Jim,
I know that you and I have had some misunderstandings back over on orange from when you had those auctions over on your site, with the VIP lists and payment methods, blah blah. It's easy to comment from the peanut gallery, especially online to people you've never spoken to in person.
Congrats on your successful sale of these beautiful chips. I admit that the hotstamps aren't my cup of tea, but you certainly held down the fort better than ol' Ken. And much less drama, to boot. This was, to me, how NAGB sales should be done. Even better when you reveal it in spectacular fashion in a fun home game.
I hope to play with these at least one time down under!
Jacob