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Windwalker’s Chipping Journey in Pr0n0grAph1C Detail (26 Viewers)

Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, to serve as a showcase of their work. All the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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Now you just have to get a single of each and stick it on top of the picture.
 
Weird. These looks like LCO

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Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, maybe to serve as a showcase of their work, or a reference point for designers?

Many the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons. Or, perhaps the chips that were notched were from casinos / card rooms that closed / didn’t open.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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Most of us found out about this accidentally recently, thanks to a stolen package going from the USA to England whose contents ended up on eBay, but Paulson (as well as CPC) is required to keep one chip of everything they make. They notch them obviously, because they're live chips. I think it was mentioned that it is a security rule, maybe from the Nevada Gaming Commission. The notched samples get sold from time to time, and are essentially unique. This album of yours looks like the photographic evidence that goes along with the keeping of those chips. Freaking AWESOME.
 
Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, maybe to serve as a showcase of their work, or a reference point for designers?

Many the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons. Or, perhaps the chips that were notched were from casinos / card rooms that closed / didn’t open.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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Very awesome pick up!
 
Rbonus012 said:
Some of those IHC's in there are dreamy :love:
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You should see some of the notched/canceled IHC chips that have been put up in the last year of Chip Chat auctions. They look just like the chips that are notched and drilled from WW's new album. It would be interesting to know if these chips matched the photo album exactly. Paulson does sell the notched samples from time to time I think.

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FDLmold said:
You should see some of the notched/canceled IHC chips that have been put up in the last year of Chip Chat auctions. They look just like the chips that are notched and drilled from WW's new album. It would be interesting to know if these chips matched the photo album exactly. Paulson does sell the notched samples from time to time I think.

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A few more closeups.

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Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, maybe to serve as a showcase of their work, or a reference point for designers?

Many the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons. Or, perhaps the chips that were notched were from casinos / card rooms that closed / didn’t open.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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Weird to see L-mold and LGK chips in there. Definitely not Paulson-made.
 
FDLmold said:
You should see some of the notched/canceled IHC chips that have been put up in the last year of Chip Chat auctions. They look just like the chips that are notched and drilled from WW's new album. It would be interesting to know if these chips matched the photo album exactly. Paulson does sell the notched samples from time to time I think.

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Is there a resource for all past auctions?
 
GianThaMan said:
Weird to see L-mold and LGK chips in there. Definitely not Paulson-made.
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whaaaaat

[looks closer]

daaaaayum

Good catch. Maybe the customer sent Paulson an extant chip so that their graphics team could use it as a reference for a new design on Paulson molds? And then Paulson had to make a picture of it since it was a live chip that entered the factory? dunno, man...
 
djsLV said:
Is there a resource for all past auctions?
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No. Doug Saito has run all the auctions and has all of that information, but I've never asked him for every result and every picture from every auction ever. There are a few bidders who have saved every catalog and put them into binders. I am not one of those, I have only been participating in his auctions for about 3 years.
 
Seeing how they organize the book- There must be some other system they use to validate each new chip they make isn’t a duplicate.

I wonder, based on dates, I’d there are personal chips in there. Too recent? Or is that Bogota chip personal?
 
FDLmold said:
No. Doug Saito has run all the auctions and has all of that information, but I've never asked him for every result and every picture from every auction ever. There are a few bidders who have saved every catalog and put them into binders. I am not one of those, I have only been participating in his auctions for about 3 years.
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No worries. I only have one catalog as I’m just getting into them. I was just wondering if a resource existed. I imagine there was a ton of cool stuff in the past.
 
djsLV said:
No worries. I only have one catalog as I’m just getting into them. I was just wondering if a resource existed. I imagine there was a ton of cool stuff in the past.
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They’re in the TCB archives you just have to find them. As far as those chips pictured I’m guessing $300-$650 per. TCC singles auctions are no joke.


FDLmold said:
I love it! This book is a real treasure.

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Chipguide has no record of any casino in Bogota that has this name, and no Bogota casino in chipguide had this chip.

I don't know when Stephanos Bogota had this 5000 chip made, but this is the first anybody has seen it in a LONG time I imagine.
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Wow very cool! Need to talk to some of my Bogota contacts and get them into chipping! :D
 
GianThaMan said:
Weird to see L-mold and LGK chips in there. Definitely not Paulson-made.
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I was thinking something similar but based on the inconsistency/lack or order of the layout and incompleteness of chips from the casinos in the catalogue. It would be reasonable to expect all the chips from a particular casino to all be next to each other if it was for the purposes of keeping some sort of record. Im leaning towards that it's a catalogue of someones personal collection of some sort. Still cool regardless of the story behind it.
 
Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, maybe to serve as a showcase of their work, or a reference point for designers?

Many the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons. Or, perhaps the chips that were notched were from casinos / card rooms that closed / didn’t open.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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What an amazing find, Krish! Well done!!
 
FDLmold said:
No. Doug Saito has run all the auctions and has all of that information, but I've never asked him for every result and every picture from every auction ever. There are a few bidders who have saved every catalog and put them into binders. I am not one of those, I have only been participating in his auctions for about 3 years.
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I have copies of every chip auction that Doug Saito has ever had . From Auction # 1 to Auction # 52 . Doug is a close personal friend who I have known for almost 30 years . I have attached a few photos of covers from his last 3 Chip Chat auctions .
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Windwalker said:
Paul-Son apparently took physical Kodak photos of a lot of chips they produced and put them into “photo albums”, maybe to serve as a showcase of their work, or a reference point for designers?

Many the chips that were photographed were notched, presumably for security reasons. Or, perhaps the chips that were notched were from casinos / card rooms that closed / didn’t open.

There’s no real data on how many of these photo albums were made and kept, but I was able to acquire one, and it’s amazing.

Below are a few sample pages. The last picture contains a surprise. It includes a Cocaine giraffe chip, the first documentation I’ve seen of the casino from anything officially Paulson.


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That is an amazing Paulson color sample photo album !!!
 

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