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Originally Posted by PTjvs

Since I have apparently remmebered how to win at poker again (11 winning months last year, losing December, losing January but winning again this month!), I have decided to waste some money on some nice chips. The Paulson vineyard chips have caught my eye, because they are very sharp looking, and are available in some interesting denominations (2$, 3$, etc). They are expensive, but I don't mind spending some money, if I can buy them in pieces & not have to drop $1k+ all at once. The problem is that I'm not much of a chip expert.

Luckily, you guys are!

So, I've decided to do some research, hopefully with some help from you chipheads. I am intersted in learning whatever I can about these chips. When did they first become available? What have prices done since (risen I'm sure, but are they plateaued now)? What I should look to pay for the various denomiations? Are there better places to try to find these for sale than ebay?
I'm going to bargain hunt these a handful at a time I think, and even if I never get a playable set, it will be fun trying to collect them. I am mostly intersted in building small stakes cash game sets, as the prices really seem to rise for $20+ denominations.

Also, I was unable to locate any fractionals. I would like to have .25 chips in case I want to play $25 NL. Any suggestions here?

jvs

Check mine out, a lot nicer than the vineyards.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting