29 Quotes About Auctions

When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.

The lesson here, and my advice for other developers, is to find a way that you can quantify for people what your product is worth. We were leery to do it ourselves, but being near Vetro when they did, the auction was a good technique for that. No one wants to be first, and the auction proved to people that others were buying and gave them that boost of confidence they needed.

Last year, online retail totaled over $65 billion, up 26% over the prior year. That doesn't include auctions and travel, which take the number well over $100 billion.

We're putting out feelers and will be watching Christie's closely to see what we can learn, ... But since holding auctions in China has to be done through intermediaries we will see how things develop.

We don't serve drinks or ice cream in foam containers -- everything is placed into authentic glassware I basically obtained from auctions or yard sales.

Whether that's bad news for the upcoming auctions depends on whether you take a cup-half-empty or cup-half-full perspective.

Greenspan's comments will be watched, as well as the Treasury auctions over the next few days and the trade balance Friday.

When we succeed at shutting auctions down on eBay, they go somewhere else.

We hope that tens of thousands of people will take a look. It's also timed with the Video Music Awards, Jennifer Lopez is up for an award. It will help drive traffic, having auctions coordinated with these events.