The live domain name auction at the TRAFFIC conference sparked a seemingly renewed interest in .mobi domains. There were 13 .mobi domains at auction and all 13 domains sold. Many of these domains were priced with a $1 starting price which spaked multiple bidders and rocketed up the prices. Several unfamiliar faces were seen bidding. However, some very familiar faces including Xavier Buck from Eurodns, reps from Anything.com, Jakob Knightley from NameDrive.com and reps from Tidewinds.com were active in the bidding. The thirteen  .mobi domains reached nearly $650,000 in sales

I tried spotting all the bidders during the auction, but I was only able to get a visual confirmation on some. If my eyesight and notes from the event are 100% correct, some of the top bidders on the .mobi domains were :

Poker.mobi - $150,000 - Anything.com
Ringtones.mobi - $145,000 - NameDrive
Email.mobi - $50,000 - Xavier Buck
Podcast.mobi - $25,000 - Tidewinds

The other domains were sold for the following amounts

News.mobi = $110,000 - Phone-in bidder
Scores.mobi - $33,000
Buy.mobi - $32,500
Cab.mobi - $17,500
Cash.mobi - $12,500
PDA.mobi - $8,000
ZipCodes.mobi - $8,000
Bill.mobi - $3000