S&A Features: Ebay Watch
eBay Watch: December 2002
December was a very funny month. It was a very quiet month on the whole, especially until one new seller put up 5 items, all of them rare, and that sparked a bidding frenzy amongst collectors. All of the items of note were either Powell decks or Santa Cruz decks with just 4 exceptions. Powell-Peralta […]
Posted by: House of Neil on January 13th, 2003
eBay Watch: November 2002
Some good stuff this month, but prices seem to be tumbling a little. There were some bargains to be had. It was a slow month overall. Dogtown/Z-Flex/Bulldog First up is this pre production Dogtown, with the graphics hand drawn by Wes Humpston. It went for $800, which although decent, still seems like a bargain to […]
Posted by: House of Neil on December 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: October 2002
Check it out. Some classic Dogtowns went off in October, and one historical piece didn’t go off because it didn’t meet the high reserve. First up we have a used Bigfoot that must have belonged to a crusty Brit punk lover. Dig the GBH and Exploited stickers! The skid plate looks wooden and homemade. $975. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on November 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: September 2002
Nothing too spectacular to report in September. A solid month where prices stayed about where they should be. Let’s take a look. Alva First up this month we have two Alvas that are pretty much identical. Both are pigs and feature the classic die-cut griptape on top. The first fetched $430, the second $336. They […]
Posted by: House of Neil on October 13th, 2002
eBayWatch Special Report: The $6000 Tony Hawk
eBayWatch Special Report: The $6000 Tony Hawk April 29th, 2002. A regular day for most people, but for skateboard collectors everywhere, it was a historic day. It was the day that the eBay member smo_king would use the Buy-It-Now option to spend $6000 on a mint first edition Tony Hawk deck. It shattered the old […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 15th, 2002
eBay Watch: August 2002
There were some absolutely unreal historical skate artifacts up this month, but a lot of them didn’t meet their reserve price, so no deal. It seems to me that a lot of the long-time collectors are satisfied with their collections and aren’t buying much anymore. The new collectors just don’t seem to have the cash […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 5th, 2002
eBay Watch: July 2002
Let’s start it. Alva / Dogtown / Z-Flex I’m lumping these together again, because there wasn’t much action on the “classics” front. First up we have this Dogtown Wes Humpston complete. It’s in sweet condition: I love the neon green conicals! It went for $710, which seems like a real bargain. Next we have this […]
Posted by: House of Neil on August 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: June 2002
We have a lot of Dogtown stuff this month. The movie probably made a lot of guys go in their garages and dig out their old decks. On attempting to ride them they discovered time hasn’t been kind, so they decided to sell them instead. Oh well. Get them out of the garages and onto […]
Posted by: House of Neil on July 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: May 2002
Getting right to it… Alva/Dogtown/Z-Flex This month I’m lumping these 3 together because there wasn’t a lot of action for these classics. First up this month is this late 70s Alva pig complete. It went for a reasonable $561. Judging by the griptape, it’s in very good shape. That’s it for the Alvas. Let’s look […]
Posted by: House of Neil on June 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: April 2002
April was a slow month for decks on eBay. No real shockers, not a lot of much to tell you the truth. Powell How does this old cab grab you? It grabbed somebody out there to the tune of $1,926. Ouch. It’s not even his first model. Of course, you don’t see many mint 2nd […]
Posted by: House of Neil on May 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: March 2002
After the decline in February, things really picked up in March, with some real rare classics going for big prices. Here’s the scoop, organized by company. Dogtown First up is this new Dogtown Big Foot. I’m not quite sure what the deal with this deck is. I believe Humpston and Muir have been doing some […]
Posted by: House of Neil on April 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: January – February 2002
Hello again. The post Xmas blues hit I think, because for the first time in a while, prices seemed to be going down. Buyers just didn’t seem as rabid as in the past! Here’s the scoop this month, by company. Dogtown First up is this vintage Dogtown Jim Muir. The photo is horrible, but the […]
Posted by: House of Neil on March 16th, 2002
eBay Watch: December 2001
As normal there were tons of decks going for big money, so let’s get started with the classics: the Alvas, Dogtowns and Z-Flex. Alva / Dogtown / Z-Flex. This 1970s Alva went for $455. A high price, but it’s a classic complete board. This Dogtown Bigfoot went for a low $700-probably because of the griptape […]
Posted by: House of Neil on January 13th, 2002
eBay Watch: September – October 2001
Another busy 2 months of skateboard madness on eBay. Prices keep going up. I’d really like to know if people are buying these decks to display, or if anybody actually rides any of these things! 70’s Let’s start with the old stuff first. This Alva deck went for $306. It’s a simple but classic deck. […]
Posted by: House of Neil on November 5th, 2001
eBay Watch: August 2001
Editor’s note: 8-28-06 Oh man. This is pretty funny. I’m reformatting these old eBay watches because they were pretty janky in the beginning, and I’m adding them into our CMS instead of the old static HTML pages. It’s amusing how naive some of these early predictions are. Prices have kind of gone through the roof […]
Posted by: House of Neil on September 5th, 2001
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