Auction N.W. Gold Rush Finger: Paulson Diamonds Are Forever (15 Viewers)

[ski_ex5]

AUCTION ENDS ON

Oct 27, 2024

AUCTION ENDS AT

9:00 PM Eastern Time

STARTING BID

$400

MINIMUM BID INCREMENT

$1

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N.W. Gold Rush Finger: Paulson Diamonds Are Forever

About the chips:
Up for auction is an absolute time capsule: 100x classy old school solid hot stamped Northwest Gold Rush (White Center, WA - 1960s) Paulson Light Blue Diamond Mold leaded $1 chips. These chips appear to be brand new to me, with only minor flaws that I think are probably from handling. The hot stamps are bright, and the chips and the original Paulson blue box (INCLUDED in this sale) are still chalky. Some chips have a small degree of warping from being hot stamped (see the photos). Average weight is about 10.1 grams/chip.

Have any of you even seen these before? I couldn’t bring myself to ever put these chips in play.

@suited67 - These might actually be from 1967, though being honest, if I had to place a bet, it would be on 1968, as I don’t think Paulson got the Diamond Mold until then.

The auction winner will have the OPTION to buy a second rack in identical condition at the same price as the winning bid (photos of the 2nd rack would of course be provided). The second rack would also include an Paulson blue box in which the chips were originally shipped. Get the second rack, because You Only Live Twice.

BTW... Rumors that Sean Connery once played with these chips have NOT been confirmed.


Please look at all the photos carefully, and zoom in to judge condition for yourself BEFORE bidding!


Chips in the Original Shipping Box:

Perfect Fit in a Paulson Rack:

0˚ Rotation:

180˚ Rotation (note small nick in leftmost bbl, and slight wear on chip in 2nd bbl from left):

Chips with their original Paulson box, still with chip dust inside (photo 1):

Chips with their original Paulson box (photo 2):

Chip Face Closeup - Side 1:

Chip Face Closeup - Side 2:

“Wow Doc. That’s heavy.”

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Thanks in advance for your bids!

 

[dkellerd]

These are cool…might pair decently for people that have these minty WW $10 pink diamond molds…

 

[ski_ex5]

These are cool…might pair decently for people that have these minty WW $10 pink diamond molds…

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OMG!!! Those are the Willard Whyte chips from "Diamonds Are Forever", right?!!

 

[mugenpowr]

These are cool…might pair decently for people that have these minty WW $10 pink diamond molds…

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Chips for Batman FTW!

 

[ski_ex5]

Goldfinger (1964) - The iconic laser scene:

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Bond driving the ‘71 Mach 1 Mustang through the streets of Las Vegas:

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery hamming it up behind the scenes with “poker chip eyes” and Jill St. John:

 

[Saditsfact]

Wow, these look like they’re in excellent condition!

I believe these were from Washington.

My uncle picked up some of these when they went out of business, but they aren’t in the same shape as shown here…

I’ve got almost 3 racks of these in stand up condition with some worn stamps and such. I believe @Godzilla28 has another 3 racks.

So if someone loves these, they could potentially collect almost 8 racks of $1s

 

[ski_ex5]

Wow, these look like they’re in excellent condition!

I believe these were from Washington.

Thanks. Yes, they’re from White Center, Washington. From the OP:

About the chips:
Up for auction is an absolute time capsule: 100x classy old school solid hot stamped Northwest Gold Rush (White Center, WA - 1960s)

ChipGuide link:
http://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=WAWCGR&v=1056809600

I’ve got almost 3 racks of these in stand up condition with some worn stamps and such. I believe @Godzilla28 has another 3 racks.

So if someone loves these, they could potentially collect almost 8 racks of $1s

Excellent! I wasn’t aware of the other six racks. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ski_ex5]

Auction ends tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:00 pm Eastern!

Opening bid is $400 for a time capsule rack of history.

The winner will have the option to buy a second rack in basically identical condition (photos would of course be provided).

Original blue Paulson box(es) to be included. Rather than taping, I will wrap the Paulson box(es) in Saran Wrap to preserve the condition of the boxes.