Hi, Frank, thank you for your messages and explanation. I was out of the house for a number of hours today, just got back to the ChipBoard and saw the various responses my words had generated. I agree you are free to stop your auction if you feel it's not going in your best interest. However, you posted a minimum bid of $8 for each Pai Gow chip. That appears to be unreasonably low, especially in the case of the high-value ones. And no reserve prices were suggested by you (I understand your explanation that it's not your custom do do so). Were the auction to go its course, and I bid $8 at the last moment on, say, the $500 chip, you would have been taken at a great disadvantage.

Apologies if I jumped to any conclusions about the exact details of why the auctions were closed early.

But when J. Eric lists chips, I try to select a fair opening bid, and keep the auction going for its full time unless (as happens very rarely) - I lose or damage the chip - like the time I dropped one on the floor and while looking for it, promptly rolled my chair over it. I just feel that, after opening an auction under specific terms, I should abide by my decisions and let it go its course.

Again, thanks for your explanation and comments, thanks too to all the others who have chimed in. And, no, I hold no grudges about this one. Life's too short. And yes, I agree, you were setting yourself up to take a big financial loss.