Len - There was a long thread on this a couple of days ago - you might want to look at it.

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcb/tcb.pl?read=472633

If you get any more good info via email please post it and let us all know....

It was a bit of a surprise to see the chip exceed the "book" value by about 50% and still not meet the reserve. EBay is a very strange place...