S&A Features: Ebay Watch
eBay Watch: September/October 2005
Lots of decks this period, so be happy. I skated a bunch and still found time to scour eBay for you dudes!! Lucky you. No seriously. . . . Santa Cruz/SMA More Salbas. I have this one, and in this colorway. Problem is, mine is beat to hell and all scratched up. This voodoo looks […]
Posted by: House of Neil on November 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: July/August 2005
Not a lot of decks in this period I’m afraid. Why? I was busy outside skating on the weekends, that’s why! Like you should have been! Let’s see what we have here. . . . Santa Cruz/SMA More Salbas. The tiger model just keeps going up and up, which is great because I have one. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: May/June 2005
The big question this period: would the Hollywood movie “The Lords of Dogtown” push up prices, especially with Alva/Zephyr/Dogtown stuff? Well, there was certainly a lot of that stuff auctioned this time, so let’s see! Z-Boys Normally I’d call this section Dogtown/Alva/Bulldog, but I think that Z-Boys covers it better. This could be anything from […]
Posted by: House of Neil on July 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: March/April 2005
So, the question is, would the Disposable spike continue into March and April? Would common decks continue to reach ridiculous prices just because of Sean Cliver’s words? Read on and find out! Powell Mike McGill. The dork of the Bones Brigade. Seems like everybody bagged on him. His classic graphic is timeless though, and this […]
Posted by: House of Neil on May 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: January/February 2005
Wow. After a very mediocre Xmas period to close out 2004, 2005 started out with a bang. I’m calling it the Disposable spike. A lot of people (me included) got the excellent skateboard graphics book Disposable for Xmas. After leafing through it, nostalgia hits you like a ton of bricks: you want to own those […]
Posted by: House of Neil on March 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: November/December 2004
Another mediocre period. Seems like everybody was saving up for Xmas or something. Only 1 deck broke the $1000 barrier, but we did get some stuff that you don’t see too often. Powell First up we have this very clean Steve Caballero 2nd graphic snubnose complete. Shit, the deck looks it was bought yesterday! Nice […]
Posted by: House of Neil on January 10th, 2005
eBay Watch: September/October 2004
Nothing super great this month. The highlights is probably the set of Stroker trucks that went for well over $1000, although the hotly disputed Natas 101 deck went for over $2500. Scroll down to see the full story on that. Powell First up we have this totally classic Ray “Bones” Rodriguez skull and sword complete. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on November 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: July/August 2004
The highlight this period was probably a Dogtown Bigfoot in great condition, a great Cab full dragon, and a mouthwatering early Natas. Let’s get started. Powell This is a breathtaking deck. The Cab full dragon is one my favorite graphics ever, but I’ve never seen it on a vivid pink deck before. It is awesome. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: May/June 2004
A lot of stuff this period, highlighted by a deck that almost beat the $6000 record, and a jacket that went for a ridiculous price. Let’s get started. Powell In the regular sports collectable world, “game-worn” pieces are a big hit with collectors. Jerseys that were actually worn by the athlete during a game etc. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on July 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: March/April 2004
Lots of stuff in this period, including a real surprise, and a t-shirt that went for a ridiculous price: the new owner must be kicking himself. More on this later. Powell Steve Caballero started selling some of his own collection on eBay during this period, so there’s a lot of Cab deck, some previously unseen. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on May 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: January/February 2004
Well, I was back on form in 2004. Tons of stuff this time, including a Powell team jacket that went for ridiculous coin. Also, we were awash with Salbas and Dressens of various types. Let’s go. Powell Steve Caballero’s decks are always popular. He’s one of the most enduring skaters, and seems like a nice, […]
Posted by: House of Neil on March 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: November/December 2003
Call it the Xmas blahs, call it whatever you will, but I didn’t check eBay too much during the holiday season. Too busy buying presents that didn’t involve skating perhaps. Anyway, here’s what I did find. Powell Here’s a handsome Cab (get it?). Silver paint, and matching rails and trucks. Sweet full dragon. $308. And […]
Posted by: House of Neil on January 12th, 2004
eBay Watch: September/October 2003
A mixed period of the usual crap, but then an immense rarity went up, and sure enough it drew an enormous price. Powell Now here’s a clever boy. This same Allan ‘Ollie” Gelfand went off in June, just 2 months previously for $450. The buyer stripped the Vans sticker off of the tail, took off […]
Posted by: House of Neil on November 12th, 2003
eBay Watch: July/August 2003
After the insanity of June, July and August were pretty sedate, so I’m combining them. Unless I missed a bunch of stuff which is more than likely! Let’s get to it. Here’s one of the most valued collector decks out there: the Santa Cruz Jeff Grosso “Alice”. Watch the collectors come running when one of […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 12th, 2003
eBay Watch June 2003
Tons of cool stuff went off in June. Let’s jump right in with the Powell stuff. Powell First up we have this used Ray Rodriguez skull and sword pig. Not bad condition at all really. Color is nice and the stickers actually look pretty good. At least there’s some consistency here. $355. Next up is […]
Posted by: House of Neil on July 12th, 2003
eBay Watch: May 2003
Let’s try something new this month. Instead of organizing by company, I’m going to attempt to do it by date this month. Also, it’s just come to my attention how much old skates shoes are getting on eBay, even worn ones, so I have a few examples of that at the end. 1970’s First up […]
Posted by: House of Neil on June 12th, 2003
eBay Watch: April 2003
Only 2 decks reached 4 figures this month, but it was still a busy month. A holy grail for collectors was posted, and the action was fast and furious, but more of that later. Mixing Dogtown and Sims this month? What gives? Well, they’re all of similar vintage, so I thought I’d lump them together. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on May 12th, 2003
eBay Watch: March 2003
In March the market continued the upward trend that started in February. We had any number of decks that went for well over $1000, and that’s always the test. There are very few collectors that will spend four figures on a deck, and I count 6 decks that went for well over that this month! […]
Posted by: House of Neil on April 12th, 2003
ebay Watch: February 2003
Now this is more like it! Tons of stuff went off for decent bucks in February. I guess the Xmas blues are over! A lot of varied stuff, including some weird stuff you never see! Alva/Dogtown Some early classics here! First up we have this mint, undrilled Alva pig, probably from 1980 or so. $1226. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on March 12th, 2003
eBay Watch: January 2003
Wow, this was the slowest month I can ever remember on the bay. Maybe it was a post Christmas hangover or something, but only a couple of things of any real note changed hands, and the largest was a new deck. Go figure. Z-Flex/Dogtown/Bulldog First up we have this decent condition Z-Woody Shogo Kubo signature […]
Posted by: House of Neil on February 12th, 2003
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