Disturbing Auctions Filling a hole in the great global marketplace, online auctions offer a place where buyers and sellers of the arcane and the mundane can meet to do business. Given the sheer number of transactions taking place every day, a few auctions pop up that deserve recognition for their sheer absurdity. Highlighting the disturbing, odd, and just plain weird, this site offers nearly a hundred examples of "Who would ever buy that?" archived for your viewing pleasure. Items that may have slipped past your discriminating-taste radar include a black velvet Jesus blessing an 18-wheeler, a doll made from beer cans, and a dried alligator in a bridal outfit. While the main site displays most of the gems, trained disturbing-auction spotters update the daily message board with the latest in cuckoo e-commerce. Happy bidding! (in Business & Economy)
