My own personal Highlander, there can be only one (THC v. THC....to the death) (1 Viewer)

Who shall live and who shall be die...er...be sold

  • Keep the Casablancas you moron

    Votes: 11 45.8%
  • Are you high? Keep the Auroras

    Votes: 17 70.8%

  • Total voters
    24

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The situation: I want just one Paulson set to keep. I've always had just one, want to keep just one. Since my personal mantra is "cash sets should be custom" that pretty much means a tourney set (murderers and over-labelers I hear your exception). I've had the Casablanca set from the original NJ sale, so for years. It was always a bit awkward to run a decent tournament off it when it was just the 25/100/500, the addition of Sal's (R.I.P.) designed plaques made it very workable. I've tried for a while to add to it but it seems most folks who had Casa's were holding onto their chips, or at least the ones I needed. Then the Aurora's became available (thanks @Josh Kifer!). A perfectly designed THC tournament set. Job done right? The intention was to sell the Casas, shift a few barrels from the AST (I only need a STT set, I have a CM set for the very rare times I have multiple tables of the great unwashed) and I'm out only a few hundred bucks and I've got my perfect set.

Tried flogging the Casas but can't get takers for the whole operation (the 100s and 500s are far more rare and desirable than the 25s, but that's usually the way isn't it?). So I'm just sitting on them getting ready to take them over to Electronic Bay.

But wait @AfterTheFact offers up some nice minty $5s at a very good price (still two racks out there citizens). Suddenly I can add those to the Casblanca set and make it pretty tasty indeed. In fact it's so tasty that I'm thinking this does exactly what I wanted this set to do from the beginning. Sure T5 base has a slightly different texture to T25 but 200BB is 200BB.

So on the one hand I've got 720 very minty inlaid OG THC from a real casino with varied spot patterns. Plus 34 plaques. And dealer buttons. Plenty of chips to do STT with comfort (rebuys, color ups, etc.).

On the other hand I've got 700 very minty perfectly designed and very desirable THC tournament chips for the standard T25 base thing. And the set as it stands can easily two two tables if needed.

But I can have only one. Sure I hear you say "MOAR CHIPES!" but my budget and financial reality say I can't have several thousand dollars tied up in a set that only gets occasional use (I rotate in Tourneys but am primarily cash game oriented). So which one do I keep, which one do I sell?

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I'm all for owning only one set per purpose. I definitely prefer real casino chips to fantasy chips (or whatever.) But what really does it for me is that if I'm only owning one Paulson set and its inlays vs hot stamps, it's really no contest. Hot stamps can be nice, but inlays win!
I get that T5 is slightly more burdensome than T25, but that's probably the last factor I'd consider.
 
Sounds like you would rather sell the casa's but the market isn't where you want. You obviously could get a ton from the Aurora star, but it is such a pretty set as well.

I would personally keep the Aurora stars, it's a near perfect set. As for the Casa's, just keep a sample for yourself for a personal display and sell the rest off by the rack. I think that's what the market is telling you. Max out on the $100s and $500s, get going rate for the others.
 
I don't care what you say......

.....keep 'em both. You have already stated all of the perfectly acceptable reasons to do so. You will get much enjoyment from playing both sets, so just alternate between them.

If you find yourself in the future using one set much more often than the other, then that is the time to sell. Not now.
 
My vote depends on what your cash game sets. Without knowing, I'm going to choose old school lead 9 out of 10 times.
BCC and ASM/CPC.
I don't care what you say......

.....keep 'em both. You have already stated all of the perfectly acceptable reasons to do so. You will get much enjoyment from playing both sets, so just alternate between them.

If you find yourself in the future using one set much more often than the other, then that is the time to sell. Not now.


I appreciate that, and it's a reasonable suggestion, but one of these has to go. That still leaves me with 4 complete sets (2 cash, 2 tourney).
 
I have a CM set for the very rare times I have multiple tables of the great unwashed
Sell those. :)

Fwiw, I've significantly cut back on the number of my tourney sets in the past few years. No more Casablancas, still have the Aurora Stars.

Regret selling the Casa's. Can't imagine ever selling the Stars.
 
In this corner, the Casas! Real casino, real history, real lead! In great shape, but also a little broken in and likely feel great. Tougher to sell as a set.

In the other, the Auroras! Custom Paulsons, not leaded, but man, those colors. Also a purpose built tourney set. Likely easy to sell as a set.

Tough call! But if it was me, I'd keep the Auroras.
 

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