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ANTE UP: The Collection of Robert Eisenstadt

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.

IN MEMORIAM: Robert Eisenstadt 1942 - 2020

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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SALES OF LARGE SETS OF ANTIQUE GAMBLING CHIPS (100's OF CHIPS) -- COLLECTIBLE SETS AND PLAYING SETS -- MADE OF CLAY, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED


Click here to see my web page of MODERN poker chip playing sets for sale


(If you are thinking of ordering a set, contact me first -- I would then hold it for you, describe it in more details [condition, etc.], and perhaps arrange to send you some sample chips before sending the whole set.  Unlike orders of individual chips, I charge exact postage-insurance on  orders of large sets.  Remember, that all orders are "satisfaction guaranteed" and returnable.)

RACKS FOR SALE: I have chip racks for sale; click here.   If you buy a set of chips here, I could sell you a basic wooden  capacity carousel for $10,mahogany a 300-chip capacity  for mahoganyy $20-$25. ... ... .....I could also sell you a 100-chip capacity plastic, transparent chip box (very box-like and stackable) for $4.00 each. I strongly recommend these boxes -- they are economical. sturdy and  flexible.  They hold the most chips in the smallest odd spaces than any other chip holding device.  This is obvious, but I'll say it anyway:  the transparency of the boxes is a great feature: you can quickly see what chips are inside, and you can hang a nice label inside at the end of the bottom piece and see it from the outside through the top piece.  To see pictures of these, click here, here, and here.

You can click these links to get to the applicable section below in a hurry:
� inlaid poker chip sets for sale -- almost all are coded antique chips .
� engraved and embossed coded antique poker chip sets .
� other sets .

INLAID CLAY SETS FOR SALE

order
#		 picture (120 pixel)  colors/
 numbers		 � Seymour code, name, page #.
� condition (see home page for categories)
� comments		 price
(plus
actual
ship-
ping
cost)
S1
SOLD
 300 blue
200 red
200 white
100 brown
100 green
100 yellow
100 pink
1100 total SOLD

 � not coded by Seymour because this is not a generic poker chip; rather it was used at the Meadowbrook Club, Saratoga NY, 1930's, 40's.  This and other sets here will look great with a gaming table display.
� very fine to fine condition.  Only rather inconsequential thing is that some of the chips have tiny edge nicks.



1900

SOLD

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S2
SOLD
 75 red
 75 blue
150 white
300 total
SOLD
� PM-HQ-Crossed Flags, antique chip code.  Valuable, rare, exquisite crest and seal inlaid poker chip set that you will be proud to own and show.
� Click here to see all three colors.
� very fine condition.  No problems such as nicks, uplifting inlays, warped, stained, etc.  Just some light soiling on some chips from gentle use, which you could  clean, but why bother?  Also, note: all of the chips have that blue "tinge" in the center, which is actually a blue highlight, which is  part of the printed design!
� the chips are about 75 to 100 years old, though they show the 24-star flag of the U.S., used during the period 1822 to 1836, after Missouri was  admitted to the Union.




$1350
SOLD
S6
SOLD
 400 red
100 yellow
100 orange
100 green
100 white
100 blue
100 brown
100 peach
1100 total
SOLD
 � WXT-Dotted Circle, p. 324.
� mint to near-mint, virtually unused; nice crisp square edges.
� for pictures from the 11 boxes of chips, click here.  The actual colors are very smooth, rich and even; I don't know why some look "muddy" in the scan.  From the 11 boxes: the top row from left to right are: green, blue, white and  yellow; the middle row: orange, brown and peach; and the bottom row: red (a little dark), red (a little light, but not as magenta/off-red as the scan shows), red and red.
 $1000
SOLD
S76
100 white
100 cherry red
200 black
400 total
 � POD-R monogram "R" -- the U.S. Playing Card Co's.  POD series of letters is rather rare antique set, compareds to the regular POA monogram series.  Beautiful set.
� round edged chips.
� mint condition, looks unused, factory sheen, uniform chips of original set.
� MINOR PROBLEM WITH THE COUNT:  Reds: fine -- no problems --there are 100 mint reds... ....  Whites:  OK -- there are 99 mint whites plus a used white "R.".. .... Blacks: There are only 196 black R's, but to make up for the difference, I can offer you 5 black square-edged inlaid Anchor design chips (same thickness as the round-edged chips), or these used POD-R's: 1 white, 2 red, 3 blue -- see all the colored chips in this picture; click here.  Or you can have some black square-edged Fleur de Lis chips -- click here.



$420
S80
 25 salmon-pink
 75 lavender
 75 brown
125 gray
300 total

 � CREST AND SEAL PWCM Club.  The inlays are NOT die-cut, rather the black clubs are "lithos," printed onto the round white inlay.   In the 2002 supplement to "Antique Gambling Chips" they were coded PWCM Club, inlaid litho, in the Poker Wheel & Faro section. All chips are uniform, original set.  Till I found these a few months ago, only three colors of these were known and no one was selling or trading any. You'd be getting a fine antique crest and seal playing set for less than $2 per chip.  How many people have an antique crest and seal playing set?
� these are true crest and seal chips since the rim mold is flat/plain, there is the litho inlay, and the chips are clay.  However, there is no sealant over the entire chip as is the case with the "classic" type of crest and seal chip.
� nice used square-edged chips.  No problems other than some soilage from use; you might want to clean the set.  The scans make the chips look more vibrant than they are in real life, especially the 25 salmon-pink chips (they look orange-ish in the 2nd and 3rd scans) and the  75 lavender chips (they look pink-ish in the 2nd and 3rd scans; actually they are a true lavender).
� pictures of the four colors: click here, here and here.






$485
S82
25 green
25 brown
25 lavender
25 gray
100 total
 � CREST AND SEAL PWCM Club, 4 colors.  The information in S80, above, applies to these 100 chips as to description, color and condition.  Almost no small edge nicks.
� click here to see a picture of the 4 colors.


$300
S83
100 red
 75 white
 75 blue
 25 brown
 25 yellow
300 total
 � Engineers Club, Brooklyn NY. I just acquired some of these 1920's USPC Co.-made die-cut inlaid chips made for the Engineers Club of Brooklyn NY. The sample-order book pages of the USPC Co. states for these chips "Re-Ordered 11/19/23." And hand-written in script on the page is also "Engineers Club, Brooklyn."  There is no earlier page found, so these chips are from 1923 or earlier.  (It is difficult to read the script [dark ink on a dark page] so some have mistakenly read this as "Eugene Club," a mistake easy to make, but on close inspection it is definitely "Engineers Club, Brooklyn NY." ).  Note, in the picture of that page (see link just below), to the left of the bottom of the blue chip [discolored by scan setting] is "Enginee...", and to the right is "...lub. To the left of the red chip is "Broo...," and to the right is "n... N..." (Click here to see that inscription.)   Whoever buys this set, I'll include my original USPC color photo card of the page that documents this chip, the card with the Engineers Club inscription noted above.... ... ... New Find.  I believe I am the only person who has these chips. See page 29 of Herz' USPC Co. Guide.
� I show 20 of the chips, selected at random, here.  There you can see all the colors.  They are round-edged, used chips.  Nice old set. Some inlays have yellowed.  The browns are very nice.  The blues are OK too.  The whites are not bad, just soiled some from handling.  Some of the reds are very fine, some are faded some.  The yellows show signs of handling, and some have some pencil markings on one side, but are OK used chips.  No major problems, such as lifting inlays, cracks, edge nicks, warping, etc.  Another picture here.







$750
S86
50 red
50 white
50 blue
50 yellow
200 total
 � mint/unused set.  The chip isn't very rare, but you could search a lifetime to find a 200-chip set like this in mint condition. The chips are round-edged with the original factory sheen.
� Click here for a picture of the chips.
� ONE LITTLE PROBLEM: there are actually 201 chips that you will be receiving (click the link above for the picture; the monogram inlays are, of course, on both sides of each chip): 50 mint red F's; 50 mint white Fs; 49 mint yellow Fs, plus a slightly duller yellow F chip, plus a mint yellow K chip (same size, color, thickness, round-edge, etc.); and 48 mint blue F chips, plus 2 mint blue K chips (same size, color, thickness, round edge, etc.).
� NOTE: 100 MORE F's FOR SALE: I recently picked up another 100 F's that I could sell -- 75 whites, 10 reds and 15 yellows!



$250

 

ENGRAVED AND EMBOSSED POKER CHIP SETS FOR SALE
ALL CODED IN "ANTIQUE GAMBLING CHIPS" and Clay Composition unless stated otherwise

order
#		 picture colors/
 numbers		 � Seymour code, name, page #.
� condition (see home page for categories)
� comments		 price
S18
SOLD
 200 white
100 red
100 blue
400 total
sold
 � SDA-Golfer, p. 303.  Embossed.
� mint to near-mint.

$350
sold


S19
175 white
100 red
100 blue
  25 yellow
400 total
 � PB-ER Eagle on the Rock, p. 242.  Interlocking embossed antique clay composition chip.  Blue pictrure is enhanced to show the eagle design.
� Click here for large pictures of the chips in all four colors.
� very nice condition.
� I'd be willing to break the set up into smaller quantities.


$195
S20 100 white
 50 blue
 50 red
200 total		 � LHR-Club House (formerly called "Wreath" in old book).  Embossed
� reds and blues are very fine to fine.  The whites are used, but OK.
� the border design is of flowers on stems.		 $80
S22
200 white
100 dark blue
100 red
400 total
plus more
available		 � ALW-Horse Head, p. 235.  Embossed plastic.
� mint, nice thick plastic.
� This is the same design as the one in the book.  Just like in the book it even has interlocking rays at the edge.  Surely made by the same company.  I have seen many of these chips with much granular clay-like substance in the chip.  This version seems to be mostly or all plastic.  Nice chips though.
� In addition to those listed, I have more for sale.		 $100
S24
SOLD
 150 white
150 red
100 blue
400 total
sold
 � SFR-Jockey on Horse, p. 304.  Embossed.
� mint
� these clay composition antique chips came in carboard boxes that read: "100 Embossed, Famous Jockey Club, Poker Chips, Compo-site Inc., Newark, N.J. , USA."
 $90.00
sold
S26 100 white
 50 red
 50 blue 
200 total		 � DQK-Two Rings, p. 259.  Embossed.
� very fine (mint).
� These chips comes in their original two boxes (good shape) that have labels that say, "PANOCO Poker Chips, Interlocking, Composition."		 $55
sold
2-27-05
S27 200 white
100 red
100 blue 
400 total		 � LDY-Shamrock (called Clover in old book), p. 272.
� These are embossed wood chips.  Fine condition.  Nice and old, fairly thick.		 $135
sold
2-27-05
S29 100 beige
     (natural) 
125 white
100 blue
 75 red 
400 total

� MWP-Pla-M-Well, p. 283.
� used-OK, some mint.
� These are embossed wood chips, and, as you can see, have "Pla-M-Well" embossed on them.  The chips were manufactured by The General Timber & Lumber Co., Cleveland Ohio.  The chip box would proclaim, "Another Pla-Wood Product."  They also made plain wood poker chips.
� note: the beige (natural) and whites are similar and would be used for the same denomination in a poker game.
� I also have another 100 chips (and probably more) (for additional money) --  50 natural, 25 red and 25 blue.		 $75

S30 100 white
 50 red
 50 blue 
200 total		 � SXH-Shoe & Whip, p. 306.  Embossed.
� very fine.  (I was short 4 red chips, so I added 4 reds of a different shade from another SXH set.)
� many of the chips in the book, particularly the interlocking ones, seems to be a mixture of clay and plastic.  This one tips most to the plastic side of the equation.		 $65
S31 100 white
 50 red
 50 blue 
200 total		 � DQC-Wide Rim, p. 259.  Embossed.
� very fine to OK.  The reds and blues are near-mint.  The whites are soiled some at the edge.
� I probably have more to sell if you need more.		 $40
S36
SOLD
 100 red, white and blue
sold
 � DQG-Cut-Rim, p. 259.  Embossed.
� fine to very fine.
� I have at last 100 red, white and blue; maybe more		 $20
sold
S69  100 white
   50 red
   50 blue 
 200 total
in special
original
case
(I have sets of these)
 � ACW-Po Do (Peau-Doux), p. 232.  Embossed.
� These chips come in their original "Peau-Doux" faux leather two-drawer chip case.  Design is that of the head of a Boston Terrier.  It is like this set:  click here and click here .   Dale Seymour's "Antique Gambling Chips" dates the chips from 1938. "Peau Doux" (and "Po Do") is a brand name of many product lines, and the logo of the famous Walgreen's drugstore chain.   By 1930, Walgreens had well over 500 stores and quickly was becoming the nation's most prominent drugstore chain. Click here to read about Walgreen's and the Po Do line and logo.  That Boston terrier face was famous and appeared on many products and advertisements.
� call for more details. I have a number of sets of these in various condition.  Call for details.		 $40
to
$75
S84
125 white
 75 red
 50 blue
 50 yellow
300 total
 � Victor design.  The book "Antique Gambling Chips" identifies this engraved chip as PSV-Victor, c. 1905.  That is the date that these engraved-style poker chips first appeared.  The chips are round-edged and a generous 1-9/16" diameter.
� I must have put this set together from two sets of Victor chips. They are all the same size and design, though.  Generally very nice condition for these used chips -- good paint in the engravings, no cracks, edge nicks or warping.  Relatively clean.  Click here to see 16 random chips.  A few chips have some burns, as is one of the yellows in the picture.  Some of the reds and whites are more worn than the others and have lost a considerable amount of engraving paint (note the reds in the picture).  The yellows are particularly nice.



$325
S85
114 red (25�)
 60 gray (5�)
 20 brown (25�)
  5 green (10�)
  1 blue (50�)
200 total


 � Old Faithful club bar, Livingston, Montana, 1920's.  This is an embossed set of "Good For  In Trade" "tokens" which were used for illegal poker games at the saloon, a common practice in the early and mid 20th century.  Click here to see pictures of these antique chips and to read the story about the club bar.  All of the chips say on one side: "Old Faithful (club symbol) Livingston Mont.," as pictured on the left  On the other side they say: "Good For (so many cents) In Trade."
� These chips are all from the same set and have the same 1-1/2" diameter, yet, production being what it was in those old days, the denominations vary in thickness.  Each color group has the same thickness, but the reds, for example, are thinner than the other colors.
� The chips are in nice condition (no nicks, warping, cracks, etc.) except in one important respect -- most of the chips have numerous small burns on them (I guess from cigarettes left on the stacks of chips).  The brown and green chips are in excellent condition -- no burns.  The gray chips are not so bad.  The reds, though, have numerous small burns.
 $350


OTHER SETS

order
#

 picture
 colors/number
 � Seymour: code, name, page
� condition
� comments

 � price
S72
 25 yellow
 50 red
 50 navy blue
 75 white
200 total

� 200-chip ivory poker chip set, in Victorian-era "poker chip casket."
� full size 1-7/16 inch chips.
� Click here for six large pictures and complete description of this wonderful set.
� Chips are in excellent condition


$3750
S40
SOLD
 have  several
100
red,
white,
and
blue
SOLD

 � Plain clay chips in red, white and blue.  I always thought these plain chips add class to any good chip rack.  50 to 100 years old.
� They comes in sizes 1-1/2 inch and 1-9/16 inch. ... .
� Also, at the moment, regarding the 1-9/16 inch ones, I have 75 yellow in very nice used condition, no whites, and red and blue in so-so condition.
� a mixed set in used, but decent, condition can go for  $10 to $20 per hundred.  Tell me what you need, and I'll get back to you.		 prices
in
box
to left
SOLD
S40a 100 yellow
175 brown
  25 red 
300 total		 � This set is unusual in that these plain clay chips have square edges. 1-9/16th inch diameter.   Handsome, thick chips.  The yellows have an extremely fine linen finish.
� mint		 $140
S40b
SOLD
100 white
 50 red
 50 blue
200 total
SOLD
 � nice, thick, square-edged plain 1-1/2" chips.  Unusual. Click here for a jpeg of the set.  
� good overall condition.  Hardly an edge nick in the set.  The only untoward thing --and it is hardly important-- is that about a dozen of the blues are a lighter shade, as the picture (above) shows. The reds are a nice, smooth, even brick color (don't be fooled by the picture).


$50
SOLD
S63
SOLD
 100 yellow
 75 red
 75 blue
 50 green
300 total
SOLD
 � "Marbleite" chips, c. 1920's.  They were called "Galolith" in William Rott's (N.Y.C.) 1928 catalog.   Click here to read the catalog's description of the chips.  These are strong plastic chips that predate catalin and are rather scarce.  3.5 mm thick; 4.5 grams each.  They all have the marbleized look as the green one shown here.
� fine to very-fine.
� You may buy either the whole 300-chip set, or just 100 chips.

 $180
SOLD
S65  75 olive
 75 brown
 25 pink
 25 green
      w/ 3
       pink
       edge
       spots
200 total		 � These chips are hot-stamped "NI" or "IN".  They are probably from an unidentified illegal club.  Note the "H" rim mold design of H C Edwards Co., NYC.  Only the green chips have edge spots.
� mint		 $90
S71
SOLD
125 white
200 blue
 50 yellow
125 black
175 warped,yellow
675 total
sold

 � these chips are from the illegal Pigeon Club that operated in Brooklyn NY in the 1960's, per Jordan Berk, owner of  Bazaar Supply, a gambling supply house in Yonkers, NY (now out of business).
� as noted to the left, 175 of the chips (all yellow) are warped.  100 are warped severely; 75 are not so badly warped -- those are stackable, for example. Also, some of the yellow chips are hot-stamped VAL instead of the picture of the pigeon.
� the chips are all: used, hot-stmped, have edge spots, have the diamond-square-squrare rim mold design.... ... ... The white chips have blue edge spots; the blue have orange e.s's; the yellow have red e.s's; and the black have yellow e.s's.  Click here to view all four types of chips.
� Important: all have the hot-stamped pigeon, as seen on the chip to the left.  However, due to use and wear, the pigeon design is quite faint on the chips and is difficult to discern on many chips (the one pictured here is exceptional).
� I am willing to divide the set, say sell 575 chips.


$275
sold

 

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