Pass variables instead of assuming they exist.
Remove unused imports.
Clean up some old code that did alternate URL loadings and such.  Obsolete.
Provide a bidCount parsing method, as well as stubs for asynchronous retrieval of end times and high bidders.
Recognize ended bids.
Set up a refactoring, moving the base data methods to a base class.
Get seller information and feedback better.
Fix SQL errors on startup.
Fix NPE on startup that's probably due to trying to queue a Swing message before it's ready.
Fall back to a secondary means of parsing the item number if the first fails.
Bump the version number to 2.5.3pre5.
Avoid a Java 1.7 collision, apparently.
Fix a tpyo.
Make sure to put the auction entry into the corral before calling the functions which will want to retrieve it.
Don't allow multi-sniping for now, until I can get high bidder detection back up to snuff.