Austin Poker Palace - Poker Chip Inquiry (1 Viewer)

[Rufus67]

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Thinking about purchasing a set of chips and wanted to get some input. I'm considering a bulk set—around 8,000 chips—but I’m not familiar with this particular design or material. Has anyone seen or used these before? I'm curious how they compare to China clay chips in terms of quality, feel, and overall value. Are they considered an upgrade? Also, any idea what a set of this size might be worth? Appreciate any insight!

 

[roughrabbit]

Hey @Rufus67, I think a little more background may be helpful to get some answers. After reading your post I'm a little lost, are you looking to make a tribute set with the same design of the closed Austin poker palace card room AND asking if the chips you have are comparable to china clay AND are you asking what your set in the picture is worth?

 

[DirtyTIVA]

They’re probably worth next to nothing.

 

[roughrabbit]

They’re probably worth next to nothing.

I second this

 

[Rufus67]

Hey @Rufus67, I think a little more background may be helpful to get some answers. After reading your post I'm a little lost, are you looking to make a tribute set with the same design of the closed Austin poker palace card room AND asking if the chips you have are comparable to china clay AND are you asking what your set in the picture is worth?

Hey, appreciate you asking for clarification!


I’m not necessarily looking to make a tribute set—just came across this large set (around 8,000 chips) that appear to be from the old Austin Poker Palace and wasn’t familiar with the design or material. I was mainly wondering:

1. If anyone knows how these chips stack up quality-wise compared to China clay (are they better/worse/just different?),
2. And if there’s any kind of market or value for them as-is—either for collectors or for repurposing.

Not trying to recreate anything, just debating whether it’s worth picking them up or passing. Thanks again!

 

[allforcharity]

I think these are akin to what we would call ceramic 'no-molds', where there is no debossing anywhere on the face of the chips and all elements are directly dye-sub printed onto the chip surface. Basically the 'classic' way to produce a ceramic chip.

Whether it's 'better' or not compare to a China Clay chip is only for you to decide when you have side to side comparisons in hand.

If you like this design enough to use it, and you have the opportunity to acquire an 8000 chip set (which is huge, btw), and you can get it for $800 or less, then it's a very good deal. Personally, I would walk if someone wanted $1200 or more.