Hi Jim--No, I wasn't drawing a final judgement, just presenting the information since my chipping buddy who sent me the info doesn't participate on the chip board. Your statement, "The only thing which looks unusual is the fact that every auction cablemansam bid on was one of mackeral's" is the factor in question. Why would a collector only bid on ONE party's auctions? It may just be that he likes his friends chips, I don't know. Maybe "spirited bidding" or "seeder bidding" on auctions to draw attention is a better description than shill. But I thought it merited some attention.