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"Hollywood&amp;#039;s Golden Apple comic store is being offered for sale on eBay. The world-famous landmark is listed on the auction site with a &amp;#039;buy it now&amp;#039; price of $679,000 (\u00C2\u00A3438,000). Ace Business Brokers is overseeing the transaction on behalf of owners Sharon Liebowitz and her son Ryan. Golden Apple was founded by the late Bill Liebowitz in 1979. His widow Sharon has chosen to offload the store as she approaches retirement age, while their son Ryan pursues ventures outside of the retail sector.  &amp;quot;The principal owner is nearing retirement age and wishes to divest herself of the company for personal reasons,&amp;quot; read a statement from Ace Business Brokers. &amp;quot;The seller&amp;#039;s son, Ryan Liebowitz, loves the comics industry, but is no longer passionate about being a retailer.  &amp;quot;He has many other business ventures and he is excited about the prospects of continuing his career that he put on hold in 2005 to run the family business.&amp;quot; Bill Liebowitz passed away in 2004. An obituary for the store founder on ICv2 credited Golden Apple with &amp;quot;singlehandedly [inventing] the pop culture store&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; More comics news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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