Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, September 27, 2004.

Industry News & Trends

"The inspector calls on eBay"
Telegraph, 9/26/04
http://digbig.com/4btdm

"Another Banner Year On The Web," By Lisa Baertlein Macon Area Online, 9/25/04 http://www.maconareaonline.com/news.asp?id=8555

"eBay boomers," by Simon Garfield
The Observer, 9/26/04
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1312670,00.html

"Former dot-com Commerce One eyes closure," By Michael Liedtke (AP)
USA Today, 9/24/04
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2004-09-24-commerce-one_x.htm

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Marching band puts itself on eBay to raise money for trip" (AP)
Houston Chronicle, 9/24/04
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2813727

Miscellaneous

Better than You: eBay's top seller
Red Herring, 9/24/04
http://digbig.com/4btbc