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Originally posted by X:
After YEARS of looking, finally plugged a big gap in my Bond autos collection:



Bought this for £30 at release in 2006, then sold when I quit collecting full-bleed autos (bad decision in hindsight!) and watched this creep up and up in price over the years, even as high as £300 Very glad to get this for under a third of that.

This one has a tiny ink smudge, but otherwise a nice sig and no edge chipping (common on this card).

Very great, X. I'm happy for you. It's always nice to complete a collection.

Even though I've quit collecting by 99%, I have been searching (alas not actively) for this item for over 20 years. One recently sold on E-Bay for $100! I would have paid that in half a heartbeat!

I've heard of that item but don't recall seeing one before. I remember people talking about the poker chips.

Was it given to dealers at shows (or at a particular show)?

From what I recall it was a promo item made by Inkworks. I have no idea who they gave or sold it to. My dealer at the time was trying to get me one without success.

One of these sold in the UK in May for £375.

I thought it was a dealer giveaway of some sort but I just found a listing of it on Allender's site. It was sent to distributors as a gift with card #1 and the chips with matching serial numbers up to 100.

Most people who got that early probably hung onto it - even people who don't collect cards - but I would check antique stores/collectibles shows for something like that. I have something similar that FPG made - a signed Ken Kelly promo in a holder. It was a dealer promo or a show display or maybe that was sent to distributors too.