The auction sites eBay Austria and eBay Germany offered nearly 3,000 articles which had some connection with the new pontiff elected Tuesday by the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church.People will do anything for a buck. It makes me sick sometimes how everything revolves around money and capital. Kind of makes me wish we went back to the whole "even trade" idea of "You give me food and I'll draw a picture of your wife." That is, if that ever existed in the past.
Hundreds of photographs and portraits "signed" by Benedict XVI but also rosary beads with his name and books with his picture were on auction.
T-shirts with the inscription "We are the pope. You too!", "Benedict XVI" stickers and fridge magnets with pictures of the pope, were also on offer at Internet auction sites.
More original, was an enamel coffee pot with a photograph of the pontiff which was on sale for 14.99 euros (19.60 dollars) but was not immediately snapped up.
Euro coins with the image of the new pope, which appeared less than 20 hours after the election of Ratzinger, were also on auction.
By the way, did you noticed that the US dollar isn't worth as much as the Euro? Back in 2000 when they were first introducing the Euro, it broke even with the US dollar. Five years later, our collection of printed past presidents isn't worth that much in the Old World.
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