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AcuBid.com To Auction Authentic Olympic Flag Signed by 77 Gold Medal Winners; All Proceeds Donated to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.


SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1999--

AcuBid.com Inc. (OTC BB:EBID EBID - Elephant Butte Irrigation District) is proud to present an authentic Olympic Flag which was individually hand signed by 77 gold medal winners accounting for 154 Olympic Gold Medals.

This impressive array of athletes includes gold medal winners as far back as 1920 (Arlene Riggin, Diving) to as recently as 1996. Dr. Sammy Lee, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Diving Champion, personally obtained all the autographs. Dr. Lee will provide a certificate of authenticity. This unique item can be viewed at http://www.acubid.com/.

Some of the most famous Olympians in U.S. History have signed this flag from both the summer and winter games. Signers include Bob Beamon, Bonnie Blair, Dick Button, Bart Conner, Donna DeVaronna, Janet Evans, Lee Evans, Peggy Fleming, Dick Fosbury, Bob Hayes, Eric Heiden, Carol Fleiss, Bruce Jenner, Rafer Johnson, K.C. Jones, Florence Griffith Joyner, Sugar Ray Leonard, Greg Louganis, Sammy Lee, Jerry Lucas, Bob Mathias, Billy Mills, Phil Mahre, Edwin Moses, Al Oerter, Mary Lou Retton, Bob Richards, Frank Shorter, Michael Spinks, Mark Spitz, Wyomia Tyus, Kristi Yamaguchi Yamaguchi (yämä`gchē), city (1990 pop. 129,461), capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A great castle city from the 14th to 16th cent. and the site of many Buddhist temples and a mission established (1550) by St., and many more.

AcuBid.com Inc. is a newly established, San Diego-based, live Internet Auction House, specializing in the sale of high end collectibles. AcuBid's business objective is to develop a premier Website for high end Internet collectible trading. The company will maintain an inventory of rare and hard to find items which it will auction off to the public. In addition, the company intends to act as a broker to provide a venue for sellers and dealers to display their collectibles to potential purchasers throughout the world via the Internet.
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