Current Bid Already Over $1,500.00 for the Largest Barbie® Online Charity Auction to Benefit Gildas Club Launched on eBay

Largest Barbie® auction benefiting Gilda's Club launched last week on eBay is currently at a high bid of over $1,500 with several days left. The auction, created by the Shabby But Chic PowerSellers (a group of over 60 female eBay PowerSellers), received numerous bids within the opening minutes of the auction and continues to climb in value.

SAN JOSE, CA (PRWEB) October 19, 2004 --- The eBay group, The Shabby But Chic PowerSellers (http://www.sbcp.us ), launched the largest Barbie® auction ever listed on eBay on Thursday, October 14. The auction immediately received bids within minutes of its launch and the current bid is over $1,500 with more than five days left. All proceeds of the auction will benefit the national charity organization Gildas Club (http://www.gildasclub.org ).

The members of this group of top female eBay PowerSellers donated over 1,600 items for the auction. The collection contains items spanning four decades, from 1960 to 2004, including Barbie dolls, clothing accessories, vehicles, furniture, cases and houses. Bidding will end on Sunday, October 24th at 8:00 p.m. PST.

The auction can be found using the "Advanced Search" feature for eBay seller id of: sbcp*4*charity or the auction number: 5526885185. Or viewers can link here to view the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=5526885185 .

About The Shabby But Chic PowerSellers
The Shabby But Chic PowerSellers is a private eBay group of more than 60 members-all female eBay PowerSellers-formed in January, 2004 by fellow PowerSeller, Paula Amato of Fort Lauderdale, FL. The group members, part of eBays online community section, maintain a private discussion board where they discuss everything from auction strategies to chemotherapy. Members check in throughout the day to laugh, encourage one another, vent a little, or to share each other's company throughout the long days of creating eBay listings and managing their online businesses.

About Gildas Club
Gilda's Club (http://www.gildasclub.org ) is a special place where the focus is on living with cancer. Its where men, women and children with any kind of cancer and their family members and friends can plan and build life-changing emotional and social support.

About eBay
eBay (http://www.ebay.com ) is The World's Online Marketplace®. Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world. Through an array of services, such as its payment solution provider PayPal, eBay is enabling global e-commerce for an ever-growing online community.

About eBay PowerSellers
PowerSellers are eBay top sellers who have sustained a consistent high volume of monthly sales and a high level of total feedback with 98% positive or better. As such, these sellers rank among the most successful sellers in terms of product sales and customer satisfaction on eBay.