I have put two and two together and through a little bit of luck and work have identified the seller of the Silver Slipper chips discussed earlier.

I had been looking at another Canadian chip auction:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Winnipeg-MB-Canada-Casino-Chip-obsolete-50c-gold_W0QQitemZ6247144286QQcategoryZ63750QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and noticed the seller was the same as the Silver Slipper Chips as posted earlier on the board.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Silver-Slipper-LV-1-dice-aces-mould-R9-Nice-9N114_W0QQitemZ6247473841QQcategoryZ63750QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I sent him a message to the email address I had and asked if he was the seller of the Brandon chips. His response to me was "Yes I am the Ray. Brandon chips are mine."

The "jcmmr51998" seller is Ray Smith from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Here is a link to all of his current auctions:

http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZjcmmr51998

Here is a link to his personal web page:

http://www.mts.net/~rns52039/

I know many here have also dealt with him. I am not sure if he is a member or not.

I have dealt with Ray in the past and harvested quantities of chips for him. Ray has extensive knowledge of Canadian chips and has been a good resource when it comes to figuring out what a chip might be. His site says he is new to collecting, but I know that he has been collecting chips for some time. I recently bought some casino items from a local here who has harvested chips from him for quite some time.

To make matters worse, the messages posted in the earlier thread by those who contacted him demonstrate that he is blatantly lying about his knowledge of the chips.

http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcb/tcb.pl?noframes;read=489036

Here is a link to the Canadian Chip Guide showing the Silver Slipper Chips with "IMAGES COURTESY OF RAY SMITH"!

http://www.lcssinc.com/bigmike/SilverSlipper.html

In my opinon (and I am not the brightest bulb on the tree) Ray Smith is taking advantage of the unknowing collectors and the errors in the two guides.

I will be sending Ray a message expressing my displeasure regarding what he is doing and what the impact of that is on our collecting relationship. It's dissapointing, but I have to say something.

Put a fork in me, I am done for the night. Dissapointed and Done.