Not Mine Over 40lb HUGE ASIS Lot of Paulson Top Hat & Cane Casino Chips (3 Viewers)
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slisk250
Straight Flush
Were these buried next to the Dunes chips?
DrStrange
4 of a Kind
I think a cleaning (careful if you care about the hot stamp) and oil treatment would work wonders. Not perfection, but these would look a lot better. These might look rather ragged but I expect limited wear on the bulk of the chips.
Just guessing - I think this is a 1,000+/- so chip set made for a home (or perhaps illegal) game. Paulson sold sets like that in a nice wooden case. The weight was too much for the case so they often have damage or replacement hardware.
This could be a nice core for a relabel project.
DrStrange
Just guessing - I think this is a 1,000+/- so chip set made for a home (or perhaps illegal) game. Paulson sold sets like that in a nice wooden case. The weight was too much for the case so they often have damage or replacement hardware.
This could be a nice core for a relabel project.
DrStrange
Mental Nomad
Full House
If it's about 40 pounds, it ought to be closer to 2000 chips than 1000. Were they heavier, back then? Would these be leaded?
Also, with all that (water?) damage, I'm curious how well they'd clean up... if those stains penetrated, they might need to be sandblasted!
Also, with all that (water?) damage, I'm curious how well they'd clean up... if those stains penetrated, they might need to be sandblasted!
probably some warped ones too
RIP Mitch?
maxim_666666
Flush
I think that these chips can not be cleaned, as well as hot stamp
NorCalChip
Pair
The hoarder in me can't help but want to give this a try
Yeah, at roughly 40 lbs. I'd venture somewhere between 1600 and 1800 chips. Older Paulsons - especially hot-stamped chips - were indeed heavier, sometimes approaching 12g each.
But if it's going to take both a LFRB and MFRB to ship these (and those are horrible shipping pics in the eBay listing, btw), then 2500 chips might not be out of the question (assuming his 40lb bathroom scale estimate is way off). Packed loose, you can easily get close to 1000 chips in a MFRB, not that you ~should~ do it that way.
If I were in the Sacramento area (for local pickup), I'd be all over these. I think most will clean up pretty nicely, and I know a couple of guys named Mitch (one's even a chipper).
But if it's going to take both a LFRB and MFRB to ship these (and those are horrible shipping pics in the eBay listing, btw), then 2500 chips might not be out of the question (assuming his 40lb bathroom scale estimate is way off). Packed loose, you can easily get close to 1000 chips in a MFRB, not that you ~should~ do it that way.
If I were in the Sacramento area (for local pickup), I'd be all over these. I think most will clean up pretty nicely, and I know a couple of guys named Mitch (one's even a chipper).
NorCalChip
Pair
The hot stamp worries me. Seems like any mass restoration attempts would be in vein. this would require individual attention on a large scale, it seems
slisk250
Straight Flush
I'm thinking about this. I have a drill press, flat bottom router bit, etc. I'd be tempted to machine all of them and have the blanks to label on the cheap.
Mental Nomad
Full House
Have a good ultrasonic cleaning setup? I'd be tempted to mill them for labelling, too. I have an awful lot of silly set ideas to play with on the cheap, but this is a lot of manual labor.
guinness
Flush
Put them in a wood chipper.
slisk250
Straight Flush
Ultimately they are beat to hell. I was joking...
OP
OP
atomiktoaster
Full House
Crazy, IMO
NorCalChip
Pair
I was gonna bid but who's shelling out over 300 for this ?
Psypher1000
Straight Flush
I was going to pull the trigger, and my bid *might* have won as it would have been over the final $316 price, but not much more.
If you figure 1800 chips, that's less than 20 cents per chip...if they clean them up and sell them for 50-60 cents per chip, that's not a bad return.
obv answer is obv........Mitch.
atomiktoaster
Full House
I think it would apply.Every time I see the Thread/Auction title I think is says "HUGE ASS".
NorCalChip
Pair
I bet the only decent ones were in the pics and the rest are junk. Wish I lived closer to take a look
OP
OP
atomiktoaster
Full House
Mitch was out of control
slisk250
Straight Flush
If they were stamped BITCH then I would have bid. Too many ways to have fun with a BITCH set.
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