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In three separate auctions on eBay, bidding has hit over $100 for stock certificates from the now defunct Webvan and the struggling Drkoop, which closed at a measly 14 cents a share on the over-the-counter market Wednesday.
"My investment disaster is now a piece of history," the seller of one of the Drkoop certificates wrote in a note to potential bidders. "This is an authentic canceled stock certificate. Here's your chance to own a page of history."
David Van Middlesworth, the high bidder on the auction, said he was trying to do just that. Van Middlesworth, who works for a start-up software firm in Santa Monica, Calif., said he wanted to buy the Drkoop certificate for his 1-year-old daughter.
"My wife and I are pretty heavily involved in the Internet economy, so we wanted her to know what it was like," he said.
i guess just buying her a book in the future was out of the question.
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In three separate auctions on eBay, bidding has hit over $100 for stock certificates from the now defunct Webvan and the struggling Drkoop, which closed at a measly 14 cents a share on the over-the-counter market Wednesday.
"My investment disaster is now a piece of history," the seller of one of the Drkoop certificates wrote in a note to potential bidders. "This is an authentic canceled stock certificate. Here's your chance to own a page of history."
David Van Middlesworth, the high bidder on the auction, said he was trying to do just that. Van Middlesworth, who works for a start-up software firm in Santa Monica, Calif., said he wanted to buy the Drkoop certificate for his 1-year-old daughter.
"My wife and I are pretty heavily involved in the Internet economy, so we wanted her to know what it was like," he said.
i guess just buying her a book in the future was out of the question.
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