Friday 30 September 2011
Thursday 29 September 2011
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Samuel Allsopp’s Arctic Ale Circa 1852
Sold for: $503,300
Year: 2007
If this story teaches you anything, let it be that you must pay attention to detail, lest you pay a dear price for a mistake. That’s what happened to the man that first put this bottle of Samuel Allsopp’s Artic Ale up for auction on eBay. The Artic Ale was brewed specifically for Sir Edward Belcher’s 1852 Artic Expedition. It was sealed and kept in pristine quality with a handwritten note that explained the history of the bottle and brew. The original seller misspelled the name of the name of the brewer, only threw up three accompanying images, and wound up selling the bottle for a measly $304 to another eBay seller. The buyer turned around and re-listed the Ale with more images and a correct title, and sold it for $503,300.
Year: 2007
If this story teaches you anything, let it be that you must pay attention to detail, lest you pay a dear price for a mistake. That’s what happened to the man that first put this bottle of Samuel Allsopp’s Artic Ale up for auction on eBay. The Artic Ale was brewed specifically for Sir Edward Belcher’s 1852 Artic Expedition. It was sealed and kept in pristine quality with a handwritten note that explained the history of the bottle and brew. The original seller misspelled the name of the name of the brewer, only threw up three accompanying images, and wound up selling the bottle for a measly $304 to another eBay seller. The buyer turned around and re-listed the Ale with more images and a correct title, and sold it for $503,300.
Monday 26 September 2011
Sunday 25 September 2011
Saturday 24 September 2011
Freeganism
"More and more people are living an anti-consumerist lifestyle. They consumpt as less resources as possible and do not participate in the conventional economy. Their movement is called freeganism. It involves salvaging discarded and unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters".
