Texas Town Sells for $3.8 Million on eBay
We've written about plenty of strange things hitting the auction block on eBay before -- Gary Coleman's Game Cube, a half-million-dollar bottle of beer, and even a competitor to eBay it self -- but today we have an entire city for sale.A buyer from Italy snatched up the 13 acres of unpopulated land in Albert, Texas for $3.8 million. However, just like the supposed purchasers of Bridgeville, North Carolina, there is a chance the bidder isn't legit. Bridgeville was the first town to ever sell itself on eBay, but the deal fell through twice, once in 2002, and once in 2006.
What does the as-yet unidentified Italian buyer get for his large sum of cash? A bar that is open on weekends, a pavilion, a dance hall, a tractor shed, a three-bedroom house, and peach and pecan orchards. Sounds really nice, but calling a plot of land with only one residential property and two commercial buildings a "town" feels like cheating.
From CNN (Video)
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