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PompeyPhil · Joined: 24 May 2014 Posts: 330

I see the Chelsea Boys are "at it" again.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PRES.....541deade5b

and still five days to go!! Shocked

iucrmh · Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 104 Location: Chester, UK

PompeyPhil wrote:

I see the Chelsea Boys are "at it" again.......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PRES.....541deade5b

and still five days to go!! Shocked

Curiously, both bidders seem to have a fair number of bid retractions in the last 6 months (8 and 12 respectively). At least, I think that is a fair number.

gatfb · Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 333

I would say it was very high. I think I've made one in twelve years.

pompeypete · Forum Moderator Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 1094

It could be me , but if the 2 are in it together.........

Both bid over £400, this scares off other bidders.....

Then one retracts his bid so the 2nd bidders gets the item for cost price + £1

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Wullie · Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 3423

I'm not certain but are you not allowed to retract bids with 12 hours to go till the end of bidding ? Still time for other bids. Finding a Chelsea 1960s/70s press photo is the equivalent of winning a decent amount on a scratch card. Quite a unique situation, two bidders with pots of money chasing the same items. Also , it's strange how many sellers of press photos live abroad. I had a few from Europe without a single problem. Just wonder how so many end up overseas ?

Fishy · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 1218

Same here Wullie - I just received a 48/9 Millwall v Tooting FAC press photo from Belgium!

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:02 am Post subject:

Fishy wrote:

Same here Wullie - I just received a 48/9 Millwall v Tooting FAC press photo from Belgium!

There a bloke in Sweden and a couple in Belgium - Lord knows where they get them all from, maybe there's a Euro hub of old football press photos lying in a silo somewhere. I'm trying to get as many as I can as some are badly described and categorised and also postage is high but not so bad pro rata when you buy a batch.

Fishy, I saw that Millwall v Tooting one and was speaking to the Millwall programme historian at the time it was going through. He uttered a few expletives when he was outbid!!

Fishy · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 1218

Nice one Pete!
I'm pretty sure that he has outbid me several times in the past, though I'm not sure of his Ebay name.......