This was the first thing ever sold on eBay

• BÃ¥seline

  4 Feb 07, 18:40

  EBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995. Though he's now a billionaire (of course), Pierre started AuctionWeb (as it was then known) as a simple "side hobby." In late '95, Pierre made history when he sold eBay's first item -- a broken laser pointer he had originally bought as a cat toy.
  
  Amazingly, the buyer paid $14.00 for the kaput pointer. We imagine it was about this time Pierre realized he was on the cusp of creating something great.
  
  Source: HERE
• sand king

  5 Feb 07, 07:52

  he owns youtube or smth lidat also right?