Jim will ship via flat rate boxes, so if you're planning to buy 500+ chips you'll be getting the cheapest shipping option getting them directly from him. Both medium and large flat rate boxes have an international limit of 20lbs, so you're confined more by weight than by space.
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Jim will ship via flat rate boxes, so if you're planning to buy 500+ chips you'll be getting the cheapest shipping option getting them directly from him. Both medium and large flat rate boxes have an international limit of 20lbs, so you're confined more by weight than by space.
Yes.
Matthew627
Flush
I really like those 100 secondaries.
.... Care to expand?
Every sale has been a big deal, and there has always been lots of excitement and anticipation.
FordPickup92
Royal Flush
I kind of picked that part up but was curious if there was a specific set that was especially anticipated etc. Maybe not.
TheDuke
Full House
Mint Paulson chippies get everyone worked up in a tizzy!
This appears to be especially large in quantity though.
TheDuke
Full House
Nope. Doesn't make any sense at all. Flat rate boxes are used and have 20lb weight limits to Canada. I think large can fit around 800-900 chips depending on packing?
I’m loath to help somebody cover up exposed clay, but here are your options as I see them:
1. Label over. You can’t really tell by the picture, but the inlays are almost perfectly flush with the surrounding clay. If you run your fingernail across the inlay, there’s an almost imperceptible bump up when you hid the clay. I have no doubt that you could label over these with full size (Grand?) unlaminated @Gear labels, and be good to go.
2) murder - of course you could pull the inlays and replace them with new smaller sized laminated labels.
3) murder and mill - pull the inlay, mill that existing small recess out and replace with full size labels.
Thanks so much, exactly what I was wondering. I have the sample set so I know what you're saying with the flush inlay. Seems like the full size over label might be the way to go then.
HeresyReznor
Pair
Nice! In that case no worries. Used to businesses shipping in whats convenient to them, which for Canadians ends up being exorbitantly expensive and full of duty fees. Mainly American companies that use UPS that picks up you end up with terrible fees and ridiculous shipping prices.
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PCA was a pretty big deal, with lots of THC chips, mint secondaries, and mint THC roulettes. The Grand Vics had mint chips and oversize $1000s. The Empress sets were very large, and offered great mint blaze orange $1000s at a reasonable cost. More 43mm $1000s were made available with the Par-A-Dice and Casino Aztar Evansville sales (along with tens of thousands of inexpensive clay casino chips), and the Horseshoe Cleveland sale offered mint secondaries and oversize $1000s, $5000s, and $25Ks. The recent Jack Detroit sale had mint primary ~and~ secondary chips, along with oversize high denoms. There have been at least a half-dozen other smaller casino chip offerings by TCR, as well.
All were highly anticipated and well-received sales, and the build up and excitement for each rivaled or exceeded that seen for this sale.
This is what I was looking for, appreciate the additional recap(s)!
OP
OP
Update: The Warneke boxes have arrived, but there is no power at the warehouse. Big wind storm in Utah yesterday. 90+ mph wind gusts. Drove to the warehouse yesterday and there were 9 overturned semis in a 2 mile stretch by the warehouse. Hopefully, the power will be on later today or tomorrow. The alarm has gone off multiple times from the doors shaking. Here's a couple of pictures on my drive to the warehouse yesterday.
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But... the chips are OK?
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
I can send a generator. LMK.
OP
OP
Chips are fine!But... the chips are OK?
I was just teasing, stay safe! I'm sure these chippers can sit tight a few more days (runs for cover).
I noticed this on some of the small-inlay denoms but not others.
Some of them seem to have lamination that goes all the way across the inner clay ring, creating a wider flat surface extending beyond the unusually small RHC inlay. These seem prime for overlabels, while others aren’t, having the raised clay inner ring which you can feel with a fingernail.
I posted earlier about which small-inlays seemed to be fully laminated and which are inset with a more tactile clay surround... but my observations may have been specific to my own samples.
So I don’t know if what I observed was specific to my handful of chips or not. Possibly there is variation within the same denom.
I just got out the reading glasses and a bight light and examined the 7 small inlay chips that came with my sample set and I'm not seeing anything like what you've described.
Neither do I. Mine are completely flush.
Maybe @Gear would be able to provide insight into labeling options for these chips.
I was thinking the same thing! They look great is racks!
Finally, some more tournament chip pics! 
@BGinGA mentioned that the lower denoms were meant to be THC but Paulson screwed up. I wonder if the smoother area around the small inlays is just a result of there being no cross hatching there. The compression of the clay into a smooth surface (where there would normally be a much larger inlay) might provide the illusion of a laminated surface, but it may just be smooth, shiny clay.
Interesting. As I said, there may be variations.
Looking again closely at my samples, the following *on my samples* have a flat surface across the entire interior ring, i.e., I cannot feel any transitional lip between the inlay and the inner ring:
* $1 primary
* $1 tertiary
These have noticeable clay texture on the inner ring around the inlay, and to varying degrees a “ridge” between the laminated inlay and the clay surround:
* 25c primary
* 25c secondary
* $2.50 primary
* $2.50 secondary
Harder to say:
$1 secondary — see note below
Note: On my $1 secondary sample, there is a subtle change of texture from the inlay to the inner rim, but it is much less pronounced than on the fracs/snappers. The surface transition is very close to flat, if not perfectly flat, unlike the others above with a clear differentiation between laminate and clay.
I have a few spare Gear labels and may try them out on a few of these.
The 25c and $2.50 primaries seem the most potentially unsuitable for overlabeling.
The $5-$500s and the IHCs all have the expected size inlay and surfaces and appear ready for overlabeling if that is anyone’s intention.
And once again... I have only one sample of each chip. What I’m seeing may be specific to these samples, not every chip of the same type.
Looking again closely at my samples, the following *on my samples* have a flat surface across the entire interior ring, i.e., I cannot feel any transitional lip between the inlay and the inner ring:
* $1 primary
* $1 tertiary
These have noticeable clay texture on the inner ring around the inlay, and to varying degrees a “ridge” between the laminated inlay and the clay surround:
* 25c primary
* 25c secondary
* $2.50 primary
* $2.50 secondary
Harder to say:
$1 secondary — see note below
Note: On my $1 secondary sample, there is a subtle change of texture from the inlay to the inner rim, but it is much less pronounced than on the fracs/snappers. The surface transition is very close to flat, if not perfectly flat, unlike the others above with a clear differentiation between laminate and clay.
I have a few spare Gear labels and may try them out on a few of these.
The 25c and $2.50 primaries seem the most potentially unsuitable for overlabeling.
The $5-$500s and the IHCs all have the expected size inlay and surfaces and appear ready for overlabeling if that is anyone’s intention.
And once again... I have only one sample of each chip. What I’m seeing may be specific to these samples, not every chip of the same type.
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I looked at my samples, and I would be comfortable in recommending unlaminated labels for any/all of them. There are no transitions between inlay and inlay recess that are anywhere close to the size of the edge of the inlay recess itself.
i'm nobody
Flush
I wish there were still links to those previous sales. It would be fun to do some comparing of quantity vs quality vs price through the different offerings. Those THC roulettes look fantatic on chipguide. Any idea on what pricing was for the PCA sale?
Someone a while back actually posted their invoice from the TCR sale of the PCAs. I don't remember where it was posted but it was an interesting throw back.
My 'invoice' was via email. But my original Empress order was
100 x $1
120 x $5
150 x $25
100 x $100
20 x $500
10 x $1000
And the grand total was.... $283.50
Man do I wish I could go back in time and tweak those quantities
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