OzzyWings
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Hello all. Ari here. I found the site because have been learning more about the world of chips and although will be sacralige to many of you, I hadn’t realized how lucky I have been to have a really unique set of Paulson chips that I briefly used in house games until I better understood their worth and switched to a lower quality set that I actually got at goodwill for nearly nothing.
When I bought the chips idk around 2005 or so, I was working with guys very into poker and chips and one of them found a seller on eBay who had a monster amount of chips and was willing and happy to sell in one big lot. So two of my friends ran the deal but I said why not and took a third of the chips which were Vineyard $1, $5, $20 and the oversized georgeous hundreds.
The worst part was that I didn’t like the $20’s despite their coloring which is stunning because I like to play Craps and taught all my daughters how to play bc enough with candy land and chutes and ladders right? And to deal craps well you really need the $25 denomination. So I sold a rack of the black $25 for what now seems like nothing given I never see them available and for the same money I bought idk maybe 500 or so brand new in the box $25 casino de isthmus James Bond chips. It mismatched the set sort of but for me it made it much better.
So now years later I have acquired so many ‘cool’ things that my (second) wife is convinced I belong on hoarders and given I rarely play much she cant fathom why I need several thousand chips between my Paulson and the knock offs we do use once in awhile.
So have been causally looking at the blogs and auctions and spoke to a couple dealers who blew me off but figured I’d say hi instead of continuing to lurk as I’m at a point where I’ll prob be selling them and I’d love to find them a happy home and not piecemeal them on eBay ten chips at a time.
So obviously not quite ready to sell but just trying to both learn and also get advice on the best way to sell them in the end. I would think a Paulson set despite the mismatch would be best but idk. I’m not going to be trying to be a pig but def have short term financial needs more important than incredible pieces of clay on a nice box!!
Would love feedback on any part of above such as the mismatch and also the quality I didn’t mention. The $1 and $5’a are ok. Thw 1$’s def circulated the $5’s barely. The $100’s and sharp sharp mint and the $25 bond are so sharp they cut your hand. Here too idk if a buyer would only want same quality Ect.
So anyways hi to all and look forward to advice from u chip pro’s!!
Ozzy oh sorry Ari!
When I bought the chips idk around 2005 or so, I was working with guys very into poker and chips and one of them found a seller on eBay who had a monster amount of chips and was willing and happy to sell in one big lot. So two of my friends ran the deal but I said why not and took a third of the chips which were Vineyard $1, $5, $20 and the oversized georgeous hundreds.
The worst part was that I didn’t like the $20’s despite their coloring which is stunning because I like to play Craps and taught all my daughters how to play bc enough with candy land and chutes and ladders right? And to deal craps well you really need the $25 denomination. So I sold a rack of the black $25 for what now seems like nothing given I never see them available and for the same money I bought idk maybe 500 or so brand new in the box $25 casino de isthmus James Bond chips. It mismatched the set sort of but for me it made it much better.
So now years later I have acquired so many ‘cool’ things that my (second) wife is convinced I belong on hoarders and given I rarely play much she cant fathom why I need several thousand chips between my Paulson and the knock offs we do use once in awhile.
So have been causally looking at the blogs and auctions and spoke to a couple dealers who blew me off but figured I’d say hi instead of continuing to lurk as I’m at a point where I’ll prob be selling them and I’d love to find them a happy home and not piecemeal them on eBay ten chips at a time.
So obviously not quite ready to sell but just trying to both learn and also get advice on the best way to sell them in the end. I would think a Paulson set despite the mismatch would be best but idk. I’m not going to be trying to be a pig but def have short term financial needs more important than incredible pieces of clay on a nice box!!
Would love feedback on any part of above such as the mismatch and also the quality I didn’t mention. The $1 and $5’a are ok. Thw 1$’s def circulated the $5’s barely. The $100’s and sharp sharp mint and the $25 bond are so sharp they cut your hand. Here too idk if a buyer would only want same quality Ect.
So anyways hi to all and look forward to advice from u chip pro’s!!
Ozzy oh sorry Ari!