Charlie Hebdo issues sell for £2,000 on eBay
The triumphant return issue of Charlie Hebdo has been highly sought after with issues going for more than £2,000 on eBay.
One Charlie Hebdo issue garnered over £2,000
The satirical magazine sporting the controversial cover featuring the prophet Muhammad sold out in the UK and France within minutes of hitting newsstands.
On eBay, one issue of the magazine – likely purchased at the retail price of £2.30 – was sold for over £2,000, with ten more listings sitting at three-figure sums with hours to go at auction.
To accommodate the huge worldwide demand for the iconic publication, distributors earlier this week admitted they may extend the print circulation to three million copies. Following that, on the back of Wednesday's reception, the magazine announced that the output will reach five million.
Queue 4 1st post-massacre #CharlieHebdo @Paris news kiosk 1/2 hr before opening. Others sold out in 10 mins @vicenews pic.twitter.com/4uaO68SBj5
— John Beck (@JM_Beck) January 14, 2015
#charliehebdo sold out in entire city of Paris! Where is Charlie? pic.twitter.com/GtpT0SZFK4 — Ruth Bender (@RuthBenderParis) January 14, 2015
Huge queues in Paris to buy today's Charlie Hebdo. Sold out at many news-stands. (via @LPJofficiel) pic.twitter.com/rSMkY9TK0T — Darren Tulett (@1DarrenTulett) January 14, 2015
#CharlieHebdo sold out in France: Long queues and scuffles at news kiosks. http://t.co/HaHaL7VWoo pic.twitter.com/6DnbpEIMO3
— David Sim (@davidsim) January 14, 2015
An eBay spokesperson said: “eBay would like to offer its deepest condolences to the people of France at this time. eBay is an open market place that does not impose restrictions around the price of items for sale, but reserves the right to remove from its site any listing that is against the principles and values of eBay’s community.
"eBay’s teams will continue to monitor for any listings related to this tragedy to ensure they comply with our policies.”
The ‘survivors' edition’ has also been translated into English, Spanish and Arabic.
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