OCS-21
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North West Social Club, Emeryville
CA |
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available: 4 chips, all pictured here, though the
colors don't reproduce so well: white 50, black w/ no denomination[black one sold], yellow 500, medium blue
(faded on one side) 100.
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condition: fine-very fine.
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opened, 1930's; closed now..... translation from the
Chineese is "good for the community"/"charity"/"public
welfare," something like that. |
$40.00
each |
| OCS-22 |
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Nevada Club, Reno NV,
Roulette Table A |
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for sale -- red-wine, white, blue, yellow, light green
and gray, pink.
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condition -- very fine-fine.
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the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-23 |
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Nevada Club, Reno NV,
Roulette Table B |
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for sale -- red-wine, white, light blue, green, yellow,
pink and gray.
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condition -- very fine-fine.
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the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-24 |
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Nevada Club, Reno NV,
Roulette Table C |
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for sale -- white, light blue, yellow, pink, light
green, and gray.
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condition -- very fine-fine.
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the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-25 |
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Nevada Club, Reno NV,
Roulette Table D |
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for sale -- red-wine, white, yellow, pink, blue, light
green and gray.
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condition -- very fine-fine.
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the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
OCS-26
SOLD
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New Southport
Club of New
Orleans, La.
sold
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for sale -- blue, pink
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condition: used
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opened 1932-1962. |
$35.00
sold
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OCS-27
SOLD
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Centro de la Colonia Espanola de Camaguey,
Cuba SOLD |
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condition -- used, but nice, no problems
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c.1927; I wish I remembered the source of the ID of
this chip. I do recall that the dealer had lots of other
Cuban chips with him, so I feel certain they are Cuban
crest and seal chips. |
$100.00
SOLD
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| OCS-28 |
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Alcazar |
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three colors -- red and brown ($40 each) and yellow
($25)
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condition: two problems -- (a) cigarette burns on the
chips -- slight on the reds and browns, more significant
on the yellows; and (b) originally the chips had the name
"Jack Shivel" above "Alcazar," and the name "Willie Green"
below "Alcazar." As you can see, the name "Jack Shivel" was
scraped off (dissolved partnership?) except on one chip that
survived intact.
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it is a mystery as to what and where the club was.
There is a club by that name (1952 opened; closed now) listed
in San Diego CA in The Gaming Table.
¶ per Richard Hanover, 8/08: I've learned
that the ALCAZAR was located in downtown San Diego. The card
room was run by Jack Shivel and Cecil "Willie" Green. The
source of the attribution is Jack's son John Shivel, Col. USAF (Ret.).
According to John's sister, she thinks that her dad's named was scratched
off the chips after he divorced their mother in 1945-46. (I'm trying
to get more details). I was also told several interesting details about
the life of their father, an interesting person to say the least.
Without permission, I'll withhold the details. Suffice it to say,
you didn't mess with Jack.
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prices
to
the
left. |
| OCS-29 |
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Frontier
Nights,
Cheyenne
Wyo.
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yellow.
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fine to very-fine condition. |
$35.00
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OCS-30
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Shamrock "1"
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¶ very unusual (and rare) crest and seal.
Unusual in that it is a relatively small chip (1-1/4")
and in that it has a non-round inlay (shamrock-shaped).
Has the usual crest and seal litho inlay.
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$35.00
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OCS-31
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Shamrock "5"
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¶ very unusual (and rare) crest and seal.
Unusual in that it is a relatively small chip (1-1/4")
and in that it has a non-round inlay (shamrock-shaped).
Has the usual crest and seal litho inlay.
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$40.00
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OCS-32
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Singapore Club,
Chicago ILL
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¶ great find; not in the USPC records,
but those records are not complete; this is a typical, high-quality,
USPC-like crest and seal.
¶ the Chinese
character in the center is "5." The other characters
translate to Singapore Club in City of Chicago.
¶ The President
of the Chicago Chinese American Historical Society
(www.chinesechicago.org/) told me about this club, which
existed in Chicago's Chinatown in the 1920's and 30's.
They knew about the club, but never saw chips from there
till I found these. He gave me this
picture of Chicago cops harassing
a Chinaman in front of the Singapore Club (that is
the translation, phonetically, of the sign in the window)
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$50.00
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OCS-33
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"L"
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¶ white
¶ made 1900-1910, in the first group of crest and seal
chips ever made; see here. Attributed
to Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania (or maybe Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, PA); see here.
¶ only 26
of these chips were found in March 2006 -- 4 reds,
6 blues and 16 whites. Most are in the singles collection
of collectors.
¶ these chips
are unlike the typical USPC crest and selas. On
all of them the inlays became stained in places and were
found lifting some on the edges. One thing very unusual
is that the whites and blues have 25 mm inlays, and the reds
have 22 mm inlays -- only set I know of where the inlays are different
sizes! Click here
to see the three colors and sizes.
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$65.00
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OCS-34
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Diamond Club, Montauck,
Long Island, New York
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¶ white, used,
slight edge nicks
¶ 1929-39 Gambino
and Anastasia crimes families controlled the club,
per "The Gambling Table."
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$40.00
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OCS-35
SOLD
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Sphnix, Reno, Nevada
SOLD 6/10/11
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¶ brown
¶ was open 1941-43.
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$250.00
SOLD 6/10/11
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OCS-36
SOLD
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Sphnix, Reno, Nevada
SOLD
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¶ brown -- used
¶ was open 1941-43.
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$125.00
SOLD
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OCS-37
SOLD
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New Southport Club, New
Orleans, La.
SOLD
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¶ blue (inlay marred
on one side).
¶ located at 1300
Monticello Ave, Jefferson Parish, Metairie, La. (borders
western New Orleans). Owner: Carlos Marcello. Opened
1932, closed 1962, per The Gaming Table. Formerly Jefferson
Inn.
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$35.00
SOLD
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OCS-38
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Riviera A, Las Vegas,
Nevada
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¶ clay very nice
on the chips. Inlay on one side is very nice.
BIG PROBLEM: parts of the inlay on the revese side have
been scratched away!
¶ 1960 roulette chip
from this casino.
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$20.00
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OCS-39
SOLD
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The Club, attributed to
The Cotton Club/Club Bar, Deer Lodge, Montana; and club
in Anchorage, Alaska
SOLD
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¶ have just one chip
in yellow: fine chip except one side has many very fine
scratches that you must strain to see.
¶ typical USPC-looking
chip, and likely made by USPC but not in their library
volumes. I suspect it is a generic chip.
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$40.00
SOLD
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OCS-40
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Harveys Resort Hotel Casino,
Lake Tahoe, Nevada, roulette chip
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¶ yellow (Table B),
maroon (Table E) -- nice used condition.
¶ this is not exactly
a true crest and seal: the basic chip is nylon composition,
and yiu can feel with your finger nail where the inlay and
the base color of the chip meet.
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$4.00
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OCS-41
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NPAM
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¶ yellow, white, red, blue
¶ great chip in great condition. Unfortunately, nothing
is known about the origin of the chip,
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$35.00
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OCS-42
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EF Hutton, famous financeer, and NY
Yacht Club pennants
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red, white, blue
¶ probably made by USPC Co.,
but not found in their records, which are incomplete.
¶ note the "H" in the lower
burgee (light identification pennant flown from the top of
a boat's mast). The "H" burgee was EF Hutton's personal burgee
from his yacht the "Husser". The other burgee was for the
New York Yacht Club. ... .. .... More about this chip in the box
directly below.
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$47.00
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OCS-43
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Playing Card
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¶ one chip, my choice, decent condition.
¶ these chips were made in three colors of clay chips (red, white
and blue) for all 52 playing cards in a deck. Click
here to see a complete set on white clay chips (my personal collection).
These chips were made with the card image on one side; the other
side being plain.
¶the chips are relatively rare. Besides my white clay set (see
above), I have only about 7 chips left. I am the only person selling
these, that I know of. One is pictured on page 360 of "Antique Gambling
Chips."
¶ although some collectors refer to these as paste-ons, to me they
are thin-inlay chips! Click
here to see one chip where I pried away the inlay with a knife, and
you can see (between the two arrows) where the chip is recessed for the
inlay!
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$15.00
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