"If two chips sold at 1100.00 ,I don,t see why one auction should automatically make this chip 1500.00 or higher. People get emotionally out of control at auctions and don,t always use reason.I don,t think this is a 1500.00 chip, but its not my money!" Dick B.

Hi Dick; Against a catalog estimate of $900-$1000 .... and in view of two reported sales at 10% higher than cat. and one well documented sale that may go even higher than 50% above catalog estimates, I would think that an increase in the 2001 catalog estimate for this chip would be appropriate. I don't agree with a lot of the estimates that are provided to me based on past sales, or reports of prices realized on other auctions or transactions, but like you said, "it's not my money" either.<g>