DALLAS — When a man in Seattle found his ex-wife's wedding gown and decided to sell it on eBay, the photo of the dress on a hanger just didn't do it justice.

So he put it on.

The photos of the burly, tattooed fellow with his face digitally obscured, along with his bitter-but-humorous comments, have made the listing a funny e-mail phenomenon.

"Actually, I didn't think my head would fit in the neck hole," wrote the seller, identified only by his eBay ID — "horseplaypublishing."

He later identified himself as Larry Star.

"But then I figured she got her Texas cheerleader hair through there, I could get my head in it. Though, after looking at the pictures, I thought it made me look fat."

The five-day auction ended Wednesday afternoon. The seller, who said he was hoping to recoup enough money for "a couple of Mariners tickets and some beer," figures to do a lot better. By Wednesday afternoon, bidding was up to $15,300 for what the ex-husband said he thought "looks like a $1,200 shower curtain."

He also reported on his eBay listing that he had received "tons of e-mail," including five invitations to baseball games and five marriage proposals.

That seemed an unlikely prospect. Musing about his failed five-year marriage and the colors of wedding dresses around the world, the seller added, "For my next wedding, I will be wearing a hairy, flesh-toned ensemble because I will be buck naked with a toe tag lying on a slab in the morgue because I would have killed myself."

"The most important thing to us is that it's something that's legitimate and can be sold," Durzy said. "It's obviously in his possession. He's wearing it."

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