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The Strange Case of Steven Kaye
or, What Do You Do With a DrunkenSailor?

White Rabbits! If you follow auctions at all, and even if you don't and you just find public tantrums somewhat amusing, you've probably heard of Steven Kaye selling his "Collection of 26 Beanie Babies from Ex-Wife." Even though the bidding supposedly ended in late September, this page seems to just be making the rounds this week. I've seen it linked to from at least four people in the past few days. Together with the response from someone who had a negative dealing with this fellow - particularly as the latter website is dated about two weeks after the auction was supposed to have closed - this was enough to set my hoax alarm to ringing pretty loudly. I've written to Snopes to see if they'll be tackling this one.