and concert tour jackets</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />.</p>
<p>There are a smattering of things that the gloved one actually wore. Since hats were long one of Jackson&#8217;s essential dance props, there are several bearing his official stamp for sale. Seller jackmsell has a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=370229780777&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">signed Michael Jackson fedora</a><img style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=370229780777&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />, along with additional auctions for an autographed tour program and &#8220;other toys.&#8221; An undisclosed percentage of the proceeds will apparently go to the American Heart Association. A more audacious seller is asking $500,000 for a <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=320391584850&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">&#8220;Billie Jean hat&#8221;</a><img style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=320391584850&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" /> thrown from the stage during the 1984 &#8220;Victory&#8221; tour. Don&#8217;t care for hats? Try this $40K <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=250453894012&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">brooch</a><img style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=250453894012&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />.</p>
<p>Remember when Jackson&#8217;s hair caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial? Commemorate those days with your own rare <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=190319207007&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">Hebrew Pepsi can</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=190319207007&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />. The starting bid is only $6,000!</p>
<p>Speaking of oddities, there&#8217;s also this <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=320390822058&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg" target="_self">1984 Michael Jackson for President pin</a><img style="text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;" src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;customid=&amp;item=320390822058&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" alt="" />.</p>
<p>Phew! That&#8217;s all I can handle today.  If you&#8217;d like to further haunt yourself, try listening to these  a capella MJ songs.</p>
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<p>UPDATE: Ebay has created its own <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574728108&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336074629&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.ebay.com%2Fmichaeljackson%3FssPageName%3DSRCH%3AKNM_URLM" target="_self">Michael Jackson tribute page</a>, another good starting point if you&#8217;re looking for MJ-related auctions.</p>
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		<title>Have yourself a creepy little Christmas</title>
		<link>http://auctionchronicles.com/selling-bad-memories/have-yourself-a-creepy-little-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Selling bad memories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Blair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season for some of the most evil movie props of all time to go up for auction. Child star Harvey Stephens, who played little evil Damien Thorn in the original 1976 version of &#8220;The Omen,&#8221; has held onto the prop tricycle he rode into his on-screen mother (Lee Remick), causing her to fall [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Tis the season for some of the most evil movie props of all time to go up for auction.</p>
<p>Child star Harvey Stephens, who played little evil Damien Thorn in the original 1976 version of &#8220;The Omen,&#8221; has held onto the prop tricycle he rode into his on-screen mother (Lee Remick), causing her to fall over  a second-story banister. Four years ago, Stephens said he wouldn&#8217;t part with the piece of scary cinema history because he <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/the%20omen%20star%20keeps%20tricycle">wanted to give it to his baby daughter</a>,  but he began making public appearances with it earlier this year. The live auction will start with a $30,000 bid.</p>
<p>Hollywood dentist Henry R. Dwork wants to cash in on his little piece of film history &#8211; specifically, the molds he made for Linda Blair&#8217;s tongue extension and teeth, used in &#8220;The Exorcist.&#8221; If you were wondering, Dwork says he has also &#8220;assisted many of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stars with all their necessary cosmetic dentistry, including: Robert DeNiro (for The Deer Hunter and The Untouchables), Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman (for Marathon Man), John Belushi, Marlon Brando and Al Pacino (for the Godfather) and many more.&#8221; The doc is looking for $2,500 or best offer.</p>
<p>A seller by the name of &#8220;ectoplasm&#8221; has a number of props from the Hellraiser movies for sale, including one of the puzzle boxes used in the film, which apparently has some &#8220;secret&#8221; about it that will help the buyer verify that it&#8217;s legit. It also includes oversized corneal black contact lenses worn by &#8220;Pinhead&#8221; actor Doug Bradley, a resin bust of the creepy character, a hand-painted maquette of the &#8220;Pillar of Souls,&#8221; and a piece of prosthetic makeup that Bradley donned somewhere in between all of those shiny nails. With three days to go, the bidding currently stands at just under $1,400.</p>
<p>On the lighter side of soul suckage and cinematic carnage, the stop motion puppet used to portray Sigourney Weaver&#8217;s evil alter Hell hound ego in &#8220;Ghostbusters&#8221; is for sale. That live auction begins at $12K.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=220307273982&amp;item=220307273982" target="_blank">Original Linda Blair tongue and teeth molds from The Exorcist auction</a>.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=190271986016&amp;item=190271986016" target="_blank">Hellraiser Pinhead bust and rare movie prop puzzle box</a>.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=260318684845&amp;item=260318684845" target="_blank">Harvey Stephens Damien tricycle from The Omen auction</a>.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=230308882217&amp;item=230308882217">Terror dog stop motion puppet from Ghostbusters auction</a>.</p>
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		<title>Suspicious tines</title>
		<link>http://auctionchronicles.com/pop-culture-criticism-redux/suspicious-tines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[audacious auctions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elvis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a good while since anyone reported an Elvis sighting at Stuckey&#8217;s or Macchu Piccu, but his DNA — or crumbs once touched by his DNA — are available on a piece of flatware that is for sale on eBay. According to the story, when Elvis played a sold-out show in Johnson City, Tennessee [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a good while since anyone reported an Elvis sighting at Stuckey&#8217;s or Macchu Piccu, but his DNA — or crumbs once touched by his DNA — are available on a piece of flatware that is for sale on eBay.  According to the story, when Elvis played a sold-out show in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1976, he rented the entire floor of a nearby hotel, where fans dutifully swarmed the parking lot and tried to peek into his covered windows.</p>
<p>When plates and silverware were left outside of the King&#8217;s room, it was &#8220;MAHAM!&#8221; [sic], but at least one employee procured a single dirty fork, took it home, and gave it to his sister-in-law, who was bonkers for Elvis.  The fork in question has been wrapped in plastic ever since because &#8220;there are still particles of food on it that has dryed on it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sellers are asking for one million dollars or the best offer they can get.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=220322610074&amp;item=220322610074" target="_blank">&#8220;An actual fork Elvis Presley ate off of&#8221; auction</a>.</p>
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		<title>Please give me crabs</title>
		<link>http://auctionchronicles.com/pop-culture-criticism-redux/please-give-me-crabs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[pop culture criticism redux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bizarre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a kid in 1977, and a kid who lived on the Atlantic shoreline. And yet somehow, I missed the exciting, battery-operated game, &#8220;Crab Trap.&#8221; The tagline for the toy is &#8220;Who can catch the most crabs?&#8221; Shouldn&#8217;t toy-makers have known better? It was 1977, after all. Even worse &#8211; maybe they did. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a kid in 1977, and a kid who lived on the Atlantic shoreline. And yet somehow, I missed the exciting, battery-operated game, &#8220;Crab Trap.&#8221; The tagline for the toy is &#8220;Who can catch the most crabs?&#8221; Shouldn&#8217;t toy-makers have known better? It was 1977, after all. Even worse &#8211; maybe they did.</p>
<p>You can bid on a preserved copy of the game on eBay.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=400011542552&amp;item=400011542552" target="_blank">1977 Crab Trap auction</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Devil on the Can</title>
		<link>http://auctionchronicles.com/make-your-own-folklore/the-devil-on-the-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Art for art's sake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Make your own folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop culture criticism redux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black velvet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[painting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, there are some black velvet paintings that even Tijuana black velvet painters consider &#8220;tasteless.&#8221; While &#8220;Professional Mexican Velvet Elvis Artist from Tijuana&#8221; L. Zamora usually creates high-class renditions of Bob Marley, tigers and Elvis, he also has a stash of &#8220;less religiously-themed works&#8221; featuring nas-tay sexual acts and an apparently controversial (due to its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, there are some black velvet paintings that even Tijuana black velvet painters consider &#8220;tasteless.&#8221; While &#8220;Professional Mexican Velvet Elvis Artist from Tijuana&#8221;  L. Zamora usually creates high-class renditions of Bob Marley, tigers and Elvis, he also has a stash of &#8220;less religiously-themed works&#8221; featuring nas-tay sexual acts and an apparently controversial (due to its non-piety) image of Lucifer on the pot, currently for sale on eBay.</p>
<p>The listing describes it as &#8220;the tackiest Tijuana Black Velvet of them all, an original hand-painted black velvet painting of Satan, The Father of Lies, using the facilities, aka &#8216;The Devil on the Can On Black Velvet.&#8217;&#8221; It also takes care to make sure no one mixes up this black velvet painting artist with those who sold black velvet portraits of various Republican politicians at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/indignico/49899160/in/set-1083864/" target="_blank">1996 Republican National Convention</a>.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=350102247228&amp;item=350102247228" target="_blank">Velvet Devil on the Toilet Auction</a>.</p>
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		<title>Barbie torture 101</title>
		<link>http://auctionchronicles.com/art-for-arts-sake/barbie-torture-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Art for art's sake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop culture criticism redux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the diorama you made in fourth grade? Combine that with skills gleaned from a high school wood shop class and an introductory women&#8217;s studies course-level disdain for the unrealistic proportions of Barbie Dolls, and you have wordsmith321&#8242;s &#8220;Barbie Doll in Hell&#8221; creation. There are some flames and a lot of evil pizza tormenting her, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember the diorama you made in fourth grade? Combine that with skills gleaned from a high school wood shop class and an introductory women&#8217;s studies course-level disdain for the unrealistic proportions of Barbie Dolls, and you have wordsmith321&#8242;s &#8220;Barbie Doll in Hell&#8221; creation. There are some flames and a lot of evil pizza tormenting her, with her blacked-out eyes and distorted, toga-fied body.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the perfect gift for anyone who likes to discuss feminist pedagogy with college football players.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&amp;campid=5336063184&amp;toolid=10001&amp;customid=&amp;ext=250298835086&amp;item=250298835086" target="_blank">Barbie Doll in Hell auction</a>.</p>
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