just recently. It is common knowledge around the poker tables, where I play (Naples-Ft Meyers GH) and the type of poker I play that I collect chips. So when I walked in about 3 weeks ago, one wiley coyote piped up and said he had a bag of chips and did I want them, I did, we walked out to the parking lot (night) and I couldn't really see very well, but there seemed to be about 50 chips, and I said sure; I'll give you $40 for them. Well, I got home that night and realized I had about 40 chips all AC chips and about half of them still live. I really did not lose any money but it will be a long time before I am able to get them new homes.
Incidentally, they are all $1 chips:

Bally's (crossed sixguns)
Borgota's (1st run BJ's)
Tropicana (jester)
Trump Taj

Anyone?

Reggie