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Auctioneer weans itself off eBay; LiveAuctioneers turns to brand awareness, diversification as longtime partnership ends.(Small Business)
Byline: Shira Boss-bicak
Six years ago, two Englishmen started a business in Manhattan linking auction houses and art buyers around the world via the Internet. The company, LiveAuctioneers, has since attracted 700 auction houses and handled millions of dollars in sales of art, antiques and collectibles. The company posted 2007 revenues of just over $4 million.
The only problem is that the business was built on a relationship with one all-powerful partner: eBay, which provided live-bidding technology and what LiveAuctioneers co-founder Julian Ellison refers to as "a fabulous network of eyeballs.''
In April, eBay cut the cord, announcing that it would …
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