Heartbreak Hotel for Geller on Ebay

Apparently, Uri Geller (of “spoon bending magic” fame) had the winning Ebay bid of roughly $905,100 on a house formerly belonging to Elvis (before he moved into Graceland).  However, the seller sold the house to a foundation instead of Geller.  The foundation plans to create a museum out of the house. 

Geller’s reaction: “We are absolutely, mind-blown angry.  Of course we’re going to sue.” 

However, news reports warn that “the rules of auction website eBay may make it hard forUri Geller and his business partners, lawyer Pete Gleason andjewellery-maker Lisbeth Silvandersson, to pursue a breach of contractclaim.”  An Ebay spokewoman stated that “[t]he platform we provide in real estate really serves to generateinterest [and] [i]t isn’t a legally binding contract.”

[Meredith R. Miller]