[jamby]

If at all interested in beginning to collect Puerto Rico casino chips you should check out this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ADME:B:SS:US:1



You'll get the Rollins collection book plus 100 assorted chips to begin your collection. It's a great deal at $235 plus shipping and I can personally vouch for the seller (not me). I've purchased from this seller and also bought the 100 chip lot set plus book from him.

Happy chipping,
jamby

[rolandshoffinc]

I also bought that book and the 100 chip deal. It is well worth it for the chips and the pictures of the chips and history on the casino's.
The values that he has for the chips I think is off but I would sure like them to be correct. I could pay off my house if they were correct.

This seller is the authors son. The author passed away a couple years ago.

Very nice person to deal with for sure!
Roland

[zbme]

Is the seller also the author of the book? Because then the chips may be over valued. I am not charging that this is the case just curious to know.

Z

[rolandshoffinc]

There are two Albert Rollins.
There was the father(may he rest in peace) who was the author who died a couple years ago.
There is the son who has continued in his fathers footsteps and has done a great job of it.
He does not try to sell the chips for what the value in the book is. Otherwise those 100 chips he gives with the book for $235 would cost thousands of dollars.
Roland

[jamby]

Roland is correct. The late Albert Rollins whose collection is included in the book is a legend in chip collecting and is known as "Mr. Puerto Rico Chips". Prior to his original 1999 Puerto Rico chip collecting book there was not much of an organized market for P.R. chips. He changed all that and P.R. chip collecting has grown significantly over the past decade as a result.

His valuation estimates are pretty 'out of the ballpark' however and you're undoubtedly better off following Archie Black's more reasonable estimates.

Al's son (also Albert Rollins) is the seller.

To my way of thinking, the book is more of a historical reference on obsolete P.R. casino chips and not really a price guide.

Happy chipping,
jamby

Originally Posted by zbme

Is the seller also the author of the book? Because then the chips may be over valued. I am not charging that this is the case just curious to know.

Z

[rolandshoffinc]

Definately a historical reference which is something that Archie Blacks Puerto Rico Casino Chip guide is missing.
If you are going to collect Puerto Rico chips you need both books. Archie is all out of his books but I think you can pick them up at C. T. Coins 562-408-2463(they also sell collecting supplies)
Roland

[zbme]

Caveat Emptor

[jamby]

That pretty much applies to all collecting, not just P.R. You should see some of the disparate valuations between The Chip Rack and the U.S. Guide. Unbelievable. Then, you look at what chips are actually fetching in the open market and nothing makes sense.

That being said. Rollins' prices are not taken seriously. Black's are.

It's a great book though.

-jamby

Originally Posted by zbme

Caveat Emptor

[rolandshoffinc]

I would have to say that none of them are correct all the time
There are quite a few in Blacks catalog that are undervalued.
More than likely because the interest in Puerto Rico chips is growing rapidly.
Just my insight(2 cents)
Roland

[jamby]

Yeah - like the Condado Beach 500!

Originally Posted by rolandshoffinc

There are quite a few in Blacks catalog that are undervalued.