The listing, which went up Wednesday, is part of an effort to publicize that the 40-acre Joyland Amusement Park, its equipment and rides are for sale. The sale price is listed as $1.65 million, and the advertisement tells interested buyers to contact real estate company Occidental Management.
The park was built in 1949, and the listing says it has "an exclusive collection of vintage rides," including a wooden roller coaster made by the Philadelphia Tobbogan Co.
Stanley and Margaret Nelson ran the park for four decades. They sold it in May 2003 to David Rohr but bought it back in December 2004 after taking foreclosure action against Rohr.
The Nelsons hope to find a buyer by the end of the year, preferably someone who wants to fix up the park and reopen it, Margaret Nelson said.
"It needs someone to come in who is young and has some money to bring it back," she said.
The eBay listing has attracted interest from at least one person - a man who wanted to swap a $3.4 million yacht for the park, Nelson said. She doesn't expect the deal to work out, she said, noting, "I'm not much into boats."