[tonypap]

Hotstamped with "AC" on one side, so the seller guesses they were probably played in AC???

http://cgi.ebay.com/710-Paulson-REAL...QQcmdZViewItem

[dinghovery]

I thought Atlantic City chips were destroyed when a casino closed (like in Nevada) but don't know about these - the seller indicates he took them before they were to be destroyed

Maybe roulette or poker table chips but would not have been used in Craps or Blackjack

[tonypap]

Originally Posted by dinghovery

I thought Atlantic City chips were destroyed when a casino closed (like in Nevada) but don't know about these - the seller indicates he took them before they were to be destroyed

Maybe roulette or poker table chips but would not have been used in Craps or Blackjack

But there is no casino named "AC"

[jdunford]

I'm guessing these were from the days when you could get Paulson chips hot-stamped with your initials... but I've never seen those colour/spot combinations on Paulson home chips! I really like them. Nice progression. Price is too high, though (imo).

[bjjensen]

Originally Posted by jdunford

I'm guessing these were from the days when you could get Paulson chips hot-stamped with your initials... but I've never seen those colour/spot combinations on Paulson home chips! I really like them. Nice progression. Price is too high, though (imo).

Yes, those look to be from the days before Paulson merged into GPI: You could order your own custom chips, but to comply with gaming laws you could only get denominations stamped on one side-- the other side was typically your initials. However, I haven't seen those edge spot combination on home chips before, so it could be that they are from a casino (some smaller clubs have used the same denomination/initials combination), although my guess would be that they are not.

bjjensen

[STANK1000]

yeah, i've never seen a chip in a casino in vegas stamped "LV".

[snakster]

Interestingly (or not) this is a relist. He got no bidders the first time. So like any of us would do, he responds by....raising the price.

I had to chuckle at that one. Granted, I'm easily amused.

[tomb1]

Absolutely not Atlantic City.

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by snakster

Interestingly (or not) this is a relist. He got no bidders the first time. So like any of us would do, he responds by....raising the price.

I had to chuckle at that one. Granted, I'm easily amused.

That may not be a bad strategy. Reminds me of the (either fictional or highly embellished) story of the old lady selling beaded jewelry at the market. She priced her necklaces at $2.50 and was lucky to sell 10 of them in a week. Then she had to go out of town and asked her daughter to run her booth while she was away. Her daughter misread the instructions and wrote the price as $25.00. She sold 100 in a day.

People will pay more (and more often) if they think the item is really worth something (i.e. "a bargain" vs. "a cheap piece of jewelry"). Of course, I doubt that strategy will be as effective in an open market like eBay, especially given so much competition and information (like what it used to be listed for last time).

[dinghovery]

Maybe the price went up because the chips are now older than when he listed them before (as of course they now are)...they are more "vintage"