[SEL] eBay Picture Auctions

[Steve Barr]

I finally have caught up on the email about the selling of a photo that I
took at a show several years back on ebay.  My delay was due to being out
of town for a few days.

I notified ebay on friday about the use of that single photo as I don't
"own" the other photos.  They pulled the auction yesterday(even after it
had ended).  I believe the delay was due to the holiday weekend.

I have located the source of most of the others and the person who created
the site, Keith Smigle, is reporting the other Associated engine photos
from their part of the oldengine.org site.  Keith had my photo on his site
as I had granted permission for him to do so.

>From the ebay site:
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
  Listing cancellation
  Limits on account privileges
  Account suspension 
  Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings 
  Loss of PowerSeller status

I did contact the seller and their response was: "sorry. i bought these
legally at a local flea market. it may be possible that someone got them
off the web or went to shows. i do not know. i thought they were some good
photos so i listed them. i bought a box of assorted photos and prints. hit
and miss and others. i collect hit and misses and related items"

The Hercules copies appear to be from Keith Kinney's catalog page on
www.herculesengines.com  One was cropped from an ink blotter.  I don't
know how ebay treats reproductions from old catalogs.

The other thing is the images that were used were low resolution and when
blown up to 8x10 would look like crap.

Steve