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ANTE UP: The Collection of Robert Eisenstadt |
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We welcome you to take part in Ante Up, the auction of the Robert Eisenstadt's incredible collection. The auction takes place on January 30, 2021 at 10:00AM CT. You can visit the auction website by clicking here.
You can also view the collection that is up for auction as a PDF.
If you have any questions about the auction, please contact Joseph Slabaugh (joeslabaugh@potterauctions.com, 773-472-1442) at Potter & Potter Auctions.
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IN MEMORIAM: Robert Eisenstadt 1942 - 2020 |
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On June 5, 2020, Robert Eisenstadt died peacefully at home, in the loving presence of his sister Nancy and his sister's family. He will be dearly missed by all of us who loved and appreciated him. If you would like to leave a story about Robert, write a message, or read what others have written, please click here.
He took pride in his collection and loved sharing it with fellow enthusiasts; please have a look and enjoy.
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Robert Eisenstadt's
Antique Gambling Chips &
Gambling Memorabilia Web Site
TWO STEEL HALF-MOLDS FOR CHIP
MANUFACTURING
AND INJECTION MOLDS
Pictured above are two steel half-molds (also called "cups") of the
Burt Company, Portland ME, that were used to make clay composition
casino and poker chips (samples shown above):
(1) The $5.00 cup (weighs c. 8 oz.) was used to make a set of chips
that was rejected by the casino. These were to be the regular chips to
be used throughout the casino (some 300,000 chips), but the plans never
materialized. Note: behind the "$5" in the inlay is a large stylized
depiction of the hotel-casino in light gray and white colors; it barely
comes out in the scan above. Black's A. C. Catalog lists it as C TPP-F.
(2) The "Interlocking Star" cup (weighs c. 5 oz.) was used to make
generic clay composition poker chips, namely PDNW, variation (the
old WSX code), as listed in Antique Gambling Chips, Revised Edition.
PDNW was made extensively during the 1940's and 50's. It is a very
common chip.
The above three pictures are from an eBay auction
of a plastic injection mold and one of the chips that was apparently made
from the mold. Note how there are four molds (hobs). The top
and bottom of the mold are aligned by fitting the four posts of one mold
half into the four holes of the other half. The "X" or cross shown must
be the path for injecting plastic into the four "hobs" (individual chip molds).
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More of my molds -- two halves of the "Web"
mold. The web mold was used for illegal and home gambling games
for many years. It was the proprietary chip mold of Ace Sportworks, NYC,
a gambling supply house. To give just one example, it was used to make the
Outhwaite's, Saratoga, NY, illegal club (1940's to c. 1950) chips.. Owning
the rights to a mold, a gambling supply house could advertise the sale of
"protected chips" -- that is, they would guarantee that "web" rim mold chips
of a particular design and coloration would be sold to only the original
customer, thus thwarting counterfeiting and ringers.
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