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As Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she's also earning money from a second career that has nothing to do with medicine.

"It's just kind of this thrill ... of having built up this business and just done it myself," Lickteig said.

Lickteig runs a clothing store on eBay, where she's a "Gold PowerSeller," ranking among the top 1½ percent of merchants on the online marketplace.

The 35-year-old family practitioner says she earned $120,000 last year on eBay, more than she did practicing medicine.

"It's just kind of this thrill," she said. "It think it's the thrill of having built up this business and just done it myself. I don't have to get an MBA. I don't have to have a storefront."

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On October 9, 2009 eBay Australia marks its 10th anniversary Down Under, having sold more than 173 million items at a rate of one item every 1.8 seconds.

The lives of two men, a top tennis player's ponytail and a piece of cereal that looks like E.T. are among the strangest items Australians have bought and sold in the past decade, says eBay.

Fatso, a rather large wombat who became the unofficial mascot of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and the patch of turf from which the goal that made Australia win the 2005 soccer World Cup qualifier against Uruguay were also among the items auctioned off through the website, which this week celebrates 10 years in Australia.

"If the past 10 years have taught us anything, it's that nothing is too big, too small or too bizarre for eBay.com.au's legions of loyal fans," eBay's Sian Gipslis said in a statement.

"With an amazing 173 million items sold over the past 10 years, it's no surprise that things like famed Australian tennis player Pat Rafter's ponytail and a Perth gentleman's entire life have turned up for sale."

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