Five Wicked and Very Expensive Items (and Other “Stuff”) Sold on eBay

A Bottle of Beer (Samuel Allsopp’s Arctic Ale Circa 1852)

Sold for: $503,300

This next case will definitely teach you to do your research correctly –and in depth- before selling anything. The bottle was first sold by its owner –who had misspelled the name and only added three pictures- for $304; the buyer took better photos, found more information on its history and relisted it on eBay, and ended up getting more than half a million for it in 2007. But what was so special about this beer?
The Artic Ale was especially brewed for Sir Edward Belcher’s 1852 Artic Expedition. It was sealed and kept in immaculate, accompanies by a handwritten note that explained its history.