A $304 Ale Sells for $500,000

In 2007, a bottle of Allsopp's Arctic Ale, brewed in 1852 for a polar expedition, was listed on eBay with a crucial typo: "Allsop's Arctic Ale." Because the name was misspelled, collectors couldn't easily find it, and it sold for just $304. The person who won that auction then corrected the listing and relisted it and sold the same bottle for an astonishing $503,300.

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