WTHC -- checked off the list (1 Viewer)

[ninjajim4]

After talking about it for a few years, finally got er done with a full WTHC set.

given the conversation here:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/wthc-current-values.143026/

I feel like I made out OK. Picked up the attached + separately 2 racks of $1s for $5500 door to door with the breakdown as follows:

1: 200 chips
5: 200 chips
25: 200 chips
100: 100 chips
500: 50 chips
1000: 50 chips
5000: 20 chips

820 chips total at $6.70/per averaged out.

I'm unsure about this spend, but I think it's at least a decent store of value if I change my mind and liquidate out later on down the line.

Happy to accept positive and negative feedback alike, along with thoughts on the breakdown. I was aiming for a set that could work for both 1/2 cash game as well as tournament

 

[ninjajim4]

really, no replies at all?? no one wants to tell me I overpaid? no one wants to tag stargod?

 

[dizzyChipper]

@iceman5691

 

[FullSet]

Congrats. Nice set!

 

[sleepypiggly]

Nice pickup!

How are the conditions for the chips? Any pics of the edges for the racks?

 

[xdan]

You can add on with the deal of the century.. just $30 a chip in the classified. Go searching. You won’t be disappointed.

 

[ninjajim4]

@iceman5691

How could I have forgotten??

 

[ninjajim4]

Nice pickup!

How are the conditions for the chips? Any pics of the edges for the racks?

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself as I only have the $1s in hand and I could have a box of bricks on the way for the rest. Or delivery could go sideways etc

But the 1s I do have look pretty sharp and gently handled if they were felted at all

 

[sleepypiggly]

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself as I only have the $1s in hand and I could have a box of bricks on the way for the rest. Or delivery could go sideways etc

But the 1s I do have look pretty sharp and gently handled if they were felted at all

Looks pretty sharp, excellent deal! I think those $1s are probably worth north of $10/chip for resale.

 

[BigGrizz]

Just out of curiosity because I'm too young to know, what price were these originally sold for in the long long ago?

 

[Hotus777]

Just out of curiosity because I'm too young to know, what price were these originally sold for in the long long ago?

probably $1-3/chip, i missed that time too, but i know Paulson home sets were in that range.

 

[Hotus777]

Just out of curiosity because I'm too young to know, what price were these originally sold for in the long long ago?

I found a reddit forum where people are talking about Paulsons being really expensive at $1-$2/chip 13 years ago lol. I wish they would come to these forums now.

Found this in that same thread.

https://www.homepokergames.com/types-of-poker-chips.php

 

[Eriks]

Just out of curiosity because I'm too young to know, what price were these originally sold for in the long long ago?

Originally they were sold at retail for $1/chip or slightly above.

 

[maxim_666666]

Congratulations. It's actually a good price. About 10 years ago, I wanted to buy them, and they were priced at $1-2, but I really didn't like the $25 and $500 samples, so that's what stopped me. And to be honest, I don't regret it much.

 

[Tonysquander]

Just out of curiosity because I'm too young to know, what price were these originally sold for in the long long ago?

See post 76 for what used to be…if I had only known then…

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...t-is-this-set-worth.86915/page-3#post-2363248

 

[ninjajim4]

See post 76 for what used to be…if I had only known then…

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...t-is-this-set-worth.86915/page-3#post-2363248

the only time that classics were priced higher than wthc!!

 

[ninjajim4]

Looks pretty sharp, excellent deal! I think those $1s are probably worth north of $10/chip for resale.

I actually ended up paying just under $10/chip for the $1s which pushed up my average per chip for the set. Otherwise i'd have been under $6/chip

I found a reddit forum where people are talking about Paulsons being really expensive at $1-$2/chip 13 years ago lol. I wish they would come to these forums now.

Found this in that same thread.

https://www.homepokergames.com/types-of-poker-chips.php

I remember when my buddy bought pharaohs direct from paulson back when I was a broke grad student. thought it was the dumbest thing in the world to drop that kind of money on poker chips and now here we are

 

[Jaxen]

Game-wise, you have a great playable set.
Business-wise you have an asset that will hold it's value.

 

[ninjajim4]

The rest of the chips have arrived! And happily it wasn't just a box of bricks

The full line-up brought together:

So, I do have some questions/concerns. The labels on some of the quarters is irregular (see left vs right). is that to be expected? Feel like I've seen a thread about it before but couldn't find it again.

And then also the 5Ks are a different thickness. It's the point where I thought the seller had given me an extra chip, but it's just that 19 of the 5Ks is right around the same height as a regular barrel. Again, is that to be expected..?

I *think* according to my limited experience that these all feel the same and I'm possibly concerned for no reason. About to break out the scale and check weights as well...

EDIT - just did a weight check and all of them are 9 grams, except some of the 500s weighed in at 8 grams

 

[dizzyChipper]

The rest of the chips have arrived! And happily it wasn't just a box of bricks
View attachment 1684144

The full line-up brought together:
View attachment 1684143


So, I do have some questions/concerns. The labels on some of the quarters is irregular (see left vs right). is that to be expected? Feel like I've seen a thread about it before but couldn't find it again.

View attachment 1684146

And then also the 5Ks are a different thickness. It's the point where I thought the seller had given me an extra chip, but it's just that 19 of the 5Ks is right around the same height as a regular barrel. Again, is that to be expected..?

View attachment 1684147

I *think* according to my limited experience that these all feel the same and I'm possibly concerned for no reason. About to break out the scale and check weights as well...

EDIT - just did a weight check and all of them are 9 grams, except some of the 500s weighed in at 8 grams

The $5ks look warped.

 

[ninjajim4]

The $5ks look warped.

Seems like this is indeed it. I do see that they don't sit flushly together like the others and they don't have that sort of almost magnetic snap together when handling as a stack. I sort of smooshed them to see if a full barrel could cram into a rack and while it cannot, it's now only half a chip or less higher than the other stacks

 

[bigblind]

Your 5k’s are warped

 

[ninjajim4]

Anyone have any sense of whether the issue with the 25s' inlay is a common occurence?

 

[LowerBama1714]

I bought my PCRs for 86c a piece bc the WTHCs were too expensive at $1.50ish a chip.

 

[LowerBama1714]

Anyone have any sense of whether the issue with the 25s' inlay is a common occurence?

Looks fine to me.

 

[bigblind]

I see maybe a little extra clay flashing around inlay.that’s common.

 

[rum3002576]

very nice

 

[LiquidAnalog]

Wonderful !
@ninjajim4 As I am also interested in expanding my small WTHC set, did you buy it through this forum, eBay or elsewhere?

 

[ninjajim4]

Wonderful !
@ninjajim4 As I am also interested in expanding my small WTHC set, did you buy it through this forum, eBay or elsewhere?

I made two different purchases through eBay. One was a brand-new, zero feedback overseas seller which I'm sure dissuaded many and I rolled the dice on it which worked out. The other one, I was able to connect off eBay and avoid the fees and therefore was able to secure a relatively more reasonable price