Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers Auctions: Bizarre Bazaar
Editor, Amy Leff
FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL:
* The Discovery Channel Fossil Auction: Part III
* What'll They Think of Next: Strange inventions
* Just for Laughs: Gags, pranks, and other dorky stuff
* Quirky Kitchen: From shelf-stable entrees to parsnip balls
* The Cat's Meow: Odd feline finds
Each week we send you our picks of the Bizarre Bazaar
auctions that end in the next few days. If you see something
of interest, please go straight to the link provided--we
don't want you to miss the bidding! (Note: All closing times
given below are Pacific time.)
THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL FOSSIL AUCTION: PART III
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It's here--the last of our three-part fossil auction trilogy.
If you haven't already checked out the remarkable remains
being auctioned off by the Discovery Channel, do it now. On
Sunday, August 29, these amazing relics will once again
cease to exist on Amazon.com Auctions.
A 100 million-year-old dinosaur egg
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 11:39 p.m.
http://www.amazon.com/egg-auction-bb
A 35 million-year-old "ruminating hog" skull
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 11:39 p.m.
http://www.amazon.com/skull-auction-bb
A piece of 35 million-year-old amber with embedded butterfly
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 11:41 p.m.
http://www.amazon.com/butterfly-auction-bb
A 120 million-year-old large ammonite
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 11:41 p.m.
http://www.amazon.com/ammonite-auction-bb
WHAT'LL THEY THINK OF NEXT: STRANGE INVENTIONS
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Fresh flowers too dull for you? Washing the car to wet for
you? Wrestling another human being too violent for you? Then
these odd inventions were designed with your preferences in
mind.
Fiber optic spring bouquet
Auction closes Thursday, August 26, 2:08 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X4362343X1649510
Miracle Wash waterless car wash
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 5:51 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X0529933X7607754
1990 Tonka wrestling buddy
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 2:40 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X0570162X2490069
Van De Graaf 200,000-volt electrostatic machine
Auction closes Saturday, August 28, 7:43 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y03X5091033X4441560
JUST FOR LAUGHS: GAGS, PRANKS, AND OTHER DORKY STUFF
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Everyone has an uncle who's on a lifetime quest to get you
to pull his finger. Here's a collection of goofy goods
that'll satisfy his seemingly insatiable hunger for
sophomoric humor.
1950s Polish target pistol plastic gag gun
Auction closes Saturday, August 28, 7:03 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y02X0346156X9917993
The Crappy Lure for the fisherman who's full of it
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 7:41 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y01X4632737X2678413
"The Best of the World's Worst," by Stan Lee
World-class blunders, screw-ups, oddballs, misfits, and
rotten ideas
Auction closes Saturday, August 28, 1:10 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y02X1583226X7573232
"They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way" (VHS)
Discontinued, stars Tim Conway
Auction closes Saturday, August 28, 4:31 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y02X1076624X8745878
Humormaster software--guaranteed to make you laugh
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 1:43 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y03X2999676X6657968
QUIRKY KITCHEN: FROM SHELF-STABLE ENTREES TO PARSNIP BALLS
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What's for dinner? If you've got time, whip up a batch of
parsnip balls. Otherwise, peel open a delicious shelf-stable
entrée, transfer it onto a 3D plate and gobble it up with an
airline fork. Mmm, mmm, good.
Very unique 3-D plate with two bluebirds
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 11:04 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y01X1348593X3298953
Case of 48 fresh, shelf-stable entrees
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 12:09 a.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y01X4637145X3156343
National Airlines silver salad fork
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 1:14 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X0289190X4756107
"Ladies Aide Society Culinary Guide" (1920s)
Features a recipe for parsnip balls
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 1:14 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X4934061X9817810
THE CAT'S MEOW: ODD FELINE FINDS
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These auction items are to kitty lovers as fresh catnip is
to cats.
Large white gourd cat by Funny Bones Originals
Auction closes Saturday, August 28, 12:33 a.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y03X4882508X9727672
Set of four ceramic cat-in-chair ring boxes
Auction closes Sunday, August 29, 6:43 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y04X2817838X8078610
Egyptian cats crystal ball stand
Auction closes Monday, August 30, 8:12 p.m.
http://auctions.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/auction-glance/Y02X4088490X7397426
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