Best CMS For Beginner Making Auction-Based Website

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello fellow forum members (what a line to start with, right?)

I am a complete noob to web programming (I have learned a little HTML and I partially completed a course on Dreamweaver...both quuuuuite some time ago).

I want to make an auction based website to bid out advertising space for a particular industry. I want to make a mockup of my idea to apply for a grant from the German gov't (I am an American but am a recent graduate of a uni here in Germany and I also work in Germany at the moment).

I took a look at some plugins available from Wordpress (free ones that is) but they are not quite what I am looking for (not as dynamic as I would like and they are a little too "templated")...

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with auction-style plugins/templates etc. for some of the popular CMS programs. Or better yet advice on what CMS would be more preferable to use to make something like that! Again, I am not a programmer and obviously functionality will be limited (although I am not opposed to putting something together with fuller functionality in my free time as it is too cold in Germany to have much fun outside) Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks!

[eluser]Ajaxboy[/eluser]
Maybe you could buy an already established auctions script that only requires mostly html customization and that support development through addons and is template based? If you want that, i'd recommend using Geodesic Solutions (http://geodesicsolutions.com/), how I know its good?, I used to work at that company back in 2008, and it is world leading in classifieds and auction, Hope this helps.