15-Year-Old Has 3 Days To Come Up With $15 Million For A Coca-Cola Recipe He Bought On eBay

What could be a World War II era recipe for Coca-Cola's secret formula found a buyer on eBay — a 15-year-old who now has three days to come up with $15 million to pay for it.

Georgia antiques dealer Cliff Kluge listed the yellowing typewritten document — found among papers at a Tennessee estate sale — with an opening bid of $5 million and a buy-it-now price of $15 million as a publicity stunt.

"It would have been a wonderful thing" if it had found a genuine buyer, Kluge told AFP by telephone, "but some 15-year-old kid bid on it (at $15 million) — and it's not a legitimate bid."

Undaunted, Kluge said he will relist it after a three-day waiting period, required under eBay rules, on the off-chance that the adolescent buyer can somehow rustle up the cash.