...and he claims in no uncertain terms that TR KING has told him that the chip is from Las Vegas.

Now, I am 100% sure that Doug researched this with TR King... I know he has a relationship and would NEVER write something that he hadn't researched (which is not to say hs information is always correct, but with the case of TR King's chips there is no speculation involved.) I also have to believe that at least one of the TCR authors has had first-person experience with TR King on this as well (I'm not at home, but I seem to remember that this chip was listed at one point and then removed).

I would not want to besmirch the reputation of a chip collector or seller, but how under what scenario could it be the case that TR King is now saying that this is a Las Vegas chip???

Anyone?