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[Azalenko]

So, I feel like surely this question has been asked before?

But is there like… a poker chip book of PrOn?

Something that could sit on a coffee table? (Thinking along the lines of something akin to the Pop! Vinyl Books - https://books.google.com/books/abou...EACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y


I figure if such a thing was to be made, it would have been created by someone in this forum? Featuring HoF sets and popular casino sets, with interesting stories about their origins and creations and pictures and pictures and pictures?

And. Follow up question… if it hasn’t been made, and someone was to undertake to make one - would there be much interest?

 

[chipinla]

I feel like that would be a huge undertaking in the sense of giving proper credit for using photos. If you’re going to print an entire book you’d have to have permission from whoever took each picture in order to use it, correct? Tracking down each person for XYZ set seems like a ton of work.

 

[Azalenko]

I feel like that would be a huge undertaking in the sense of giving proper credit for using photos. If you’re going to print an entire book you’d have to have permission from whoever took each picture in order to use it, correct? Tracking down each person for XYZ set seems like a ton of work.

It absolutely would be. It’s the kind of endeavour that takes in excess of a year or two for a single person, for sure… but I suspect most people would be on board…?
Break down the following if you see a hole in ny theory.
Person A has a custom HOF set.
I ask if they’d like to be featured, they agree and provide the photos. Artists they’ve utilised are referenced and acknowledged. Story about the set provided, and notes about where it was shipped to. If the set has since changed hands, I may need to speak with person B etc etc.
Set is featured.
You’re right.
Time consuming. Spending spare time compiling such a thing wouldn't be work though. Not work if you love what you’re doing right?

The difficulty would reside in anything out of custom sets I suspect - trying to feature casinos etc. I reckon that’s where I’d hit a dead end.

 

[chipinla]

It absolutely would be. It’s the kind of endeavour that takes in excess of a year or two for a single person, for sure… but I suspect most people would be on board…?
Break down the following if you see a hole in ny theory.
Person A has a custom HOF set.
I ask if they’d like to be featured, they agree and provide the photos. Artists they’ve utilised are referenced and acknowledged. Story about the set provided, and notes about where it was shipped to. If the set has since changed hands, I may need to speak with person B etc etc.
Set is featured.
You’re right.
Time consuming. Spending spare time compiling such a thing wouldn't be work though. Not work if you love what you’re doing right?

The difficulty would reside in anything out of custom sets I suspect - trying to feature casinos etc. I reckon that’s where I’d hit a dead end.

Start here. And this isn’t even close to everything, especially with the custom section.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/chipdb/

 

[Azalenko]

Start here. And this isn’t even close to everything, especially with the custom section.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/chipdb/

Well the book wouldn’t be exhaustive. That’s how you make sequels.

 

[allforcharity]

This could be a worthy internal PCF project. A photobook of member's customs, two facing pages for photos and a small write-up/personal story. I wonder how much this would cost? Even if it went to 50-100-200 pages? There's gotta be some template that could be used to keep submissions and organization on the simpler side, no?

 

[Okku]

I'd love to be part of a project like this. Absolutely love the idea of this!

 

[Bacon Dad]

Talk with Cosmo Kramer. You could make the book look like a big poker chip!

 

[Azalenko]

I'd love to be part of a project like this. Absolutely love the idea of this!

I thought there’d be a bit more interest, warranting I start reaching out to people to get pictures and details. Perhaps I need to make an example couple of pages so people could visualise how it might look?

 

[Azalenko]

This could be a worthy internal PCF project. A photobook of member's customs, two facing pages for photos and a small write-up/personal story. I wonder how much this would cost? Even if it went to 50-100-200 pages? There's gotta be some template that could be used to keep submissions and organization on the simpler side, no?

This was pretty much my thought process.
A small forward. Maybe capped around 100 pages.

Your use of the word ‘internal’ intrigues me, are there godfathers of the PCF that I need to reach out to?