Here's a few of Dean's own words. "Thunderbird chip: when I bought 4 of them at the show, I understood there were a couple of boxes found. To me that meant 200. If a chip is worth $2000 and only a couple of hundred were found in good shape, then I felt the chips would still be worth at least $300. If I chose to resell a couple of the 4 that I bought, that is my business. I never went out out expecting to get thousands for this chip knowing that everyone had them. I felt that if I was at the show in Las Vegas, and had access to them, and then make a profit, thats business."

Here's the leadoff post to a few threads in the archives.

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=81580

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=86554

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=81908

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=87584

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=81789

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcbarc03/tcbarc03.pl?read=87509

There's a lot more, going back a lot farther. Enjoy!