I’ll copy what I posted in the other thread as add some thoughts.
I built this set a couple of summers ago:
All it needed was another rack or three of
PCA $5s, and I’d have a set to keep forever. And I knew I’d find them, with patience; no rush.
But then one morning, Windwalker offered $1200 each for a dozen racks of
PCA $5s, and I guess I realized 4 things:
1) I was happy to sell mine at that price.
2) I’d never find more of them at an acceptable price
3) I’d probably never find ANY mint leaded
THC $5s at a reasonable price to finish the set.
4) Mint leaded THCs were now too expensive for me to justify owning.
I didn’t love those realizations, but that’s life. I sold.
But to add some details, that single rack of fracs was essentially traded for about half of this leaded
THC set - totally different league of course, but I’m more of a player than a collector and I’m also a cheap bastard, so it seemed like a no-brainer downgrade - line my pockets with cash and come out of it with a bigger leaded
THC set (which is ugly to many but loved by me)
Now, it will probably be a long time before I have to sell those - casino used hot stamps still aren’t fetching the big bucks these days and that’s fine with me.
The real question is, at what point do I sell my beloved Foxwoods THCs? I’ve put that set together one piece at a time over a couple of years. It’s been a labor of love. And the chips are both beautiful and have personal meaning. But they are a unique
THC casino set that somebody will probably want to pay a lot of money for, at some point. That won’t be as easy of a decision.