# What's the most expansive thing ever sold on eBay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 10, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036 "2005-09-10T23:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/1 "2005-09-10T23:29:36Z")
I think I remember hearing that people have sold sports cars and property on ebay. Is that right? Have there been other things? Is there a maximum limit? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/2 "2005-09-10T23:42:22Z")
Someone in Tupelo, MS listed a home for sale at over $300,000. It is located across the road from Elvis’ birthplace. I don’t believe he sold it, so I mention it only as an example of what people try to sell on eBay at high prices. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/3 "2005-09-10T23:45:14Z")
Hot air balloons are expansive. I bet they’ve sold those on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/4 "2005-09-10T23:48:54Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > Hot air balloons are expansive. I bet they’ve sold those on eBay. [Yeah, until this thread!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&highlight=horror+balloons) ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/5 "2005-09-10T23:50:06Z")
Bah, that’s all chump change. I recall reading when someone was trying to flog an [aircraft carrier](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/10/webay10.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/10/ixnewstop.html), which apparently reached 90M US before being shut down for some reason. Hmm. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay) has a list of the 5 most expensive items ever actually _sucessfully_ sold - check that out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/6 "2005-09-10T23:55:17Z")
Right now, someone’s trying to sell [97 acres of Jackson Co. Florida](http://cgi.ebay.com/97-Acres-in-Jackson-County-OWNER-FINANCE-AVAIL_W0QQitemZ4399855669QQcategoryZ15841QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) which is both expAnsive _and_ expEnsive. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/7 "2005-09-11T05:06:28Z")
Thanks all for you hgihly valued and expansive answers. But Legion, that link to Scylla’s evil blimp was a gift. I takes quite a bit to have me laugh out loud, but I was doing a lot of it. Thanks. For those of you who haven’t read about Scylla’s evil blimp from a couple of years ago, do it now! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/8 "2005-09-11T05:29:57Z")
> [@caveman](#): > > Right now, someone’s trying to sell [97 acres of Jackson Co. Florida](http://cgi.ebay.com/97-Acres-in-Jackson-County-OWNER-FINANCE-AVAIL_W0QQitemZ4399855669QQcategoryZ15841QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) which is both expAnsive _and_ expEnsive. For the life of me I can’t google a cite, but 7 or 8 years ago someone put Quebec up for sale on eBay, and I think it’s a whole lot bigger than 97 acres. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/9 "2005-09-11T05:38:30Z")
But worth less than a chunk of Florida, being infested with Canadiens and all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/10 "2005-09-11T06:12:30Z")
Frikken cold, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mickymoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mickymoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickymoo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/11 "2005-09-11T20:13:57Z")
A business jet sold for $4.9 million today on eBay, setting the record for the highest known sale price for any single item achieved on the online marketplace, and one of the highest on the Internet. [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/08/13/daily29.html](http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/08/13/daily29.html) ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expansive-thing-ever-sold-on-ebay/321036/12 "2005-09-12T01:36:22Z")
> [@Mickymoo](#): > > A business jet sold for $4.9 million today on eBay, setting the record for the highest known sale price for any single item achieved on the online marketplace, and one of the highest on the Internet. Well not today, that article is a few years old.