Have you ever wondered which are the most expensive eBay items ever sold? Crazy things are sold on the online auction and shopping website, and crazy expensive things as well. You can find just about anything you are looking for on eBay: in 2008 a 50-year-old man named Ian Usher sold his ‘life’ online before moving to a tropical island in Panama. Founded in 1995, the company has revolutionized the way we shop, and have made great profit out of it.
Especially during the last decade, the way we purchase things has changed a lot. Online shopping has become a daily experience, as typical and safe as going to the market. Moreover, it is usually a lot easier to find exactly what we are looking for online rather than exploring a dozen different shops. Just check out our list on The 10 Best Selling Products Online and see for yourself exactly what items are the most popular ones online.
Are you curious about the most expensive eBay items ever sold? Let’s take a look at the countdown and find out what those costly things were!
10. Honus Wagner Baseball Card
How big of a baseball fan are you? Well, probably not as big as Brian Seigel, the baseball enthusiast who in 2000 bought a baseball card of former Pittsburgh Pirate Honus Wager for $1.1 million! The card was a rare piece from 1909, a collectible item issued originally by the American Tobacco Company.
The nine most expensive eBay items ever sold are still to come, and you’ll be shocked at some of the things that have been sold (and for how much).
9. Bridgeville, CA
The strangest items have been sold online, but I think that there’s nothing more bizarre than putting an entire town up for sale on eBay. For $1.77 million the small town (83 acres) of Bridgeville, California was fully bought: 8 houses, a café, and a post office. Although I dare say that the 30 residents of the town weren’t included in the package…
8. House with a War-Proof Bunker
If you want to feel completely safe at home, what better way to do so than through buying a $2.1 million house with a war-proof bunker? This project, located in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York was conceived by realtors Gregory Gibbons and Bruce Francisco. Although the original value of the house plus its bunker was $18 million, it ended up being sold on eBay for only one-ninth of its value.
7. Albert, TX
Believe it or not, there’s yet another town featured on our list. Albert, Texas was actually a ‘flip town’ project of an insurance broker, who bought it at a cheap price, invested on its reformation and ended up selling it on eBay for $2.5 million.
6. Lunch with Warren Buffett
The best thing about this expensive eBay item is that it was for a charitable purpose. The Oracle of Omaha hosts a lunch every year to raise money for a church that feeds the hungry. In 2010, an anonymous bidder paid $2.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffet.
5. Albert Einstein’s “God Letter”
A handwritten letter by the father of the relativity theory was sold on eBay in 2012 for $3 million. In his letter to philosopher Erik Gutkind, Albert Einstein discussed his views on religion. Another peculiarity about the letter is that it was written shortly before he passed away.
4. Action Comics #1
Comic book fan? Well, for $3.2 million a pristine copy of Action Comics #1 was sold on eBay, making it the most expensive comic book ever sold. The collectible item is a 1938 original where Superman appeared for the very first time.
3. Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe’s
If you are looking for an exclusive spot to push the daisies, being put to rest near the legendary Marilyn Monroe seems as good a spot as any. The bidding for the uniquely located crypt in the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park cemetery ended at $4.6 million!
2. Gulfstream II
This spot on our countdown proves that there’s really nothing you cannot find on eBay. In 2001 a business plane vendor put a Gulfstream II airplane up for auction. The luxurious item was purchased for $4.9 million by an African charter-based company.
1. Gigayacht
What better way to top our countdown than with a $168 million enormous yacht? The exclusive and over-the-top vessel was designed by the renowned naval architect Frank Mulder and features a gym, movie theater, spa, elevator, and helicopter pad among other high-end, mind-blowing amenities.
