For Sale Paulson WTHC (1 Viewer)

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Hi all,

I've spent many years as a member of the Rennlist automotive community (same username as here) and my observation is that this community is similarly comprised of likeminded people who are knowledgable about their passion. It's nice to "e-meet" you all!

I have to confess that I am not a chip collector, nor am I a poker chip guru myself. I played a lot of live poker ~10 years ago and in 2013 I decided to acquire my own home poker setup (table and chips) and ordered a set of 1,240 Paulson World Top Hat and Cane chips.

Almost immediately after acquiring my set, I relocated across the country where I was unable to put my table/chips to use; they effectively sat in a closet for the last 8 years.

After relocating (yet again) recently, I decided it was time to sell my table and chips because I don't use them. Upon joining the forum, I was fortunate to quickly connect with BamaT8ter, who told me that this was indeed the right forum to sell my chips. I sold him the 0.25 denomination chips in the photographs below. I sent them to him today and hopefully he will confirm that I am an honest and straightforward seller once he receives the chips (I sent them from Vancouver, Canada today and they should arrive at his doorstep next Friday or the following Monday at the latest).

With that said, I am hoping to sell all of the remainder of my chips in one sale, if possible. If I am unable to find one buyer, I will update the listing to include pricing for individual denominations.

I am asking $6,600 plus shipping for the following:

1s: 300
5s: 400
25s: 300
100s: 50
500s: 10

Note: I have an additional 40 chips of varying denominations. They were stored separately from my other chips so I don't have them available for sale at this time. If/when I'm able to get them out of storage, I will let you all know. Update: the breakdown of the extras is as follows:

0.25s: 20
1s: 5
5s: 5
25s: 5
100s: 3
500s: 2

As mentioned, they are still somewhere in storage and I have to locate them.
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Hey, y’all. I’ve been working with @asofine to help him navigate the sale process.

Being that he doesn’t have a significant history here, I can understand someone being a bit squeamish about making this size of a purchase.

If it helps, I’m willing to escrow any purchase — send the money to me instead, and I’ll hold it until you get your chips. I’ve talked to @asofine about this, and he was fine with that arrangement if it comes down to it.

Happy chipping!
 
I would encourage you to post some better up close photos of the chips. Especially of the edges. A photo like this one below would be ideal. It's really difficult to determine the value of these if we can't see the edges clearly. Value varies quite a bit by condition.

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Ok, I'll take some pictures and upload them.

UPDATE: Added more photos to the OP
 
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I would encourage you to post some better up close photos of the chips. Especially of the edges. A photo like this one below would be ideal. It's really difficult to determine the value of these if we can't see the edges clearly. Value varies quite a bit by condition.

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…in other news, yummy ESPT goodness!!!
 
Ah sorry I read the 25s as .25's!!!

My Bad

Chris

No worries. Works out to a bit over $6 a chip. Considering the recent price that $1s have been going for, I think the price is right in line with the current market.
 
For sure the 5ks and 1ks are less common. The cash denoms aren’t less common, but more desirable. There is a greater market for the cash denoms I believe.

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The 5ks are for sure the least common of the original non-custom WTHC. Probably by a lot.

I am clutching all of my WTHC for eternity anyway.

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I passed on a rack of minty T5000 WTHC just a month or so ago. I believe they are gone now. I got a rack of T500 WTHC to make them into my CDI $25K

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I think, each chipper is resposible for his prices and knows how he made his decision (so if my comment goes to far, please tell me - no offense to anyone), but I absolutely disagree on this point... apart from the inquiries of @phcjpp and @Organista1 (insane $10 and $7 per chip for the 1s) the mid-denoms of WTHCs were sold for about $3.50 until the end of april '21. Playable Sets with 1ks and 5ks were sold for $4 to (in exceptional cases) $5 per chip.
It's not entirely understandable from my point of view, how to call an average price of over $6 for a 70%-mid-denom-set "in line with the market".
I'm quite happy, that nobody snapcalls the offer... it's a good sign, that things go back to "normal" in babysteps... ;)
Last time I checked I was not insane!

Chris
 
Last time I checked I was not insane!

Chris
On forums I've frequented in the past, comments about pricing were eventually prohibited from for sale threads because they invariably devolved into back-and-forths like this. I appreciate that this forum permits this, though.

In any case, I relied on advice from more tenured members than I in order to set a price. If I sell the chips, great: I've had two offers at full ask - one went sideways due to some concerns with overseas shipping, one offer is contingent on the buyer completing another sale...also, I've had offers to split off the set that - in aggregate - add up to my asking price, but I'd prefer to sell to one buyer so that I'm not sending 5 international shipments. If I fail to find a buyer at my asking price, then of course I will adjust :)

Cheers.
 
I don’t think anyone is intentionally doing it, but the comments are at minimum toeing the “thread crapping” line. And @asofine is right. If the price is too high, the market will let him know. Happy to discuss what the current WTHC market is with anyone, but let’s have that discussion somewhere else.

From the pics, these look like great chips. Whoever buys them is going to love them.
 
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