I would like to take this opportunity to salute Todd Barrett and to note that, although there was not a lot of action between the two auctions below, it is telling that again the slabbed piece came up empty.

What we have are two Dunes N-1515 (TCR) $5 chips. A slabbed version started at $149. and a “naked” one started at $199. To my untrained eye, the slabbed one was in slightly better condition… yet, the “naked” chip sold at $199. And the slabbed one remained unsold at $149.

Here are the links:

Slabbed: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1020608962&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1004318145&indexURL=0&rd=1

Unslabbed: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1021918716&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1004315546&indexURL=0&rd=1