Eisenstadt
order
number |
All the chips here
are the same size --
c. 1-1/2". (Only the
pictures vary in
size.)
120 x 120
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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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| USD-50 |
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ARB |
¶ pink ($25), yellow ($15) and gray ($15)
¶ used, a little soiled from handling; otherwise
fine.
¶ shipped in 1912 to F. Grote & Co., the major
New York gambling supply house. |
prices
to
the
left |
| USD-3 |
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BCS |
have chips in red and blue..........UFC: the
page in the archives with this chip
is missing the shipping/order data. The
other chip on the page has a 1911 date......plain
inlay. |
$50.00 |
USD-71
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CAC -- Chicago Athletic
Club
SOLD
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¶ issued 1924. Chicago Athletic
Club, per Ed Hertel's 2006 on-line edition of his "Ed Hertel's
Price Guide for Illegal Casino Chips" (on pdf format) (shown
there only in yellow clay w/ black inlay). This is my
last dupe of the chip -- used, slight hairline crack on part of
(only) one side. Nice enough chip.
¶ But perhaps the chip was used (or
also used) in the Miami, Florida, area, as the historical society
in south Florida has a picture of the aftermath of a 1929 police
raid in Miami that shows the same chip in the picture!
¶ Handsome, big, thick, square-edged
chip. Unusual is that the inlay is black, not the
usual white.
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$90.00
SOLD
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| USD-4 |
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Chicago Automobile Club |
This chip was for the Chicago Automobile Club.
It was sold through A. Pick and Co., Chicago ILL.
No date is given in the archives, but the closest dates on
near pages are 1911 and 1922......note: small burn on one
side of the chip, my only dupe. Plain inlay. |
$125.00
SOLD
OUT |
| USD-38 |
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CN |
the USPC record of this one has the chip sample
but is missing the shipping history.
It is near chips dated 1924 and 1925.......plain
inlay. |
$7.00 |
| USD-34 |
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Columbian Club, St.
Louis, Mo. |
have chips in red, blue and yellow. Fine
condition........ Chips were shipped to A. S. Aloe Co., St.
Louis, Mo., in 1919, 1923 and 1930......plain inlay |
$15.00
each, except
yellow is
$25.00 |
USD-72
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Commonwealth
Club,Worcester, Mass.
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¶
red, white
¶ shipped to the Boston
Office of USPC Co. in 1914 for the Commonwealth Club.
This is one of the oldest USPC chips in their chip sample-special
chip order volumes.There is a notation that the chips were reordered
in 1921 and 1923.
¶ Note how the C's have
that little pointy "horn" at the top of the C's but not
at the bottom. That is normal. The red chip in
my personal collection is normal (like that) on one side,
but by error the inlay was reversed on the other side. Click
here to see that mirror image error.
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$50.00
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| USD-11 |
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FS |
UFC: shipped in 1914 to F. Grote and Co, NY
-- the large NYC gambling supply
house. Square-edged chip. The shipping record
also notes ".127 thickness.".......One chip is left:
one side is fine, the reverse has a large edge nick. |
$75.00 |
| US-14 |
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GG |
UFC: in 1926 shipped to H. C. Evans and Co.,
Chicago, Ill........plain inlay |
$75.00
SOLD
OUT |
| USD-15 |
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HW |
ordered by L. Oppleman, Lynchberg,
Va.; shipped June 1925......plain inlay |
$25.00 |
| USD-16 |
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HJH |
have chips in yellow, pink, red and green.
Beautiful square-edged. ... ... ... ....UFC: shipped to B.
C. Wills and Co., Detroit, Mich in 1935. |
$45 |
| USD-60 |
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JLB |
¶ red
¶ fine
¶ 1920 shipped to Churchill Drug Co., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. |
$45 |
| USD-31 |
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JOY |
scanty information in the USPC archives for
this chip: "H. C. Evans, Chicago, ILL."
(That is the major gambling supply house.).....Plain
inlay. |
$50.00
SOLD
OUT |
| USD-19 |
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KT |
have chips in white, yellow, pink and green..........Used
in Chinse gambling operation in hotel in
Stockton CA,after being shipped to H C Evans and
Co, the large Chicago gambling supply house,
in 1917........Plain inlay. |
$20.00 |
| USD-41 |
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NJP |
small burn........shipped to Drake & Co,
Kansas City, Mo., March 26, 1926.
Plain inlay. |
$60.00 |
| USD-20 |
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NP (for Mexico) |
USPC records read "Bought through H. C. Evans
and Co., Chicago, [the major gambling
supply outfit] shipped direct (for Mexico)
4/21/14" (note: it could be either "NP" or "PN;"
plain inlay.) |
$50.00 |
| USD-32 |
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O'Dwyer's (OD), 100 Jefferson Hwy,
New Orleans, La.
SOLD
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May 27, 1929, shipped to A. Baldwin & Co.,
New Orleans, La., for this poular
club..........Plain inlay; unusual to
find a colored (non-white) inlay -- red. The
chip for sale (my last one) is light yellow clay with the
red inlay. |
$55.00
SOLD
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| USD-64 |
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Old Southport Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
SOLD
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¶ white (with red inlay).
¶ fine, just a little sign of use.
¶ Ed Hertel in his Illegal Club guide shows it for
that Club and values it at $100.
¶ 1927 shipped to A Baldwin and Co, New Orleans,
La. |
$35
SOLD
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| USD-23 |
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University Club of New York City |
ordered in 1922 and shipped 1923 to the "New
York Office [probably of US Playing Card
Co.] for University Club New York City, N.Y."
Plain inlay. |
$75.00 |
| USD-24 |
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VL |
have chip only in blue..........Chips
are unidentified; all we know is that they
were shipped in 1934 to large Detroit gambling
supply house, B C Wills, but we don't know Wills' customer.
............Plain inlay. |
$25.00
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| USD-66 |
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WE
SOLD
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¶ rust-red
¶ fine - OK.
¶ old chip, but modern looking optical illusion
design.
¶ 1927 shipped to T R King and Co., Kansas City
MO. (T R King is/was a major gambling supply house, now
in Los Angeles.) |
$45
SOLD
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| USD-26 |
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YC |
have in red. Die cut plain inlays.......UFC:
shipped in 1922 to California Notion and Toy., San Francisco,
Calif.....plain inlay. |
$45.00 each |
USD-27
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DC (Dutch's
Club,
Minneapolis MN)
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¶ red
¶ in 1918, 1919
and 1921 the USPC shipped the chips to Emil "Dutch"
Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dutch was a leading
rackateer there, with interests in many Minnesota area clubs.
The Dutch's Club (also known as Metropole Club) was at
26 Washington Ave. South.
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$13.00
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USD-28
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CW (or
WC)
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¶ white.
¶ we don't know
which club these were used at, but they were shipped
to the same Emil Nelson noted above in US-27.
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$15.00
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USD-29
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Biltmore Club,
St. Louis, Missouri
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¶
blue. Note: there is a "10" on the reverse side.
Click
here to see it.
¶ In 1929 the chip was sent
to Atlas Stores Co., St Louis, MO, for the Biltmore Club,
which opened in 1929, closed now.
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$25.00
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USD-30
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Union League Club,
San Francisco, California SOLD
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¶ white (serrated edge)
¶ Shipped 1923 to Union League
Club, San Francisco, Calif.
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$75.00
SOLD
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USD-31
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EA
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¶ pink
¶ In 1921, shipped to B. H.
Dyas Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., the major department
store, which undoubtedly ordered the chips from USPC for one
of Dyas' customers.
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$40.00
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USD-73
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Chicago Club,
Chicago IL
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¶
white.
¶ about 1912 (see link below).
¶ this is one of the most influential
and exclusive clubs in the United States. Read this
interesting
account of the chips and the club, taken from one
of my eBay auctions.
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$45.00
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USD-74
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Agua Caliente, Tijuana,
Baja California, Mexico,
roulette chip
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¶ yellow roulette chip
for table #15.
¶ 1929, shipped to Agua Caliente Co, Tijuana,
Mexico. Click
here to see the USPC shipping/sample/order page for the roulette
chips. .. ... .... Lots of info, pictures, vidio clips, etc.,
about Agua Caliente at my web page
for Agua Caliente.
¶ large, famous hotel-casino-race track resort,
frequented by the elite of Hollywood. Opened 1928; closed 1935,
when gambling was outlawed in Mexico. Prospered largely because
drinking and gambling was outlawed in the US during Prohibition,
and Tijuana was just a stone's throw from the US-Mexico border, so very
close to San Diego by car and Los Angeles by air. The Agua Caliente resort
remarkably had the world's richest golf tournament prizes and the richest
racehorse purses in the world. It was the most lavish resort in the
Western US, and rivaled the best in the world (gardens, health spa, Olympic
swimming pool, hot springs, etc). The resort also had its own private
radio station and airport facility [and railroad link]. It's guests
were among the most famous and rich celebrities in the world. No exaggeration!
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$35.00
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USD-74a
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Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Baja California,
Mexico,
roulette chip
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¶ blue ($45). (The green one was sold.)
¶ excellent condition.
¶ shipped to the Baja California Co., Tijuana,
Mexico, May 22, 1928, the same date and place as the original casino
chips to Agua Caliente
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$45.00
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USD-75
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BL -- Personal chip
of one of the owners of the famous Agua Caliente Hotel Casino, Tijuana,
Baja California, Mexico -- Baron Long
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¶ yellow
¶ shipped to the Baja California Co., Tijuana,
Mexico, May 22, 1928, the very same date, and the adjoining invoice
number, as USD-76. below. .. ... .... . Lots of info, pictures, vidio
clips, etc., about Agua Caliente at my web page
for Agua Caliente.
¶ This BL chip, and the CJ chip below, are two
of my most awesome discoveries! The BL chip was the private chip
of one of the famous three "Border Barons" who built, owned and ran
the Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Hotel-Casino (see USD-74 above and
USD-76 below) -- Baron Long. (That was his birth name! Probably why
the three owners were called "The Border Barons." The term was
applied just to the three owners of the Agua Caliente. The third
one was Wirt G. Bowman; no personal chips found for him.)
The US Playing Card Co. records show that both chips
(click here for the BL
chip record and here for the JC
chip record ) were shipped on May 22, 1928 to the Baja
California Co., Tijuana, Mexico, which was owned by the "Border Barons."
(The "Border Barons" were the three men who built, owned and ran
Agua Caliente in Tijuana and lesser gambling establishments along the
California-Mexico border in the 1920's-30's. Two of them were James
Crofton ("JC" chip) and Baron Long ("BL" chip)). Prof. Paul Vanderwood,
the author of "Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's
Greatest Gaming Resort [Agua Caliente]," has written me and confirmed
that the JC- and BL-initial chips were personal chips of the two Border
Barons. He says, "On the chips, 'JC' is most definitely the baron,
James Crofton, who was in charge of the casino operation at the spa.
'BL' was Baron Long, also one of the entrepreneurs. .. .... Both men
were vain promoters beyond belief. And they did hold big stake poker
games for friends and others in their homes. Or, as I said, they organized
and clandestinely staged illegal games on the U.S. side ... ." (The book
is available at Amazon.com.)
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$95.00
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USD-76
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JC -- Personal chip
of James Crofton, one of the three "Border Barons," owners of Agua
Caliente
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¶ yellow, and lavender.
Only one of each left.
¶ shipped to the Baja California Co, Tijuana,
Mexico, May 22, 1928, the very same date, and the adjoining invoice
number, as the chip at USD-75 above. .. .. ... . Lots of info,
pictures, vidio clips, etc., about Agua Caliente at my web page
for Agua Caliente.
¶ This was the the private chip of one of the
famous three "Border Barons" who built, owned and ran the Agua Caliente,
Tijuana, Hotel-Casino (see USD-74 and 75 above) -- James Crofton.
See what is written above for the BL chip (USD-75). Also
be sure to click the link above in USD-75 for the USPC records for this
JC chip. (I'll give the link here as well: JC
chip record at USPC. )
¶ Note: I found only about a dozen of each chip
--BL's and JC's -- in July 2010.
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$149.00
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USD-77
SOLD
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CK -- 1937
SOLD
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¶ maroon (square-edged), and
blue (serrated edge). Both very fine condition.
¶ USPC record book shows just the date for this chip -- 1937
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$20.00
SOLD
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