Eisenstadt
order
number |
All the chips here
are the same size --
c. 1-1/2". (Only the
pictures vary in
size.) 120 x 120 |
Name of chip |
Description, date, etc. (all are inlaid,
either Crest and Seal chips or die-cut chips.)
All in very fine or better condition, unless
otherwise noted.) |
Price per one chip |
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US-39
sold
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Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
sold
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� for sale: the $5 orange-yellow pictured
here.
� large, famous hotel-casino resort, frequented
by the elite of Hollywood. Opened 1928; closed
1935......shipped to Agua Caliente Co., Tijuana, Mexico,
Nov. 26, 1928. |
$30.00
sold
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US-39a
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Agua Caliente,
Tijuana, Mexico, $25
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� $25 black.
� very fine condition-excellent.
� see remarks above (US-39), and
this informative
page about the famous resort and other chips for sale.
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$50.00
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US-39b
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Agua Caliente, Tijuana,
Mexico, $100 white
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� $100 white, serrated edge.
� excellent
� see remarks above (US-39), and this informative
page about the famous resort and other chips for sale.
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$145.00
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US-39c
SOLD
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Agua Caliente, Tijuana,
Mexico, $100 green
SOLD
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� $100 green.
� excellent
� see remarks above (US-39), and this informative
page about the famous resort and other chips for sale.
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$95.00
SOLD
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| US-36 |
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Arab Smoking Hash Pipe |
� colors: white, blue, red-maroon,
green
� shipped to B.C. Wills & Co., Detroit, Mich.,
July 8, 1929. |
$75.00
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| US-35 |
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Artistica Gallega Casino, Havana,
Cuba
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� red, light blue.
� chips shipped to Pernas Collado & Co, N.Y.,
April 23, 1931.............fine condition |
$25.00
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| US-51 |
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Buffalo Head |
� red, white, blue, yellow
� very fine
� shipped to Abercrombie and Fitch Co., NYC, 1917. |
$25.00
(except
yellow
is $60)
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| US-1 |
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B. L. Mc. |
have chips in red, white and blue.........ordered
in 1923 and shipped
to Chas. W. Hancher, Wheeling, W. Va. |
$90.00 |
| US-2 |
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BPOE #99, Los Angeles
(reverse side says BPOE Elks 10c 99) |
� white (10� on reverse side
of chip) -- $6.00
� purple 25� -- $25.00
� red 50� -- $10.00
� green $1.00 -- $20.00
� yellow $5.00 -- SOLD
� mfg card shoes shipped
1927 to W.H. Goegee Co., Los Angeles.
The lodge building is at 607 S. Western
Ave, Los Angeles. .... .........note: scan is poor; condition
is mint. |
prices
to the
left
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US-52
SOLD
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Breakers Club
SOLD
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� red, blue.
� excellent to very-fine
� Click here to
read a history and see a picture of the hotel (1926-1934; near the Santa
Monica
Pier, California) and to view the chips.
Click
here to see a video showing the building.
� the chips were shipped to Montags, Los Angeles,
Calif. |
$100.00
SOLD
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| US-28 |
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Bronco Rider |
Have chips in red, white
and blue.
All have some burns on them, as do those
from the only other source of these chips
that I am aware of. I have one white one left -- $10, and pretty
severe burns -- click here
to see. In 1928 these chips
were shipped to the Cheyenne Cigar Store, Cheyenne,
Wyo. |
$18.00 |
US-47
SOLD
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Centro de la Colonia Espanola, Santiago,
Cuba
SOLD
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� green.
� condition -- very fine; background of inlay has
nice light beige hue which
may have turned this color over time.
I have seen these chips only with this hue. Each
side is different; the reverse side has what
must be the casino logo -- a crown and shield.
� casino opened 1921, closed in the 1950's.
� this chip was sent to Pernas & Collade, N.Y.
office, April 7, 1921 |
$55.00
SOLD
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US-48
SOLD
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Charlevoix JK Club, Charlevoix MI
SOLD
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�colors for sale -- white
� condition -- used
� the club was run by the notorious Purple Gang
(Levinson Bros.)
� chips shipped to J H Koch, Toledo office, March
10, 1919 |
$30.00
SOLD
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| US-53 |
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The Christiania, Sun Valley-Ketchum, Idaho
(picture of skier on the inlay.
Click
here for
picture of some of the chips.)
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� Click here for
a history of The
Christiania Club and a picture of the Club.
� red, mustard -- $60 each;
reds have slight
edge nicks. sold
� yellow -- $35; fine condition.
� hot-stamped "C" chips, $7 each. These
were obtained at The Christiania along with the crest
and seal chips. I have them in white and green (the
green are not pictured).
� all chips in fine-very fine, though used, condition.
� shipped to B C Wills and Co, Detroit, Mich.,
(the major gambling supply house) in 1937. George
Weinbrenner, who owned B.C. Wills. founded the Christiania
in 1937. Closed about
1948. Was visited by numerous Hollywood
stars. |
prices
at
left
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| US-54 |
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Casino Cubano Artemisa, Cuba
SOLD
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� red
� fine
� 1931 shipped to Pernas Collado & Co., NYC. |
$50.00
SOLD
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US-73
SOLD
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CDB
SOLD
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� brown -- fine
condition -- have just this one chip
� 1929 ordered/shipped
to Detroit, Michigan.
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$37.00
SOLD
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| US-55 |
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Cleveland Athletic Club, Cleveland, Ohio
SOLD
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� yellow (a rare color for this chip) Note: inlay
missing from one side!.
� very poor condition. For example, inlays are
discolored. And inlay is missing from one side!
� in 1926 the chips were shipped directly to the
Club. |
$20.00
sold
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| US-5 |
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Chesterfield Club, Detroit, Michigan |
shipped 1936 to Chesterfield Club, Detroit
Michigan (opened 1936, closed in 1940's). Scan is poor,
but nice crest and seal chip.......Lincoln
Fitzgerald, the owner of the illegal mob
run club, named it after his favorite cigarettes. (Lincoln
Fitzgerald ran the Chesterfield Club for the Purple Gang with
two boyhood friends: George Weinbrenner and Danny Sullivan. Fitzgerald
eventually left Detroit when Nevada legalized gambling.
He and Sullivan opened up the Nevada Club in Reno and the Nevada
Lodge in Lake Tahoe. The same chips used in Michigan were used
at the Nevada place.) |
$10.00 |
| US-5a |
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Chesterfield Club,
Detroit, Michigan |
I have for sale: yellow "50" (pictured), tan "5," green
"10" and blue "20". All 4 chips are pictured here
of the US Playing Card Co. 1936order page! (sold out of "5" and "10" chips at the moment.)
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$22.00
each
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US-75
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Dallas Country Club, Dallas, Texas
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� yellow
� used by the exclusive, famous country club of that name. Storied history. Exists today.
� fine condition
� manufactured in 1929
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$49.00
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| US-56 |
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Utopia Club (Chinese translation)
sold out
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� green
� fine
� according to Travis Lewin, the translation is
"Peach Blossom Fountain," which is an allusion to a search
for "Utopia."...... ........
The Chinese people that run restaurants and
laundries in my neighborhood (Brooklyn Heights,
NYC) say the letters are the name of a famous historic
Chinese person. Go know?
� in 1931 the chips were shipped to Zellerbach Paper
Co, Calif. |
$50.
sold
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| US-57 |
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Leisure Time (Chinese translation)
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� pink.
� used, a little soiled and worn.
� the side in the scan means "send out." The
reverse side means "devoted to leisure" or "leisure
time to enjoy oneself."
� shipped in 1926 to Samuel's Smoke House, Fresno,
Calif.
� I have a hub mold hot-stamped chip with
the same design ($20) |
$15. |
US-58
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Country Club. Lake Tahoe NV
SOLD
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� yellow-orange
� very fine
� 1935 shipped to Noll & Co., Los Angeles, Calif. |
$70
SOLD
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| US-40 |
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CCC |
colors: blue, white, green, pink
and lavender. The white
and blue chips have a small burn on one
side......
Sept. 18, 1931, shipped to H C Evans and Co. in Illinois |
$35.00 |
US-42
SOLD
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Club Casa del Mar, Los Angeles,
CA
SOLD
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colors: white.
Dec. 14, 1925, shipped to H & H Holding Co., Club
Casa del Mar, Los Angeles,
Calif. Listed in The Gaming Table......difficult
to see in the scan, but inside
the crest are the letters "C C D M," seascape
and a large wave. |
$95.00
SOLD
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US-66
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Combine
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� yellow
� sent in 1938 to B. C. Wills (the large national
gambling supply house; many illegal club customers),
Detroit, Michigan.
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$100.00
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| US-6 |
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D-5 |
UFC: 1933 and 1938 shipped to B. C. Wills Co.,
Detroit, Michigan -- the
large gambling supply house......Hard
to see from the scan but it is a Crest and
Seal (litho inlay) chip, and very nice condition. |
$75.00 |
US-67
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DTC
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� red and blue
� Ordered by Mandel Bros, Chicago, ( a sporting
department store) in 1920 and 1921.
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see eBay
auction
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| US-7 |
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EBB
sold
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In 1929 these chips were shipped to
"Tacoma Groc. Co., Tacoma, Wash."��I acquired 13
of these �all blue-- and don�t know of any others. |
$70.00
sold
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| US-8 |
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Empire Club, East St. Louis, Mo. |
have the chips in rust, white, blue and green..........In
1928 and 1929 the chips
were sent to two well known gambling supply
outfits -- Aladdin Specialty, Chicago,
and B C Wills, Detroit. |
$18.00 |
| US-9 |
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Elk (12-point antlers) |
Have the chips in white and blue. Used,
but OK..........These are generic poker chips,
for Elks Club games and others; not rare; I'd
rate them "uncommon.".....No date is given in the
USPC photo-shipping archive records; it appears next
to 1922 orders |
$9.00 |
| US-12 |
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FOE Eagle Lodge 449 (picture of spread eagle on reverse) |
shipped 1928 to Fraternal Order of Eagles
#449 Norwood, Ohio. |
$35.00 |
US-68
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FOE Eagle Lodge 197
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� white, blue
�shipped 1928 to Toledo, Ohip, where the lodge
is located.
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$15.00
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| US-13 |
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Florida Palms generic poker chips |
have these in red, dark blue, yellow, and dark
brown. OK-decent used condition. .... .....Shipped 1925 to
H. C. Evans, Chicago. This is a generic chip,
used for private poker games, and since they came
in so many colors, they were probably used in
illegal clubs for roulette and other table games. |
$9.00 |
| US-46 |
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Green Mill Inn, Aribi,
Louisiana |
� condition: OK, used but no problems.
� opened c. 1927; closed now. From an eBay auction:
"The Green Mill Inn
was one of the earliest illegal casinos near
New Orleans in the Roaring '20s. It was located at Angela
and St. Claude Street in Arabi, just east of New Orleans'
downtown, and across the Mississippi River ship channel
from Algiers on the West Bank. It was operated by
Mr. Greco."
� chips shipped to U. Coen and Co., New Orleans,
La, June 6, 1927. |
$35.00 |
| US-17 |
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Jos. S. Bauer/Arrowhead Club |
� red, light blue, yellow, dark green ($23 each). ...
light green, dark brown ($50 each)
� the chips were shipped to "J.S. Bauer, Cinti,
Ohio" in 1926. Bauer
ran the club, which was in the suburbs of
Cincinnati, until 1937 when he was killed.
On the chip is apparently the back of a playing
card which has on it two torches, two spades
and the initials "J.S.B." |
prices
at
left
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US-71
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Gun Store, 8 FT.
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� blue (chips have slight burns on the edges at
places, usually on one side; attractive chips, though
-- you have to look close to see anything untoward).
� In 1938 shipped to California Notion & Toy Co.,
San Francisco, Calif. (probably for one of their
customers who ordered the chips through them).
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$65.00
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| US-33 |
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Lake Shore Country Club, Chicago
Ill.
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red, white and yellow- very fine condition.........the
chips were shipped
May 8, 1922, to Mandel Bros., Chicago,
for this very prestigious country club, which
is now located in a Chicago suburb, Glencoe.
The Club still uses this logo today. |
$110.00
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| US-37 |
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Mexican Flag/Indian Symbols |
� colors: brown, gold (yellowish) -- each
side is a different image as the pictures to the left
show.
� Chips shipped
to Int'l. B & B Co., El Paso, Texas,
Oct. 12, 1917. Images are national
symbols of Mexico. One side shows eagle on
a cactus holding snake in its beak -- from
an Indian legend about the founding of Mexico
City, and now on the Mexican flag! |
$34.00 |
US-70
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McA
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� green.
� chips sent in 1936 to W. E. Pinch, Lewiston, Idaho.
I was informed by an Idaho token collector: "These chips were
sent to Louise Pinch who worked for W. E. Pinch and whose husband was related
to W. E. Pinch. Louise's maiden name was McAmes."
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$50.00
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| US-61 |
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P-in-Diamond (sold, 12/02) |
� blue. (Both chips are serrated.)
� excellent.
� 1928 shipped to J K Hornbein Co., Los Angeles
Calif. |
$20
(sold)
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| US-62 |
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Quail
sold
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� blue
� excellent
� 1930 shipped to Sterling E. Edmunds, St. Louis
MO. |
$150.
sold
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| US-63 |
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Rudy Klune
sold
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� yellow
� used, but would look great cleaned. Nick on
edge on one side; can't see it from other side.
� 1923 shipped to Louis S. Cohn Co., Butte, Mont. |
$65
sold
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| US-21 |
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Seventh Assembly Democratic
Club
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shipped April 1923 to New York
Office |
$120.00
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| US-22 |
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Sailing Ship |
blue. ..........shipped to Drake and Co.,
Kansas City, 1926. These chips are not as rare
as the others listed here; they were probably
used as generic poker chips in many parts of
the country. Still, I consider them uncommon. |
$9.00
each |
| US-27 |
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Shriner |
have chips in yellow and green........
Ordered by Buckingham
Ensley Carrigan Co., Memphis, Tenn.;
shipped February 1924. Note: this
is a particularly beautiful chip, both as to design
and condition. Much fine detail, such as
head of Pharaoh, hard to see in small scan.
bigger
picture |
$40.00 each |
| US-45 |
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S.S. Tango
SOLD
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chip made with serrated edge; actual color
is yellow; boat and waves are green........The Tango, Rex and other
famous off-shore gambling boats were owned by Tony Cornero
(a/k/a Anthony Cornero Stralla). They operated off-shore
at Santa Monica-Long Beach, California. Cornero was a bootlegger
in the 1920's, and ran gambling boates in the 1930's-early 1940's.
.......chips shipped to Noll
and Co. (the gambling supply house), Los Angeles
CA, July 2, 1936 |
$50.00
SOLD
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US-45a
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S.S. Tango 100
sold
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blue, excellent condition,
serrated edge, see comments for US-45, above.,
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$50.00
sold
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US-45b
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S.S. Rex
(1938 to c. 1940)
sold
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� yellow-orange
color as shown.
� see the story in US-45, above. Click here
for pictures of the boat and news clippings. The final raid against
the Rex was led by California Atty General Earl Warren, who later became
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
� these chips for the Rex were initially
shipped from the US Playing Card Co to B C Wills Co, Detroit
(the large gambling supply house), in April 1938.
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$15.00
sold
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| US-43 |
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Stray Antlers, McGill, Nevada |
each side is different; the reverse side has
the familiar elks head
common to many BPOE chips.........Card
Room (illegal club? Elks Club?) before
gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931.....shipped
Feb. 21, 1927 to McGill Drug Co., Inc.,
McGill, Nevada.....The Chip Rack (2000) calls
the place Stray Antlers Elks Club and values
the chip $100-$124. |
$80.00
sold
out
Dec
2001 |
US-72
sold
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Ten-F Club, Galveston,
Texas
sold
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� set of four chips for sale here! Click here to
see the four chips and the story behind the chips, including
a picture of the U.S. Playing Card Co. photo-shipping record
for these chips! .
� the 100
chip has a serrated edge.
� 1930's
illegal club in Galveston, Texas area. Be sure
to click the above link to learn about this set of 4 chips.
� rare and
scarce -- I have only a few sets left.
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$200
for set
of four
chips
sold
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| US-44 |
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Three Boys Chewing Tobacco or Gum
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Poor condition on both sides, yellow chip (not the one pictured
here). I used to have two chips. Now, I have just the one in poor
condition. Click here for
the good sides of both chips and here
for the poor sides of both chips . Incidentally, I didn't bother to clean
up either chip, so once you do that, they will look even better.
Return privileges, as with all of
my sales. .....shipped to "N.Y. Office" in 1924......The
boy on the right is putting something
into his mouth and handing something to the other
boys. |
$60.00
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| US-29 |
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Twenty |
Ordered by B. C. Wills & Co., Detroit, Mich.,
Feb. 27, 1934 |
$15.00 |
| US-25 |
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Walker's Saloon |
have chips in red, white and blue; small burns................Chips
were shipped in
1929 to Louis S Cohn Co., Butte, Mont.
They have been attributed to the Walker�s
Saloon, also in Butte��..Note: the monogram
is the Old English "W", not "M." |
$25.00
each |
| US-65 |
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Wallace Corner, Idaho
sold
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� blue-gray
� used, otherwise it would look great cleaned.
� used in illegal club in Wallace, Idaho.
� 1937 shipped to Wallace Corner Co., Inc., Wallace,
Idaho. |
$25.00
sold
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US-74
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Excelsior Club, Cleveland, Ohio
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� exclusive Jewish Men's club in Cleveland, Ohio.
� shipped 1926.
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$75.00
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