UPDATE: Not exactly sure what’s happening over the Florida Republican Party. But the auction was re-started almost four hours ago, minus some of the biting rhetoric that accompanied the party’s initial eBay post.

The Florida Republican Party said today that eBay has removed its auction of a painting of Gov. Charlie Crist purchased before Crist left the party.

Party spokeswoman Katie Betta says, “We were notified by eBay today regarding some concerns they had with our original posting which were easily addressed and the posting was quickly re-listed. The Party could have easily made these changes had we been notified in advance of EBay publishing our original listing of the painting, or at any time over the course of the last two days. Instead, the auction was abruptly ended in what is clearly a political move.”

We’re awaiting a response from eBay.

The painting had received more than 100 bids and was selling for more than $6,000 before the item was yanked.

Tags: Charlie Crist, eBay, independent, Republicans

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