OCS-21
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North West Social
Club, Emeryville
CA |
¶ available: 4 chips,
all pictured here, though the colors don't reproduce so well:
white 50, black w/ no denomination, yellow 500, medium blue
(faded on one side) 100.
¶ condition: fine-very fine.
¶ 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 |
¶ for sale -- red-wine,
white, blue, yellow, light green and gray, pink.
¶ condition -- very fine-fine.
¶ the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-23 |
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Nevada Club,
Reno NV,
Roulette Table
B |
¶ for sale -- red-wine,
white, light blue, green, yellow, pink and gray.
¶ condition -- very fine-fine.
¶ the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-24 |
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Nevada Club,
Reno NV,
Roulette Table
C |
¶ for sale -- white, light
blue, yellow, pink, light green, and gray.
¶ condition -- very fine-fine.
¶ the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-25 |
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Nevada Club,
Reno NV,
Roulette Table
D |
¶ for sale -- red-wine,
white, yellow, pink, blue, green and gray.
¶ condition -- very fine-fine.
¶ the club was open 1958-1986. |
$9.00
each |
| OCS-26 |
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New Southport
Club of New
Orleans, La.
sold
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¶ for sale -- blue, pink
¶ condition: used
¶ opened 1932-1962. |
$35.00
sold
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| OCS-27 |
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Centro de la
Colonia Espanola de Camaguey, Cuba SOLD |
¶ condition -- used, but
nice, no problems
¶ 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 |
¶ three colors -- red and
brown ($20 each) and yellow ($10)
¶ 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.
¶ 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. |
prices
to
the
left. |
| OCS-29 |
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Frontier Nights,
Cheyenne Wyo.
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¶ yellow, green.
¶ 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
¶ 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
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Sphnix, Reno, Nevada
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¶ brown
¶ was open 1941-43.
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$250.00
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OCS-36
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Sphnix, Reno, Nevada
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¶ brown -- used
¶ was open 1941-43.
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$125.00
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OCS-37
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New Southport Club, New Orleans, La.
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¶ blue (inlay marred on one side), pink (used
but OK).
¶ 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
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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
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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-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. The chips were probably kept on his yacht....
... ..... Edward Francis Hutton (September 7, 1875, New York City - July
11, 1962, Westbury, Long Island, New York) was an American financier and
co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. It became one of the most respected
financial firms in the United States and for several decades was the second
largest brokerage firm in the United States. He was the head of many other
U.S. corporations. He built many large mansions including Mar-A-Lago (now
owned by Donald Trump and operated as the Mar-a-Lago Club) in Palm Beach,
Florida. He is still well-known from the advertising slogan "When E.
F. Hutton talks, people listen." His daughter was the actress Dina
Merrill.
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$27.00
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