Items for sale are listed on a first spreadsheet. A digital picture of an
item taken by a video camera and imported to the first spreadsheet. Bids
for the items are solicited from potential buyers by sending out the first
spreadsheet using e mail. Buyers indicate bid amounts and quantities and
return the spreadsheets. Returned spreadsheets are combined into a second
spreadsheet. An optimization algorithm is executed to determine winning
bids. Award sheets for each bidder are generated and sent to the bidders.
A trend analysis determines which items meet a criteria for further
investment.
