What could be a World War II era recipe for Coca-Cola’s secret formula found a buyer on eBay - a 15-year-old who now has three days to come up with USD 15 million to pay for it.
Georgia antiques dealer Cliff Kluge listed the yellowing typewritten document - found among papers at a Tennessee estate sale - with an opening bid of USD 5 million and a buy-it-now price of USD 15 million as a publicity stunt.
‘It would have been a wonderful thing’ if it had found a genuine buyer, Kluge told AFP by telephone, ‘but some 15-year-old kid bid on it (at USD 15 million) - and it’s not a legitimate bid.’
Undaunted, Kluge said he will relist it after a three-day waiting period, required under eBay rules, on the off-chance that the adolescent buyer can somehow rustle up the cash.
‘I wanted to draw attention to it, which worked,’ said Kluge when asked why he listed the document, dated January 1943, on the popular online auction website.
Georgia antiques dealer Cliff Kluge listed the yellowing typewritten document - found among papers at a Tennessee estate sale - with an opening bid of USD 5 million and a buy-it-now price of USD 15 million as a publicity stunt.
‘It would have been a wonderful thing’ if it had found a genuine buyer, Kluge told AFP by telephone, ‘but some 15-year-old kid bid on it (at USD 15 million) - and it’s not a legitimate bid.’
Undaunted, Kluge said he will relist it after a three-day waiting period, required under eBay rules, on the off-chance that the adolescent buyer can somehow rustle up the cash.
‘I wanted to draw attention to it, which worked,’ said Kluge when asked why he listed the document, dated January 1943, on the popular online auction website.