Alliance Adds eBay Auction Service

Aug. 14–Wanna buy an 11-foot-tall inflatable SpongeBob SquarePants?

Check eBay.

Gerald Wedding and Silas Deane, owners of Alliance Real Estate, Auctions and Estate Services, have turned to the Web’s most popular auction site as another source of business.

And SpongeBob is one of the items they’re selling for area clients.

“Many of our buyers at conventional auctions are eBay traders, but not everyone is comfortable or experienced with computers and eBay,” Ann Deane, Alliance auction coordinator, said in a news release.

“Now they can also access the world market just by dropping off their items,” she said.

Silas Deane said eBay customers “appreciate having a licensed, professional auctioneer coordinating their sale. Sellers know that they have all those years of experience working for them, and eBay buyers love to deal with a licensed professional they can trust.”

So far, the company at 211 W. Second St. has listed on eBay artwork, toys, rare bottles, old books, vintage car accessories and the SpongeBob that came from a local Burger King.

Now, they’re planning to add real estate and automobiles.

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