Just out of curiosity - I use Gavel Snipe and it seems down - is it down for anyone else?

Yep, it is down. Had to go to back up tonight.

so, you're saying there are deals to be had on ebay right now...

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Yuppers Matt....I'll let the cat out of the bag....I'm watching this Plank...

http://cgi.ebay.com/T206-Eddie-Plank-Philadelphia-SGC-Authentic_W0QQitemZ220402138794QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_SM_Sports_Cards?hash=item220402138794&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1308|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Yeah, that's a bargain by any definition.

borders look a little too thin for my taste; it may have been trimmed.

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Hmmmm....trimmed? You're being polite. That dude put that Plank on a freaking diet.....poor Mr. Plank...

looks like a psa3mk

Interesting that they would go down on the night that Heritage closes.

They are a Dallas based company and a couple of months ago, I ran a Whois search on the name and it had a mailing address that was the same building as Heritage Auctions, so I assumed there was a connection.

But I just ran it again to double check and it is now an address in Vancouver, WA.

It's the full bleed version of the card. A little slim but much nicer than my invisible version of the card. I was interested to read in the write up that Plank was not in any other tobacco issues of the era, the Ramly must be a mirage.