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Article: California Nurses Association's Auction for Schwarzenegger Ends on eBay.
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- September 28, 2005
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OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Did you miss your chance to bid on a celebrity governor? For six hours Tuesday, the California Nurses Association Tuesday offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for sale, until eBay removed the site telling the San Jose Mercury News, "You can't sell the governor on eBay."
In the auction's short lifespan bids started at $12, well within the range of the average Californian. But by mid-afternoon, shortly before the auction was ended, the top bid had reached $3.6 million placing this high roller in the ballpark with such well-heeled donors as Ameriquest, the controversial mortgage firm, Newscorp (Fox), and San Diego ...