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To: BlueChip who wrote (14007)	3/27/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: Denise D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

Blue Chip, Yet more problems for eBay: Renoir, oui? Thursday, March 25, 1999 A painting sold through on-line auction site Ebay Inc. for $34,600 has caused experts to dispute whether it is truly a Renoir. Entitled Young Bather Seated in the Wood, the work was described as a study painted on paper circa 1883. But the painting doesn't appear in a guide to the artist's work, The Wall Street Journal reports. "I can't find this painting in our archives," said Ruth LeGrand, an archivist at the Wildenstein Institute in Paris, the body responsible for cataloging Renoir. Looking at photos of the item posted on Ebay's site, Mimi Somerby, director of the Beadleston Gallery in New York, said, "In my opinion, that doesn't even look like a Renoir. . . . Even with his hands tied up, Renoir could not have painted that with his tongue." The seller, Aurel Ceciu of Erie, Pa., said the painting is authentic, and is part of his family's collection, compiled starting in the 1920s. He said the painting hung in his family's home in Quebec for as long as he can remember. "It's because the painting hasn't been on the market in so long that it isn't in the catalogue," he said. The buyer's identity has not been disclosed. globetechnology.com

To: BlueChip who wrote (14007)	3/27/1999 12:50:00 PM
From: Thomas Kirwin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

Subject: BID.COM / IN WALL STREET JOURNAL Date: 3/26/99 7:21 AM Eastern Standard Time From: Inn17 Message-id: <19990326072101.06239.00000369@ng109.aol.com> Page A12/ under EBAY Forms AOL Marketing Alliance, Announces Sale of $1 Billion in Stock Here's the quote: Excited investors yesterday bid up the shares of Bid.com International Inc, a Canadian auction company, on speculation that eBay might want to buy it, EBay said it never comments on rumors, The CEO said eBay plans to use some of its cash to step up its international expansion.