The Official Mail Showcase Thread (poker related) (593 Viewers)

[FestiveKnight]

Heyyyy, now would you look at that. @FedorOfSpades @NotRealNameNoSir

 

[BKisback]

Had to go shopping in the big and tall to find something for these huskaroos. Thanks @TheLemursReturn

 

[LowerBama1714]

Had to go shopping in the big and tall to find something for these huskaroos. Thanks @TheLemursReturn
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Thick.

 

[upNdown]

huskaroos

They’re just roomier!

 

[pocketJs]

Never thought I’d be lucky enough to snipe one of these. Thanks @BarrieJ3

 

[JMC9389]

Never thought I’d be lucky enough to snipe one of these. Thanks @BarrieJ3

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MYAH

 

[Bronson]

Never thought I’d be lucky enough to snipe one of these. Thanks @BarrieJ3

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So pretty i could use it as a Christmas ornament!
Great chip!

 

[BKisback]

Good to have a little more beef for the back end. Thanks @TheChipRoom

 

[pluto]

Got these vintage Kems in an auction lot, love the design. Slightly bowed but still in playable shape and have that old kem smell to them. Dirty from the last time they got play, maybe decades ago The bakelite(?) case is awesome too!

 

[EmptyPocs]

not a bad pickup for $18
(chips not included )

 

[MatrixExplosion]

not a bad pickup for $18
(chips not included )
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Wow, whats that Grand Card Room chip? I thought they only came in solids...

 

[suchj0sh]

Wanted this set for a very long time. FEELS GREAT!

 

[BPTDirector]

Wow, whats that Grand Card Room chip? I thought they only came in solids...

That’s from a 50mm group buy years past. Ed has the biggest set, and around )00 he bought from me.

 

[MatrixExplosion]

That’s from a 50mm group buy years past. Ed has the biggest set, and around )00 he bought from me.

Good to know, thanks. They look fantastic

 

[Pippa]

Finally the Casino Royale are with me
Thanks @T_Chan
Berny we be always with me now!!!!!

 

[upNdown]

That’s from a 50mm group buy years past. Ed has the biggest set, and around )00 he bought from me.

They’re BBCs right?

 

[doublebooyah85]

They’re BBCs right?

CPC I believe

Congrats @Pippa as they should be.

 

[buffalojim]

They’re BBCs right?

 

[upNdown]

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BBC, BCC, THC, who knows

 

[Okku]

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Ahh, jeez! I look at the photos queued up and realize this is gonna hurt. I've spent a bunch of dollars on mostly useless stuff in the last couple weeks, so bear with me.

Starting simple, more Vegas $1s for that needless collection (approaching 350 chips total! ).

A random future card cap only because I am not...

More anniversary chips, as those have become a bit of a rabbit-hole I've fallen into. (front and back of the same chip)

A Marlboro "branded" leather box with 100 dice chips and paper cards that I got only for the box to house the Par-a-Dice heads up set I have that doesn't have a convenient home or even easy way to transport. Thankfully the only branding was a post-card sized ad in the box. Not even a coupon, not that it would matter as I've never been a smoker (my parents both were). Also no allegiance to the brand beyond that was what my stepdad smoked.

The dividers aren't glued down or otherwise secured which is actually rather nice as I don't have to worry about them failing or constantly having to be reattached.

(proper photos to come once I have repopulated this box).

But now the extra-senseless buys:

I've had a bit of an affinity for the Thunderbird as it was one of the first casinos I started getting collectable chips from. I managed to fetch a few during the pandemic when folks were liquidating stuff at a rate I didn't recall seeing before, but kept looking even after. The dovetail 50-cent chips were always on my list, but finding matches (red-tails and green-tails) that weren't also abusively priced was a challenge. These two were from two different sellers, and a discount on one led me to push the button on the other. The stamp on the red-tail is weak over the casino name, but is fine for me, at least until my OCD forces me to find a stronger stamp.

The orange Arodie took me by surprise. One showed up in an eBay search that went through a normal auction cycle. After it ended the same seller put another one up at the price the previous one ended at in open bidding. It disappeared quickly.

Then a third. Same story.

Then a fourth. But no motion on it for a day. I attempted a search on the Chip Board about it (no joy there), but did stumble across a post where someone posted a picture of one of the previous three with no real comment. Two replies to that which were effectively "nice chip' were all that followed that. I decided "what the hell" and pushed the buy button.

It looks like it's been canceled in a way with a couple blue-foil pinwheels on the back:

...but otherwise has wear that aligns with some casino use. A bit of dirt and rounded corners and a touch of smoothed texture on the faces. It's not in the Chip Guide or the Chip Rack (or even Campiglia & Wells books) so possibly a newer discovery. Maybe I got duped? Hard to say, but I'm hoping that this is a new discovery. Regardless, a cool chip and a fun one to add to the display case (which I'm going to have to re-arrange, again, to make space for the new members of the family.



The bigger issue, this isn't everything! There are others in the mail still that might or might not arrive before I depart for my next shift at the observatory and travel for the holidays.

Enjoy the images of my useless and random spending!

 

[upNdown]

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@jpietrella ever see one of these Foxwoods $500s?

 

[Bill_Man618]

@jpietrella ever see one of these Foxwoods $500s?

I doubt it. That’s the only one I’ve seen and I’m majorly jealous because I’d love to have a sample of those up to the $500

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

I doubt it. That’s the only one I’ve seen and I’m majorly jealous because I’d love to have a sample of those up to the $500

 

[upNdown]

I doubt it. That’s the only one I’ve seen and I’m majorly jealous because I’d love to have a sample of those up to the $500

Yup. I searched for Foxwoods THCs for a couple of years and I’ve never seen one either. It’s not on thechipguide
Cool chip Oscar!

 

[jpietrella]

@jpietrella ever see one of these Foxwoods $500s?

Holy Santa Claus shit. So, I've never seen one since I've been collecting but I vaguely remember the THC $500s back when they were still live. Can't remember what it looked like other than it being a purple base chip.

 

[Bill_Man618]

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Bicycle Club chip here is also a crazy find

 

[Rieguy]

Still can't believe these beauts didn't sell out in the OG sale, but thankfully Black Friday made a barrel find it's way here.

Need more of these hundos for their native/original set! Halp pls.

 

[Mushmanchuman]

Nice lil spread of chips from a FB seller in California. Never thought about toilet paper rolls to ship chips.

 

[Bronson]

Nice lil spread of chips from a FB seller in California. Never thought about toilet paper rolls to ship chips.View attachment 1607133View attachment 1607134

Nice spread! Many decent chips in this pile!
Wish to have rack of those grey Sahara $1.