[akslcdv]

Originally Posted by jojong

Holy crap, where did you find the 1 and the 1000 chips. Looks like you have 3 of each. If you're not selling them, least you can do is tell us where you got them. Please share!

BTW, those are very nice sets.

Over the years I've bought, sold & traded quite a few sets of these from various sources. I started collecting WSOP related chips before poker became so immensely popular and it was only a year or two back when all of the clay paulsons used to be fairly common. I can give you a few leads to try if you want. A guy named Terry Lazarus used to sell the entire set on his website (http://cotob.net/) for around $280. I think he's sold out of the complete sets but he still has individual denominations on his site for sale. Go check it out. Maybe he knows where to find more. And, the woman on ebay "toomuchstuff6" has been selling them for years. She started out selling the complete set and then slowly she started selling out of various denominations. The first denomination she ran out of was the $1,000 chip. Then the $1.00 chip and now I see she's out of the $5 chip. I heard a rumor that someone else is going to start selling complete sets again once she runs out but I have no way to verify that. You could e-mail her and see if she can give you any additional information or perhaps she knows where to find the $1 & $1,000 chips. She's very pleasant to deal with. Lastly you could put a post on thechipboard.com to see if anyone has a set they want to sell. When Allen Myers (the author of The Chip Rack) was auctioning off a bunch of his collection (advertising via the chip board) his set of 7 chips sold for around $250. So occasionally you'll see them for sell on the chip board as well.

Good Luck!!

[jojong]

Originally Posted by akslcdv

Over the years I've bought, sold & traded quite a few sets of these from various sources. I started collecting WSOP related chips before poker became so immensely popular and it was only a year or two back when all of the clay paulsons used to be fairly common. I can give you a few leads to try if you want. A guy named Terry Lazarus used to sell the entire set on his website (http://cotob.net/) for around $280. I think he's sold out of the complete sets but he still has individual denominations on his site for sale. Go check it out. Maybe he knows where to find more. And, the woman on ebay "toomuchstuff6" has been selling them for years. She started out selling the complete set and then slowly she started selling out of various denominations. The first denomination she ran out of was the $1,000 chip. Then the $1.00 chip and now I see she's out of the $5 chip. I heard a rumor that someone else is going to start selling complete sets again once she runs out but I have no way to verify that. You could e-mail her and see if she can give you any additional information or perhaps she knows where to find the $1 & $1,000 chips. She's very pleasant to deal with. Lastly you could put a post on thechipboard.com to see if anyone has a set they want to sell. When Allen Myers (the author of The Chip Rack) was auctioning off a bunch of his collection (advertising via the chip board) his set of 7 chips sold for around $250. So occasionally you'll see them for sell on the chip board as well.

Good Luck!!

Thanks for the leads, I actually got my set from '2muchstuff6' last summer. I just saw her listing now and it said she is out of 1, 5, & 1000. I know there's a few of us here that would like to get a hold of the 1 & 1000, we appreciate your info. Thanks!

[MadeInDetroit]

Bump.....Those BIG pics in the OP are sick.

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by MadeInDetroit

Bump.....Those BIG pics in the OP are sick.

Well, double bump then.

You know, these chips don't look nearly as good as individual chips as they do on TV in stacks and spread out in the pot....Something about Paulson edge spots in stacks to get your heart pumping chips!

Oh, and MID, congratulations on your first purple chip.

[MadeInDetroit]

Originally Posted by noelsarchs

Well, double bump then.
Oh, and MID, congratulations on your first purple chip.

Thank you Sir.

[Dissolved]

Originally Posted by akslcdv

I think these are most of the chips that are being discussed. Sorry, none are for sale.

Attachment 4945

Those are nice. I'd love a set of those

[`ash]

Heres some more eye candy of these chips

What are the light pink chips with the green edges?

[akslcdv]

Originally Posted by `ash

Heres some more eye candy of these chips

What are the light pink chips with the green edges?

`ash,

That is a very interesting picture and an even more interesting question. Thanks for sharing. I've never seen a light pink WSOP chip w/ green edge spots before. The picture has a 2003 copyright mark on it and from the looks of the other chips I'd say that is probably the year it was taken. The blue 1K chip was used for quite a few years (early 90s until 2003) however the pink 10K chip and the orange 5K chip were only used from 2000 - 2003. I am familar with the lower denomination chips used in that time era (I have them in my colllection) so my initial guess would be that it might be the 25K chip. In 2003 they did introduce a 25K chip (only used for that year) however if my memory serves me correctly I thought it was bright red not light pink. That is the only chip from that time era missing from my collection so I'm not positive of its color. Some searching on google & flickr or maybe re-watching the 2003 WSOP on DVD might answer the question of whether it is the 25K one.

One thing I noticed right away was that the arrangement of the chips in your picture was very unusual. It is normally protocol in any tournament (and especially for the WSOP) for the higher denomination chips to be stacked in front of the lower denomination ones. However in this picture the 1K blue chips and the 5K orange chips are stacked in front of the 10K pink chips. A player who stacked his chips this way would probably be told to get the higher denomination ones in front ASAP. And, with the big stacks of 5K & 10K chips I'd say this picture would have been taken pretty deep in the tournament. So, from the stacking of the chips I'm guessing it could also be a promo picture. It was not unusual for non-tournament chips to be used in promo pictures. They used Gambler's General store chips and gift shop chips in a lot of the ESPN promos on TV. I do have a friend who has dealt and been a floorman in the WSOP for around 20 years so I'll send him a copy of the picture to get his input on it. I'll let you know if I find anything out.

Regards,
akslcdv

[mdow222]

Nice set of chips. Congrats

[`ash]

akslcdv,

The chips in the photo i posted belong to chris moneymaker