Recent Chicle Auctions

[TanksAndSpartans]

Jeff, Don't remind me - I only check here and Yahoo! Finance during the day and the other site is too depressing today

Thanks Scott for checking out my set - the chicles have definitely become my pride and joy - some days the diamond cut on the Nagurski bothers me, but most days I'm happy with it. Funny you mention the Rockne - I sent that one in for a review and they upped it from a 4.5 to a 5. I think a half grade bump was about as much as I could hope for given how low it started, so I was satisfied. The Tosi was a great gift, but my wife isn't the one to talk to about the hobby unless you want to hear "Are you checking cards again?" every time you glance at your phone

[S_GERACE]

Hi John,
Here a my HoFer's plus Feathers (I posted the Nag elsewhere-you've seen it). Like I said, we pretty much collect in the same grade only you're further along in completing your set.

[jefferyepayne]

Nice cards, guys! I still have some doubles for sale if anyone is looking for Chicles.

jeff

[S_GERACE]

Here are some Chicle prices I'm sure we'd all love to see come back (from the 1983 Beckett)

[butcher354435]

Very nice Chicles!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Awesome Chicles! Scott, you have a good eye - those all look to be on the high end of the grade to me.

And love the price guide - wish I had gotten in at those prices. What was I doing? Putting sets together from packs. A vintage card to me was a Reggie Jackson or Ricky Henderson rookie - my card shop didn't even have football cards.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Anyone bid on this? Not to pile on, but I think it beats the Memory Lane one in just about every way and it was only about 100 dollars more by my rough math (not sure what BP is on the Memory Lane Auction):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Nationa...vip=true&rt=nc

The only thing I didn't like was it seems to be swimming in that holder - its literally at the top of the holder in one scan and at the bottom in another. Hopefully, it doesn't mean anything as they have to allow some size tolerance in the holders.

[jefferyepayne]

I bid but dropped out waaaay early. Was a little bit suspect about the size as well.

Did pick up one Chicle that was an upgrade for me, though.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

I was watching just because I wanted to see where it would end, then when I started typing my post last night, I noticed the size. Last time I asked about size it was on a Dale Burnett and people thought it was ok.

Jeff, I'll keep an eye on the pick up thread for when you get any new Chicles in hand.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Without my giving the context yet, check out this bidder information:

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 226
Items bid on: 88
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 1
Bid retractions (6 months): 15

Is there any chance this is just a really loyal customer?

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Without my giving the context yet, check out this bidder information:

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 226
Items bid on: 88
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bid retractions: 1
Bid retractions (6 months): 15

Is there any chance this is just a really loyal customer?

No chance whatsoever. I've been on ebay buying lots of stuff since 2009 and have never retracted a bid. I can understand hitting the wrong button once or twice in ones lifetime but any more than that is blatant fraud.

If ebay wants to clean up its act, the easiest way to do so is to disallow bid retractions. Lots and lots of shilling and other games will go away.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Jeff. Plus 226 bids with the same seller may not be a lot if you place 1000s of bids, but in this case it was 100% bid activity with the same seller. I also searched a few of the sellers other auctions and was seeing similar.

I pasted the link below. It went for right around what I was going to snipe and I think there was enough interest that the 9 feedback bidder didn't have an impact, but still......

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...p2047675.l2565