# Is There a Quick & Easy Way to See the Most Expensive Items on Ebay?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quick-easy-way-to-see-the-most-expensive-items-on-ebay/482156 "2009-01-20T17:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quick-easy-way-to-see-the-most-expensive-items-on-ebay/482156/1 "2009-01-20T17:51:31Z")

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I’m in a bit of a slow period at work and have decided to peruse ebay to see what the most expensive auctions are right now. Is there some kind of shortcut, or do I have to just search for whatever interests me, item by item?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quick-easy-way-to-see-the-most-expensive-items-on-ebay/482156/2 "2009-01-20T19:19:53Z")

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This search will scour through eBay, looking for the word “the” and then display the results in order of highest price first. (You will need to skip past the purple “featured items”) At the moment, there are dozens of things listed as “Buy It Now” at $21 million - possibly that’s the maximum amount eBay can comprehend.

[http://search-desc.ebay.com/the\_W0QQcatrefZC3QQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQftsZ2QQsbrsrtZd](http://search-desc.ebay.com/the_W0QQcatrefZC3QQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQftsZ2QQsbrsrtZd)