Possibly the largest ACF set left in Europe (1 Viewer)

Pick a random chip from each denom, closest guess of total weight wins the sample. Deal? Ok, I guess 67.24 total grams :)

8 denoms, right?
 
Nice set. Getting a tribute set of these made via one of the slow-boat-from-china GBs. The 100k and 1M plaques always seem so underwhelming, though. Even with the hybrid/ceramic set they underwhelm. The cash set plaques are so much nicer.
 
I feel like this set is running one of the biggest bluffs on the whole of the forum. Take out the T5k and the T10k and what are you left with? The chipping equivalent of the emperors new clothes.

ESPTs absolutely crush this set. Yeah yeah history blah blah blah.

Maybe because it's a beautiful set of chips from the most famous casino in the most beautiful city in the world?

Especially for those of us who played there ... despite being forced to don a jacket. :cool

Personally, I prefer my non-Paulson ACF cash set, but I can certainly understand these being anyone's actual grail...
 
So are we talking $60-$70k for this set?

That seems crazy. But that's a pretty shitty house. At least in Canada. You'd have these guys like this as your neighbors. But maybe not a bad thing. Could be entertaining. Just keep your pepperoni in the vault.

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I'm surprised to hear that. Are you sure?
I've never handled them. But from the pictures, the inlays look textured, though I can't tell for sure, without a closeup. And while that's no guarantee of leaded Paulsons, it's a more often than not indicator.
THEY ARE POOP. IT HAS BEEN SPOKEN.
 
The ACF tournament set was produced by GPI circa 2006-2007 on the Paulson THC mold (both SC and LC versions, with some chips half-and-half) using unleaded materials and glossy laminated inlays.

A full eight chip sample set weighs nearly 76g on my scale, putting the average chip weight at around 9.5g. Weighing barrels and racks, the metallic gold 500 chips weigh over 11g, the blue, yellow, and black chips weigh around 10g, with the other chips all closer to 9g (the red 5 being the lightest at well under 9g).

Great chips and great history. Not poop.
 
The ACF tournament set was produced by GPI circa 2006-2007 on the Paulson THC mold (both SC and LC versions, with some chips half-and-half) using unleaded materials and glossy laminated inlays.

A full eight chip sample set weighs nearly 76g on my scale, putting the average chip weight at around 9.5g. Weighing barrels and racks, the metallic gold 500 chips weigh over 11g, the blue, yellow, and black chips weigh around 10g, with the other chips all closer to 9g (the red 5 being the lightest at well under 9g).

Great chips and great history. Not poop.
Thanks for that. My total weight, which was a guess, was off by nearly a full chip. I expected most to weigh around 9g and under.
 
Back when WPT episodes were good, the ACF ones were always my fave.

That place was such a vibe:


Having never really traveled anywhere, this looked as exotic as a James Bond movie to me back in the day. The plaques, the style of dealing, David Benyamine looking like a French endboss. Classic.
 
What is all the comedy about buying a house with an ACF poker chip set????:ROFL: :ROFLMAO::ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

LMAO!!!! I guess things are different where I live. I had heard an ACF set that's recently changed hands for $80K. Can't name names, maybe I heard a load of bull.

Even it went for $100K, this amount wouldn't even get you into some shitty suburbian condominium, where I live! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

A potential homebuyer, even in my middle class neighborhood, needs a million to start thinking about a proper detached home. To an American, this still amounts to $700K +
 
I love these chips. Watching old wpt episodes and fell in love with them all over again. I’m thinking of a tournament set from the cards mold gb. Love them. Congratulations on acquiring them.
 
I suspect the market price on these is significantly SIGNIFICANTLY. north of that number.
I guess my brain just can't process poker chip values over a certain amount.

“Market price” is being incorrectly used here. Collectibles with very finite quantities don’t have a “market price” because they’re limited in quantity, and there’re fewer transactions involving them. For most collectibles, there’s just “last sold” or what are known as “comp transactions”. Even in cases like that, unless they’re public auctions, or named prices, it’s just speculation. Like @Jeevansluck’s wildly inaccurate price quote above (although, in fairness, he caveats that it may be incorrect.)

For a true market price to exist, there have to be lots of supply and demand triggers. ESPT is a good example of a chipset with a lot of supply and demand data points, and therefore can conceivably have a market price that’s set. (Around $8-$9 a chip right now.) It’s almost impossible to do that with chips that have very finite numbers, or few supply and demand data points, and are considered (even if only by some) to be “collectible”.

Just my $0.02. (Also not the ACF sale price.) ;)
 
“Market price” is being incorrectly used here. Collectibles with very finite quantities don’t have a “market price” because they’re limited in quantity, and there’re fewer transactions involving them. For most collectibles, there’s just “last sold” or what are known as “comp transactions”. Even in cases like that, unless they’re public auctions, or named prices, it’s just speculation. Like @Jeevansluck’s wildly inaccurate price quote above (although, in fairness, he caveats that it may be incorrect.)

For a true market price to exist, there have to be lots of supply and demand triggers. ESPT is a good example of a chipset with a lot of supply and demand data points, and therefore can conceivably have a market price that’s set. (Around $8-$9 a chip right now.) It’s almost impossible to do that with chips that have very finite numbers, or few supply and demand data points, and are considered (even if only by some) to be “collectible”.

Just my $0.02.

fair enough. I revise my statement to say that I think there are dozens of chippers that would pay significantly SIGNIFICANTLY north of $1000/rack for that ACF set, and that the sale price likely was too.

My point was that the $1000/rack guess was not a good one.
 
fair enough. I revise my statement to say that I think there are dozens of chippers that would pay significantly SIGNIFICANTLY north of $1000/rack for that ACF set, and that the sale price likely was too.

My point was that the $1000/rack guess was not a good one.
I got that. Was just addressing the difference between “market price” on chips with lots of transactions and one-off collectible transactions. We’re on the same page!
 
Any market is a seller's market.
Polities should legislate and regulate markets, in order to placate the consequences, when it comes to bread, butter, fuel, meat and vegetables.
Forums of collectors and maniacs are not expected to do the same; unless they style themselves as "communities", which they 'll never be.
 
Unbelievable set, so jealous I’ve never handled the chips in person
I’m lucky enough to have some plaques
 
It seems to be the case. That is why these went to the bank safe yesterday.
Took these pictures before the transfer, and wanted to share them with the community.
I hope my decision to store this set safely away from my home, offends no one.
Chips are meant to be played with and/or simply enjoyed for their beauty, but these represent too much value to be kept at home for me.

You can’t be serious…
 

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