Canceled WTHC - World Top Hat & Cane - Paulson Poker Chips - 1,000 Chip Collection (3 Viewers)

1,000 WTHC World Top Hat & Cane Chip Collection
Price: $18,680 shipped, accepting PPFF, shipping CONUS

The greatest poker chips ever made: World Top Hat & Cane (WTHC). Chips are NM condition. This is the FINAL set out of my collection - so it really comes down to who wants it more - me or you. Happy to send more pictures if interested.

Breakdown:
1 - 300
5 - 230
25 - 200
100 - 200
500 - 40
1000 - 20
5000 - 10
_________
Total 1,000

Will be shipped with extra padding and in cardboard boxes made for holding poker chips. Plastic chip racks and acrylic chip carrying case for 1,000 poker chips INCLUDED.

 

[Quickdog]

I'm interested in the $1 set if you can break it. Thanks!

 

[Hot Nuts]

It's "Y'all" here in the South.

 

[stargod05]

It's "Y'all" here in the South.

Noted - and updated y'all

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

13.5k for 993 was right here on PCF

Nobody dibsed it in public so as someone already mentioned you could have just said it was sold. No proof.

Sorry for the thread crapping, sincerely. I was originally just responding to someone's question to the chips actual value here on PCF.

Please do not use any of my pictures again without permission & GLWS.

 

[stargod05]

Nobody dibsed it in public so as someone already mentioned you could have just said it was sold. No proof.

Sorry for the thread crapping, sincerely. I was originally just responding to someone's question to the chips actual value here on PCF.

Please do not use any of my pictures again without permission & GLWS.

No one dibsed it in public - so it can't be real! Yes yes... it would be... like....impossible to dm the seller without first saying "dibs"

 

[jpietrella]

 

[stargod05]

Oh @jpietrella, what are we going to do with you

 

[Mike mac]

Tell u one thing - It’s getting a lot of views lol

 

[Hunt247]

One of my goats, good luck with the sale. I'm thinking about a house in the Bahamas...
Some of these have been sold off already, I still have 40 racks or so.

 

[Hunt247]

Current reaction score at 2896, lets see what this does for it.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

Current reaction score at 2896, lets see what this does for it.

Huge.

 

[EmptyPocs]

One of my goats…

ONE?
You win

 

[bruh]

I don't mean ill to this thread or the seller, in fact I wish you the best of luck with the sale. Probably won't even have to, because of popular these are, and will surely be picked up quickly. But just out of curiosity, to the more experienced chippers, what exactly makes these "the greatest chips ever made"?
Bought a shuffle stack a while ago and my honest reaction to the hype was "for Paulsons, they're ok"

 

[doublebooyah85]

I don't mean ill to this thread or the seller, in fact I wish you the best of luck with the sale. Probably won't even have to, because of popular these are, and will surely be picked up quickly. But just out of curiosity, to the more experienced chippers, what exactly makes these "the greatest chips ever made"?
Bought a shuffle stack a while ago and my honest reaction to the hype was "for Paulsons, they're ok"

Some thing the greatest designed mold, def not greatest chips ever made, but a very well done popular chip set that was one time available to the general public making easier than most clay poker sets to build and add on. Greatest chip ever surely would be before the 90s w lead and heavier.

 

[sethwanab]

Not leaded, and public retail offering? That takes it down 2 notches for the goat category IMHO.
I’m the opposite in swinging for the fence on price just in case someone has built up angst for buying a set. I agree that this isn’t eBay and with chip OGs that know the value of these and a searchable history on PCF makes me shake my head when I see these.
We all have overpaid for chips we need/love and undersold for chips that we don’t need. Such is this crazy hobby.

 

[dizzyChipper]

i always thought these were leaded. Definitely not?

 

[doublebooyah85]

i always thought these were leaded. Definitely not?

Def not. But a nice older formula. Better than recent NAGB clay.

 

[cpac54]

One of my goats, good luck with the sale. I'm thinking about a house in the Bahamas...
Some of these have been sold off already, I still have 40 racks or so.
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This guy chips.

 

[Tonysquander]

i always thought these were leaded. Definitely not?

No but good weight. Shuffle is fantastic. Shaped inlays. Colors and spots very nice IMO. Weights are in the album linked below.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/media/albums/world-top-hat-and-cane-wthc.2005/

 

[surferb]

Holy hell I should have hung on to my 3000+ collection of these.

 

[surferb]

I loved the inlays and design. They felt cheesy to me compared to “real” (leaded) chips.

 

[Lil Tuna]

Once upon a time and still Ooooo Sooooo Fine……
GLWS @stargod05
Love my WTHCs

 

[Free]

Easy. The market for them was miniscule.

I was following the design of these on ChipTalk waaay back. I loved the mold, and the colors for the most part. There were some great ideas for the inlay/casino name but the guy who “assumed charge” said: “well, since no one can make up their mind on the inlay I like “Top Hat & Cane” so we’ll go with that”. I was like …really?! …finally a perfect set of chips we have a say in the design of and YOU choose the dumbest name possible? This guy was also the brainchild for the “Private Cardroom” hotstamps.
They were $1 each then and I very regret not getting any at the time, lol!

 

[phenompoker]

I tried for a while to secure some avalon 5s/PCA. Was going to ship to gear for some awesome saw blade style fracs. Someone else did it on PCF. Sadly, could never lock down the chips outside of buying a whole set of Avalons for like 4.5k.

I see the Fleur de Lis. Your table? Fellow who dat?

 

[phenompoker]

I tried for a while to secure some avalon 5s/PCA. Was going to ship to gear for some awesome saw blade style fracs. Someone else did it on PCF. Sadly, could never lock down the chips outside of buying a whole set of Avalons for like 4.5k.

I see the Fleur de Lis. Your table? Fellow who dat?

 

[stargod05]

I see the Fleur de Lis. Your table? Fellow who dat?

Sorry - not my table - from another PCFer that made these fracs - fracs of dreams

 

[Tonysquander]

I see the Fleur de Lis. Your table? Fellow who dat?

Mine. Who Dat (pretty much everyone this season )!

You can see the full Sazerac Room in the thread linked in my signature. Lots of Saints love. And WTHC's are awesome!

 

[stargod05]

Mine. Who Dat (pretty much everyone this season )!

You can see the full Sazerac Room in the thread linked in my signature. Lots of Saints love. And WTHC's are awesome!

This - this right here is what winning looks like

 

[Colquhoun]

There were some great ideas for the inlay/casino name but the guy who “assumed charge” said: “well, since no one can make up their mind on the inlay I like “Top Hat & Cane” so we’ll go with that”. I was like …really?! …finally a perfect set of chips we have a say in the design of and YOU choose the dumbest name possible? This guy was also the brainchild for the “Private Cardroom” hotstamps.

The original designer didn't just go and have these made, he was working with the company that funded the purchase, Trademark Poker. I assume they had the final decisions on which ideas moved forward. Here's a bit more abouth the WTHC origin from the designer:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...stion-about-chip-history.102002/#post-2217674

 

[Free]

The original designer didn't just go and have these made, he was working with the company that funded the purchase, Trademark Poker. I assume they had the final decisions on which ideas moved forward. Here's a bit more abouth the WTHC origin from the designer:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...stion-about-chip-history.102002/#post-2217674

Ahhh!…so he must have been “the guy”, lol!
I just remember the ‘design discussion/initial group buy’ thread that went on for two or three months. Everyone was so excited to get the concentric circles and fancy edge spots that we really wanted for the Pharaoh’s but weren’t allowed, so all that was left was an awesome inlay! There was a handful of good ideas but, again, after a few months of excited deliberation, this one guy, who seemed to be spearheading the thread, says something to the effect of: “well, there’s a top hat and cane in the mold, so we’ll go ahead and call it “Top Hat & Cane”…I just felt it was a squandered opportunity for at least a mediocre theme and a waste of time and adrenaline to have a discussion thread about it, but that’s just my (and a few others at the time) opinion. Paulson has the final say in everything but, beyond that, you’re correct in that the guy paying the upfront money and placing the order has the next final say.
I do think that Johnny 5 (I believe I’m giving correct credit) did an amazing job with the inlay design and these chips overall are gorgeous!

Anyway, I don’t wanna hijack OP’s ad with chip history, lol!

GLWS!