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Publication: TIME Magazine
Article Title: The Attic Of e
Date: Monday, December 23, 1999
By: Adam Cohen
When Sharon Balkowitsch sold antiques from a stall in Bismarck, N.D., she was a victim
of geography. There were few buyers in her hom
etown of 54,000, and prices
were low. She started putting her wares up for auction on eBay last year and suddenly
found herself part
of the global marketplace. An Art Deco ashtray she bought for $20 was bid up quickly--and
sold for $290. A vase she got for $5 went to a California buyer--for $585. She even sold
an old tractor online--for $2,300, to a priest from New York. Checks have been pouring in
from as far away as Iceland, Egypt and China. "The top month I ever had in the stall
I sold 15 items," she says. "Now I can sell 15 items in an hour."
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