Is there extra value in a chip, if it comes from a famous collection or collector?
That is, assuming you have a choice in 2 identical chips, but one comes from a noteworthy collection -- would you pay more for the chip from the noteworthy collection?

In coin collecting, I recall seeing coins being auctioned and advertised as "From the _____ Collection". Sometimes it is someone famous, like Jimmy Stewart (who was a serious coin collector, I think), or other names who are probably known in the coin trade. Older & rare books also have this distinction, on occasion. And serious artworks are attributed to their former owners, if noteworthy ... and in addition to provenance, which is also important in art collecting.

I can think of a few "collections" that are cited from time to time in the chip world: The Hank Boss Collection (of large & small crown chips); the Million Dollar Collection. There are others too, usually a long-time and respected collector who may have had a high quality collection.

Of course, in some cases, the "From the ____ Collection" is a useful attention-getting tool, because the collector was known for getting rarer or higher-quality chips that aren't often seen on the market. But I'm not talking about paying extra for a chip in BETTER condition... I'm trying to isolate the value of a chip attributed ONLY to its presence or former presence in a noteworthy collection.

If you have opinions or examples of a premium for such provenance, let's hear them. Or argue the contrary ... that in the chip collecting world, the value of a chip is only in the chip itself.