An array of memorabilia linked to Bernard Madoff and his firm has gone up for sale on online auction site eBay, as a market emerges for trinkets connected to the alleged fraudster ahead of his court case in the US next month.

A search of eBay's site throws up 40 lots related to Madoff, including a two-piece set of Internet domain names - www.ber- niemadoff.com and berniemadofffraud.com - which command a reserve price of $10,000 (€6985).