Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, September 10, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

eBayGate? MercExchange tells Forbes that eBay improperly submitted videotape in the patent lawsuit it lost last year. A U.S. Appeals court will hear arguments in eBay's appeal on October 5.
"EBay's Tale Of The Tape," by Phyllis Berman
Forbes, 9/9/04
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/2004/09/09/cz_pb_0909ebay.html

Do politicians even know what eBay is?
"Cheney: Economic statistics overlook money from eBay trading" (AP)
The Mercury News, 9/9/04
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This Reuters article says an eBay drop-off store in Germany has raised $10.9 million in funding to expand.
"Web auction start-up attracts $10.9 m funding" (Reuters)
CIOL.com, 9/6/04
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/Investment/2004/104090604.asp

"Yahoo Japan to form equity tie-up with Recruit" (Asia Pulse/Nikkei)
Asia Times Online, 9/8/04
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/FI08Dh01.html

"GM to List Used Cars on Yahoo"
Wall Street Journal, 9/8/04
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http://digbig.com/4bqxn

"The art of eBay: Museums and galleries find online auctions can help them buy and sell," by Mike Conklin
Sun-Sentinel.com, 9/8/04
http://digbig.com/4bqya

"eBay Brings Home the Bacon," by Patrick Kampert (Chicago Tribune)
The Baltimore Sun, 9/9/04
http://www.mcall.com/technology/bal-pl.ebaybiz09sep09,0,2036344.story

"Iran’s first cyberspace art auction to come online soon"
MehrNews.com, 9/6/04
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=109903

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Buy CBS memorabilia and help a good cause"
Seattle Times, 9/8/04
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002028841_tvbriefs08.html

"Man charged with selling old Hawaiian skull" (Reuters)
CNN, 9/8/04
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/08/crime.skull.reut/index.html

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Investigators allege mother sold disabled girl's medical supplies on eBay" (AP)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9/9/04
http://digbig.com/4brbh

"Online fraud: We got law, but no enforcement," (IDG News Service)
ITWorld.com, 9/9/04
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/040909onlinefraud/

Miscellaneous

"Move Stale Inventory With Online Auctions," By John Canter
Wall Street Journal's StartupJournal, 9/8/04
http://www.startupjournal.com/columnists/entrepreneursdiary/20040908-canter.html

Interesting article about twenty-somethings who are looking for retro techno-gadgets.
"A Digital Generation's Analog Chic," by Juliet Chung
New York Times, 9/9/04
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/technology/circuits/09retr.html