Shawn was well-acquainted with Paid Inc.
"I've had a long-standing relationship with Paid Celebrity Services and K
Sports + Entertainment," Shawn said. Mandy was an
interior designer and an on-staff designer for an upscale furniture story
before setting sail for a "three -hour tour" on Gilligan's Island.

About Paid, Inc. Paid, Inc. For further information visit
http://www.com), thanks to a partnership between
Superior Galleries and eBay.
In addition to the many spectacular American coins, we have a
lovely collection of ancient Greek coins dating in the range of 400 to
300 BC, numerous ancient Roman coins dating to approximately AD 200,
and one of the finest collections of Russian coinage, which includes
unique and nearly unique items from the 18th and 19th century, valued
from several thousand dollars to the six-figure range.com (www . The company was
founded in 1984 by Dr.

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After Shawn stumbled across a casting
call for "The Real Gilligan's Island" and heckled his way to a spot on the
desert isle with the Minnow's crew, he knew he would need an experienced,
trustworthy company to captain his fan club, celebrity appearances and
marketing efforts. Using proprietary technology,
Paid's innovative products and services are utilized in online auction
management, ecommerce and web site development and hosting. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and the assumptions
upon which they are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. This example is estimated to realize $20,000 to
$30 ,000.
Beckett Publications, based in Dallas, Texas, publishes nine
monthly magazines plus periodic collectibles and trading card pricing
guides.
Charles G.

Recreation/Collecting/Sports/Cards/Baseball , etc.

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Shawn and Mandy's official web sites, http://www.shawnmanning. The
Company sponsors autograph signing events and other sports marketing services
for sports clientele. The reader is
cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as
these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties.com) and additionally on eBay's Live Auctions
(www ." Legend has it
that Martha Washington donated her silver to have the coin struck. Most
individuals don't realize America even made a $4 gold coin. Both examples are almost uncirculated
58, meaning very close to mint condition. With the
experience of 3,000 auctions, the Company has developed its own
technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet
(www. is a publicly traded company, acting as a
dealer and auctioneer in rare coins and other fine collectibles. McCurdy, Chairman and CEO of Apprise Media, said, "For
more than 20 years, Beckett has dominated the market for print and
interactive collectible card guides, both in sports-oriented sectors
including baseball, football, basketball , hockey, and stock car
racing, as well as the anime area of entertainment such as Pokemon and
Yu -Gi-Oh.

You will find some larger dealers here, many of whom deal in baseball, football , hockey, basketball, and NASCAR cards, among other sports.

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As a close friend and personal assistant to New England
Patriots wide receiver David Givens, Shawn was in charge of overseeing Mr. We expect numerous six-figure sales. These forward-looking statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties , including market and other
conditions that may affect our ability to expand our auction and
dealer activities and control our operating costs.
"We have many years of experience in enthusiast publishing .

ABOUT BECKETT PUBLICATIONS

Based in Dallas, Beckett Publications is the leading publisher of
sports and specialty market collectible products in the U.

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"We're thrilled that these two tremendous emerging stars have chosen Paid
Celebrity Services to assist them," said Kristen Kuliga , VP of Paid Celebrity
Services.'s Celebrity Services offer famous people
official web sites and fan-club services including e-commerce storefronts,
articles, polls, message boards, contests, biographies and custom features to
attract tens of thousands of visitors daily.ebayliveauctions. To cite a few: Lot
#4001, a 1792 half disme (half dime) in about uncirculated 55
condition.
Furthermore, Thomas Jefferson was personally involved in the design of
this coin. Included are a:
1907 high relief in proof 64, 1908 $20 in proof 64, 1909 in proof 66,
1911 in proof 65 and 1913 in proof 64.

com) is a
strategic management and investment company.

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coin
rarities, many fabulous issues are available. We plan to continue to improve the company's electronic
information delivery platform and expand its focus on fee-based
specialty services like grading/certification, while seeking new
product and service segments.com) have joined forces in an investment
initiative that has committed $175-$200 million of Spectrum's capital
for strategic investments in niche media and publishing businesses . Founded in 1994, Spectrum manages private equity funds
representing $3 billion in committed capital . James Beckett.

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, Mary Ann Mandy and
Gilligan Shawn, two stars of the hit reality TBS TV show "The Real Gilligan's
Island" that premiered on June 8th have retained Paid Inc.
A standout in softball , cross-country and track in high school and college, as
well as an accomplished ballroom dancer, Mandy loves staying in shape and
treasures her good health after facing a life-changing illness.

"
Dr. "I am
delighted to hand it over to Apprise Media, which has an excellent
track record in growing niche media businesses, both print and
interactive.S.

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With the
wave of new opportunities the show is bringing in the entertainment world,
Mandy is charting a new career course and is making Paid Celebrity Services
part of it. provides services to celebrities and sports figures, including
hosting and management of official web sites and fan-club services. Paid's Rotman Auction is an eBay
Platinum Powerseller that sells thousands of items -- primarily sports,
Hollywood and Americana collectibles and memorabilia -- each week on eBay.com
Inc.S.sgbh.com

Included in this release are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including express and implied statements concerning future revenues,
income, results of operations, expansion plans and expectations.

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Paid Celebrity Services Sets Sail Representing Mary Ann Mandy and Gilligan Shawn of 'The Real Gilligan's Island'

"
Visit Mandy's web site to link to her four-page photo feature in FHM's
July edition and look for Shawn and Mary Ann in the new Diet Snapple
commercials.

Superior Galleries Announces Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

This
example is within one point of the finest known and is estimated to
realize between $175,000 and $250,000. Controlled by Charles G.

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mandyweaver.:
Paid, Inc.paid.
This auction contains numerous rarities in both the United States
coin realm, as well as foreign and ancient coins. This is the fabled "first American coin. The $4
gold piece as a denomination is the rarest of American coinage. That year, two different eagle reverses were
used with Liberty on the front.com/technology) and currently provides the
technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to
broadcast auctions over the Internet. The
firm markets its products through its prestigious location in Beverly
Hills and the company's website at www. The company, to
be called Beckett Media LP, will provide Apprise with a platform for
continued growth in the sports and entertainment markets as well as
other enthusiast categories .com), the leading online
destination for sports collectible enthusiasts.

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The whirlwind of appearances and torrent of attention from fans and media
has been truly amazing in these past few weeks. I'm thrilled to turn the helm
over to Paid for my marketing strategy and execution. With eBay, participants can bid
interactively in real time with the auction floor.ableauctions. Past sales performance
may not be indicative of future results. We see
great opportunity to broaden Beckett's products and audience reach
online as the sports and entertainment collectibles market continues
to grow online through direct sales sites such as Beckett. I am very confident that Apprise, working with the
Beckett Publications team, will take the company to the next level."

ABOUT APPRISE MEDIA LLC

Formed in 2004 , Apprise Media (www.apprisemedia. (NYSE:
PRM), Apprise Media acquires and builds businesses in the targeted
media and publishing sectors. Those pamphlets led to annually published
price guides and were the forerunners of Beckett's monthly
collectibles magazines.

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Paid's Auction
Inc brand auction management and shipping calculation software utilizes Paid's
patent-pending process technologies to streamline back-office and shipping
processes for online auctions and e-commerce. In
addition , other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
are discussed in the Company 's most recent filings, including Form 10-KSB with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company estimates these coins to
realize anywhere from $80,000 to $120,000 each. We are
also very pleased with our association with eBay in broadcasting our
auction throughout their network and having them provide live
interactive bidding on our behalf. The company's
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the
forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including
sales levels, operating costs, distribution and competition trends,
consumer preferences, and other market factors.beckett.

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Foundation for Autism on July
11th and 12th.com) as well as on eBay 's Live
Auctions (www.com, a division of Ableauctions.
Dinner is served with every evening session . Among the U.
Next we have a $4 Stella from 1879 in proof 66 deep cameo.
Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance
that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
will prove to have been correct.

Apprise Media Acquires Beckett Publications Leading Publisher in Sports and Entertainment Media; Establishes Platform in Enthusiast Publishing

The company also operates Beckett Grading Services, a leading
third-party professional sports card grading service.

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The
company also builds and maintains large database-driven portals across a broad
array of industries.

Forward Looking Statements:
This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as
well as a number of assumptions about future events, including matters related
to the Company's operations and expectations regarding their activities with
Amanda Weaver and Shawn Manning.
Additionally, we have two attractive examples of America's first
silver dollar, struck in 1794."

About Ableauctions.

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Gilligan Shawn, played by Quincy, Mass.sgbh. Ableauctions' software allows individuals to place
proxy bids prior to the auction as well as to bid live interactively
on eBay. One is in extremely fine 40 and another
in very fine 25 condition. Being America's first
silver dollar, these are truly historic examples of Americana. Superior holds the record for
an 1879 flowing hair Stella at $322,000 for the highest graded example
of this coin.
Finally, we have a spectacular run of $20 St. The company also operates Beckett
Grading Services, a leading third-party professional sports card
grading service and Beckett . At
the same time," he added, "Beckett's proprietary, statistics-grounded
methodology for valuing collectibles has potential applications in a
wide range of popular collectibles, and we will work to exploit them. "This company has had remarkable growth over the last
20 years, both in print and electronic media," he said. Apprise and Spectrum Equity Investors
(www.
Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity investor specializing in
investments in companies in the media, information services ,
communications, information technology and business services
industries.

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Both sites contain information,
photos and news about the two stars, a list of upcoming appearances and
special events , and message boards. Look for lots more information and
exciting interactive activities to be added to the web sites soon. Full details of
their upcoming appearances, as well as photos and news recaps of their
celebrity appearances will be provided on their web sites., 815 479 1833, Julie@paid. This is the rarest silver dollar of the Carson City mint. In the mid-1970s, while a
statistics professor at Bowling Green State University, he published
his first baseball card price guides as "free-upon -request" pamphlets
to, in his words, "bring order out of the chaos that existed" in the
baseball card industry.

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Givens' publicity appearances and worked closely with Paid Celebrity Services
as they created and managed Mr. "With the quality of service and
creativity that I've seen them provide firsthand to David Givens, their other
clients and fan club members, there was no one else I'd rather have represent
me. "Our wealth of experience in managing celebrity appearances,
strategic marketing and fan club management will make Mandy and Shawn's
transition to fame much easier.ebayliveauctions .
Live bidding will be available at the Superior Galleries website
(www. Superior Galleries estimates its example to realize between
$150,000 and $200,000. All of these have original
mintages of less than 200 coins, with the 1913 being the rarest, one
of only 58 struck.

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before his adventures on
Gilligan 's Island. Shawn, a diabetic, is donating a portion of all proceeds from
his celebrity appearances to the Joslin Diabetes Foundation.com

INVESTORS: Jens Dalsgaard, Redwood Consultants, LLC , 415-884-0348,
jnsd@aol.com

----Superior
Galleries, Inc.

Publishing Writers /Business Editors

NEW YORK----Apprise Media LLC, a
niche media company backed by Spectrum Equity Investors, today
announced that it acquired Beckett Publications, the leading publisher
of sports and entertainment market collectible guides.

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The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol PAYD.

Business Editors

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif . The Company outlined the following highlights of the items to
be featured in the event, which is being held February 20th through
February 22nd.
McCurdy, a co-founder and former President of Primedia Inc. Beckett
operates Beckett.

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"
Mary Ann Mandy set hearts throbbing, including Shawn 's, on the series with
her down-home Southern girl charm, tomboyish athleticism and knockout looks . The eBay bidding is
being facilitated by iCollector.com is a high-tech auctioneer that conducts auctions
live and simultaneously broadcasts them over the Internet. Its flagship title is the popular Beckett Baseball Monthly.

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The two are also booked for numerous charity golf tournaments,
including the Willowbend Children's Charity Pro-Am on June 27th hosted by
Reebok CEO Paul Fireman and the Doug Flutie Jr.

CONTACTS:
MEDIA:
Julie Shepherd, Accentuate Inc.sgbh.

WHEN: Sunday, February 20 at 1:00 PM
Monday, February 21 at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 22 at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM

VENUE: Loews Beverly Hills Hotel
Studio 360 - Top of Loews
1224 S. Beverwil Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035
310-277-2800

The total auction has an estimated value well in excess of $5
million .
Superior Galleries is known for handling many of these early American
rarities.
Coins from the Old West Carson City mint are arguably the most popular
of America's coinage.
Silvano DiGenova , CEO of Superior Galleries, commented, "We are
very pleased at our ability to put together these mid-seven-figure
auctions of rare coins. Titles include Beckett Baseball, Beckett Football, Beckett
Basketball, Beckett Hockey, Beckett Racing, Beckett Anime Collector,
and Neopets: the Official Magazine.com), the leading online destination
for sports collectible enthusiasts, and is the premier publisher of
monthly sports collectibles magazines.

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Givens' fan club and coordinated numerous
signing events and public appearances.com). The first is estimated at
$30,000 to $40,000 and the second, the rarer type, at $60,000 to
$80,000.com and
auction sites such as eBay, already a strategic partner of Beckett.com (www.beckett. Beckett, considered the world's
most trusted source in collecting , currently publishes nine monthly
magazines.

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WORCESTER, Mass. Celebrity Services
(OTC Bulletin Board: PAYD) to manage the storm of requests that has come with
their newfound stardom. native Shawn
Manning, and Mary Ann Mandy, played by Nashville resident Amanda "Mandy"
Weaver, have selected Paid Celebrity Services to navigate their marketing and
celebrity appearance efforts, as well as create and manage their official fan
clubs and web sites.com and
http://www. We are particularly pleased with the great
array of both American and foreign coins from antiquity that we have
accumulated for this sale. On average, eBay brings several
thousand additional bidders to our already extensive client base of
bidders. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. James Beckett, founder of the company will remain with Beckett
as an advisor.

This category is for retailerswho deal in sports trading cards, but whose sites don't necessarily fit, or can't be restricted, into a narrower category (i.

).

Some of the sites listed also include memorabilia and other collectibles, but the emphasis is definitely on cards.

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(AMEX:AAC).
Moreover, we have a very choice 1889-CC silver dollar in mint
state 63. Gaudens struck in
proof (proofs are very limited collectors' editions ). The coins have estimates of a low of $20,000 to a
high of $100,000.

About Superior Galleries

Superior Galleries, Inc.

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com, are now live.com. ("Superior") (OTCBB:SPGR) announced that its February
pre-Long Beach Elite coin auction is up and available for viewing,
both on Superior's website (www.
Furthermore, we have examples of both types of America's first $5
gold coin struck in 1795.com

Ableauctions. No assurances are given that
sales trends or sales performance on behalf of consignors or customers
will continue.