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>> Texas town up for sale on eBay for a minimum bid of $2.5 million
>> October 31, 2007 (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) - Bobby Cave, owner of a town
>> called Albert, decided this year to sell. Then a friend mentioned the
>> online auction site eBay Inc. Now, with the click of a mouse -- and at
>> least $2.5 million -- Albert could be yours.

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>> After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up and
>> restore the 13-acre town about 50 miles north of San Antonio, Cave
>> said he's ready to move on to his next venture.
>> "It's a concept. It's one of a kind," said Cave, 47, a real estate
>> agent. "It's more like a piece of art than it is a real estate
>> property. That's why eBay sounded so good to us. It's quirky."

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>> Eric Meissner, Cave's friend and co-listing agent, said Albert
>> qualifies as a town, or at least was once a town, because it used to
>> have a post office. Albert dates to the late 1800s and is now
>> unincorporated.

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>> "There is a road sign with a name on it. It's indicative of an area,"
>> Meissner said. "Just because the post office goes away the town
>> doesn't go away."

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>> No one lives there permanently, but the tavern that Cave created from
>> the frame of the old general store is open on weekends. There are also
>> the "cleanest public restrooms in Texas," built by Cave, and a
>> pavilion, 85-year-old dance hall, tractor shed and three-bedroom
>> house. All of that, plus peach and pecan orchards, come with the land.

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>> Cave said he will even throw in his plan to turn the place into a
>> tourist destination, including plans for a restaurant and cabins.

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>> The eBay auction closes Nov. 23. On Wednesday, about a week after
>> bidding opened, offers topped $300,000. But that was still less than
>> Cave's "reserve price" of $2.5 million, the least he will take for the
>> property.

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>> Hani Durzy, an eBay spokesman, said listing an entire town for auction
>> is very uncommon.

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>> "We always like it when these kinds of things appear on the site
>> because it's fun," Durzy said. "We wish them luck."

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>> Bridgeville, in northern California, was the first town ever put on
>> the eBay auction block. The 83 acres were twice sold on the site, in
>> 2002 (that deal fell through) and again last year.

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> Does the price include the people in it? Maybe it would worth the
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