EBay Seller Seeks a Cool $1 Million for President Obama's Chrysler Cars with presidential provenance have been known to command hefty premiums at auction. One eBay seller is hoping to sell a 2005 Chrysler 300C that reportedly belonged to Barack Obama for a downright princely sum. The car's owner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, listed the car on the auction Web site this week with a starting bid of $1 million. In the interest of preserving that anonymity and putting a professional gloss on the listing, the owner engaged Lisa Czibor, an eBay veteran of 11,722 transactions with a 100 percent feedback rating from satisfied sellers and buyers, to sell the car. Ms. Czibor said in a telephone interview that the current owner purchased the car from the Chicago-area dealer who sold Mr. Obama a Ford Escape Hybrid when he began his run for the presidency. According to a September 2008 article in Newsweek, Mr. Obama was criticized for driving a Hemi-powered gas-guzzler while he was haranguing Detroit for not building fuel-efficient cars. According to the eBay listing, Mr. Obama drove the big Chrysler roughly 19,000 miles from the time he acquired it in 2004 until he sold it in 2007. The car now has 20,800 miles on the odometer, according to the listing, which also says the seller has paperwork supporting the claim that Mr. Obama had owned the car. The listing is set to expire on Wednesday night. Asked on Wednesday evening whether she had received any bids, Ms. Czibor said she had not, adding that knowledgeable eBay buyers tended to wait for the last minute to bid. When asked, she said she did not believe that the $1 million starting bid was excessively optimistic. "People paid a million for the Bartman ball, and then blew it up," she said, referring to the baseball touched by Steve Bartman during a 2003 Chicago Cubs playoff game at Wrigley Field. Mr. Bartman's interference was thought to have cost the Chicago Cubs a trip to the World Series. The Bartman ball, however, was sold for $106,000, according to Sports Illustrated. It was subsequently detonated. Ms. Czibor also cited a $2.1 million selling price for the 1977 Peugeot 504 owned by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. The sedan sold for £1.5 million, or about $2.2 million, according to The Daily Mail. In another recent sale of a vehicle with presidential ties, the hearse that carried President John F. Kennedy's body from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Love Field sold for $176,000 at Barrett-Jackson's auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., last weekend. One car Ms. Czibor did not mention was the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee said to have been owned by Mr. Obama, which was purchased for $26,437.50 at auction in May 2010. "I really feel it was a bargain," John Reznikoff, the auction winner, said in an interview days after claiming his prize. If bidding for the 300C even approaches $1 million, it would certainly make Mr. Reznikoff happy. Should the Chrysler fail to sell Wednesday night, it would probably be relisted, Ms. Czibor said.