Stephen Colbert Portrait On EBay

by **cjwilhelmi** on Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:31 am

Stephen Colbert is auctioning off his portrait that hung above the fireplace. All proceeds go to charity. Does anyone have 100 Million? Literally.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0040269306

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by **yourmom** on Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:26 am

That is RIDICULOUS :shock:

Who has that kind of money? And Does it still count as a tax write off if the money is eventually going to chairity?

Stephen Colbert has the kind of power now that you just can't buy. Who else could raise that much in a week for charity?

by **laxfan25** on Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:53 am

Umm, there have been known to be fake bids on eBay for highly publicized items - I do believe this might be one of them. There is no way to enforce a bid except to give the person a bad rating. :roll:

by **UofMLaxGoalie11** on Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:11 am

Being that the current high bidder brought it up from $10 million up to $100 million and has a rating of 6, they probably arent a serious bidder. Looking at the bottom of the listing though, if you want to bid $15,000 or more, it requires you to provide a valid credit card or go through an ID verification. So it seems like there could be some potential legal action if they do not follow through. Question for the lawyers. Is it possible to go after someone legally if they do not follow through with something like an ebay auction?

by **ZagGrad** on Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:25 pm

I think they've fixed the problem. It's down to a reasonable bid of $6,200.