What do used Paulson Classics go for? (1 Viewer)

[Damani311]

Going to be selling some extras soon to help pay for all these HSI I just picked up.

I probably have about 2 racks of white, red, and green, and only maybe 2 barrels of black and wondering what that might add up to roughly at current market value (I'm assuming $1-2 a chip)....let me know any thoughts thanks!

 

[Polochris]

Ill pay $1 a chip for all your classics if they are in VGC!!!

 

[TKEUofM]

I just sold a few racks on Monday for $2.50/chip. I've also paid $3/chip for some other denominations that were mint. A lot depends on quality and quantity.

Some people are selling on eBay small quantities (batches of 10 chips) and getting $4-$6 per chip or more for $500s and $1ks. eBay isn't always the best source though.

Overall in the forum they've been going for $2.50-$3.50 per chip.

 

[BGinGA]

$2 tops for used chips. Reasonably quick sale at $1.50 or so.

 

[Damani311]

Awesome that's what I was hoping for thanks! It's a shame that there aren't too many of the higher denomination chips

I'm curious is there a big difference in between what a white chip and a green chip goes for? Usually the white is worth half... not sure with a set that has been discontinued for five years though

 

[Chiphuntr]

Lots of casino chip are also discontinued and don’t command the crazy prices of the Classics. Although it seems the ridiculous prices on eBay are starting to show up here. I’ve had a few people try to sell me classics for 3.50 - $5 per chip. The chips just aren’t really worth that. But if someone has money they pay the high prices

 

[Colquhoun]

The chips just aren’t really worth that. But if someone has money they pay the high prices

I would argue that if someone is buying them at those prices, they’re worth EXACTLY that.

 

[allforcharity]

I would argue that if someone is buying them at those prices, they’re worth EXACTLY that.

Well, to that specific person, anyway. There's enough of these chips around that a single sale won't re-establish the worth of the entire market, unless demand suddenly increases.

 

[Chiphuntr]

Well, to that specific person, anyway. There's enough of these chips around that a single sale won't re-establish the worth of the entire market, unless demand suddenly increases.

Well put, thank you

 

[Colquhoun]

Well, to that specific person, anyway. There's enough of these chips around that a single sale won't re-establish the worth of the entire market, unless demand suddenly increases.

I actually meant “someone buying them” as more a more general description of people willing to buy them, not just one sale in particular.
For whatever reason, these Classics seem (especially on eBay) to get higher prices than other more “worthy” chips. Like them or not, demand for them remains high, especially outside this chipping universe.

 

[TKEUofM]

I actually meant “someone buying them” as more a more general description of people willing to buy them, not just one sale in particular.
For whatever reason, these Classics seem (especially on eBay) to get higher prices than other more “worthy” chips. Like them or not, demand for them remains high, especially outside this chipping universe.

They probably get the higher prices on eBay or other auction sites because you aren’t likely to see grail level sets sold there. So the general public poker player who isn’t on this forum doesn’t know that there are higher level or rare chips out there.

 

[FordPickup92]

Bout tree fiddy

 

[allforcharity]

Three series of chips, same molds, same spots

CDI05
Pharaohs
Classics

Why would anybody choose Classics over the other two?

P.S. The 1000-chip set of CDI05 on FB Marketplace is still there. If you'd pay $3.50 a chip for Classics, you should RUN to buy the CDI05.

 

[TKEUofM]

Three series of chips, same molds, same spots

CDI05
Pharaohs
Classics

Why would anybody choose Classics over the other two?

P.S. The 1000-chip set of CDI05 on FB Marketplace is still there. If you'd pay $3.50 a chip for Classics, you should RUN to buy the CDI05.

15 years ago when I got my Classic set I didn’t like the inlay of CDI and wasn’t a fan of the fantasy Pharaoh inlay. I was happy with the simpler design and value on the face.

Tastes evolve over time, I still love my Classics because of the history I have with them, but if I was to start over I would probably choose the Pharaohs now.

I also originally didn’t like the idea of a closed down random casino in Indiana...... but after getting the secondary cash set I’ve fallen in love with the HSI colors.

Guess it all comes down to personal style which is why we have variations of every single product that is sold.

 

[BGinGA]

Matching inlay colors to spot colors is usually a bad idea, and in the case of the original THC Classics, it generated at least two chips which are simply eyesores.

The CDIC inlays are marginal at best, with hard-to-read denominations covering and obscuring the artwork design.

Not until real chippers got involved (Pharaoh's Club, National Poker Series) did the inlays begin to become tolerable. But GPI still blew it by producing them on their advertising/promotional PAULSON CHIPS mold.

They finally found a winner with the WTHC chips, which combined real shaped inlays (designed by a chipper) with the pretty decent card pip mold, adding new chip colors and spot patterns other than just 4d14. The Pharaoh's Club chip designs were later also offered on the card pip mold, but in smaller quantities.

Those last two stand head and shoulders above anything else that GPI has allowed to enter the home market. Hot-stamped card pip molds through Apache are a close second.

 

[RainmanTrail]

It depends entirely on how much use we're taking about here. Light use doesn't really hurt their value much at all, and would put them at $3 per chip or more on average. But heavy use could put them down as low as $1 ea. It's really difficult to give you a valuation without proper close up pics of the edges.

 

[Damani311]

Thanks, to follow up on this I was able to sell that set of used chips for about a dollar sixty each, to someone that contacted me through the eBay listing. Thanks to everybody for your help!