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Lot #150 $100 Showboat, Las Vegas Lot #151 $1,000 Silver Bird, Las Lot #150 $100 Showboat, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2676 Mold: Hats & Canes Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $300 From: c. 1980 Here’s a 7th issue $100 from the showboat, a black hat & cane mold with 8 striking orange inserts. It was put on the tables about 25 years ago and is in terrific condition. Lot #151 $1,000 Silver Bird, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2194 Mold: Dice & Cards Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $150 From: 1976 The Silver Bird was open from 1976 to 1982. It was on the Strip just north of the Riviera, where the Thunderbird had stood before and the El Rancho was to stand after. This $1,000 chip is the highest denomination used there. The genuine Silver Birds were incused diecar mold chips. Beware: these chips have been “imitated”, but the molds used on the imitations are not incused. Lot #152 $100 Silver City, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2723 Mold: Hat & Cane Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $250 From: 1989 The Silver City was located on the Strip just south of the Riviera, and was open from 1975 to 1999. This is a 4th issue $100 with bright green, yellow and purple inserts. Listed in C&W as an R-6. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 86 Lot #153 12 dice Silver Palace/Pioneer Club, Las Vegas Catalog #: n/a Mold: Dice Condition: Used Est. Value: $500 From: 1950’s-60’s This is a group of 12 dice from downtown Las Vegas. The Silver Palace dice are from the late 1950’s and are quite rare. The assortment of Pioneer Club dice are from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Lot #154 $25 Silver Saddle Casino, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2610 Mold: Hat & Cane Condition: New Est. Value: $100 From: 1981 The Silver Saddle Casino was located on the Strip between the Aladdin and the Marina (now the MGM Grand.) It was open for just two years, from 1981 to 1983 and had a single issue of chips. This green $25 is in new condition and is a very tough chip to find. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 87 Lot #155 $25 Silver Slipper, Las Vegas Catalog #: N9118 Mold: “H” Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $600 From: 1950’s This is a 5th issue blue H-mold with 3 mustard inserts in beautiful condition. This is the chip with Shelby Williams' name spelled out in the wreath under "Las Vegas, Nev." Lot #156 n/d Silver Slipper, Las Vegas Catalog #: n/a Mold: Christy & Jones Condition: Well Used Est. Value: $200 From: 1960’s Here’s an unlisted non-denominational chip from the Silver Slipper that has been drilled but not overstamped. This yellow Christy and Jones hat & cane mold piece has a hotstamped slipper and the name of the casino in script. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 88 Lot #157 3 chips Sky Ute Casino, Ignacio, CO Catalog #: n/a Mold: Chipco Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $100 From: 1999 Set of $1, $5 and $25 chips from the Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio, Colorado. These chips celebrated the casino’s 6th anniversary in 1999 and may have been part of a framed set the casino sold to collectors. The Sky Ute Casino opened in 1993 and is still open today. Lot #158 $25 Sonoma Inn, Winemucca Catalog #: N7219 Mold: Christy & Jones Condition: New Est. Value: $125 From: 1950’s In the 1940’s a couple of casinos opened in Winnemucca, one in the Humboldt Hotel and the other in the Sonoma Inn. The Sonoma Inn Casino was open from 1947 to 1968. During this time, they managed to produce some of the best- looking chips you can find from Nevada’s small towns, among them this beautiful quarter-pie, a yellow and green Christy and Jones. This chip is in new condition, and it’s a stunner. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 89 Lot #159 4 chips Spielbanks, Hamburg and Bad-Homburg Catalog #: n/a Mold: Jetons Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $50 From: n/a This is a lot of 4 jetons from the Spielsbanks in Hamburg and Bad- Homburg. Pretty chips! Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 90 Lot #160 8 chips Splendour of the Seas Cruise Ship Catalog #: n/a Mold: Chipco Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $40 From: n/a Here’s a lot of 8 beautiful Chipco’s that were used on the Splendour of the Seas cruise ship. The common reverse is shown below. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 91 Lot #161 4 chips St. John’s Casino, Havana, Cuba Catalog #: n/a Mold: “S” Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $200 From: 1950’s This beautiful set of S-mold chips is from the St. John’s Casino in Havana. The casino was in operation when Meyer Lansky and the mob was running the casino scene in Havana in the 50’s. One notable thing about this set of chips is that there are two mirror images amongst them… the Mustard $1 with 3 black inserts vs the Black $100 with 3 mustard inserts, and the red $5 with 3 green inserts vs the green $25 with 3 red inserts. This lot also includes this great postcard from the Tropicana in Havana. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 92 Lot #162 $1 Stardust, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2221 Mold: Christy & Jones Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $150 From: 1960 Here’s a chip that’s both beautiful and a classic. It’s a 4th issue $1 from the Stardust, a fuchsia Christy and Jones with 3 green inserts that is in slightly used condition. Lot #163 3 25¢ chips Stockman’s, Fallon Catalog #: see description Mold: various Condition: various Est. Value: $50 From: various The chip on the left is listed in The Chip Rack as V3463, a pink horseheads right mold with thin print. The middle chip is listed as N4327, a similar chip with thicker printing. But what’s that one on the right? It’s a Ewing mold and it’s not to be found in the guide books. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 93 Lot #164 4 chips Stray Antlers, McGill Catalog #: see below Mold: Crest & Seal Condition: various Est. Value: $150 From: 1927 According to James Campiglia and Steve Wells, authors of The Official U.S. Casino Chip Price Guide: “Historically speaking, these are very important chips. They are the first Nevada chips with the town name printed on them. Building was an Elks Lodge that got its own gaming operation going before legalization in 1931. These chips were used for poker games as this was a gambling activity generally ignored by authorities. Located on Highway 50, ths building was torn down long ago.” 164.1 N9196 Cream 164.2 N9197 Maroon 164.3 N9198 Blue 164.4 N9199 Yellow Lot #165 $25 Sturgeon’s, Lovelock Catalog #: n/a Mold: Large Key Condition: New Est. Value: $1,000 From: 1982 Here’s a real rarity from Lovelock. It’s an unlisted $25 in their large key series that was used in the early 1980’s. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 94 Lot #166 $5 Sundowner Hotel, Reno Catalog #: N6297 Mold: Diamonds & Squares Condition: Average Est. Value: $250 From: 1975 Here’s a very scarce first issue from the Sundowner in Reno. It’s a brown diamonds and squares mold with 3 black inserts. Just about all of these are very worn, and this one is as good as you’ll find anywhere. Lot #167 “Streak” chip Taj Mahal, Atlantic City Catalog #: n/a Mold: Plain Condition: Average Est. Value: n/a From: n/a Do they give you one of these if you run around in the casino with no clothes on? Well, no… you’d get a nice set of handcuffs for doing that. This chip is actually used by dealers in a blackjack game called “Streak”, where the player can make side bets against the dealer on winning a series of consecutive hands. The bigger the streak, the higher the payout… but only the dealer could touch these chips! Lot #168 3 chips The Vapors, Hot Springs, AR Catalog #: n/a Mold: Circle in Square Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $250 From: n/a The Vapors was open from 1962 to 1967 in Hot Springs, AR. It was a theatre supper club that also had 37 slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables. This great looking set of circle in square mold chips is in slightly used condition. Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club • Auction 2006 • Page 95 Lot #169 $5 Thunderbird, Las Vegas Catalog #: N2255 Mold: Arrows & Dice Condition: Slightly Used Est. Value: $400 From: 1953 Here’s an arodie from the Thunderbird… that would make this as desirable a chip as one could ask for. The bird’s blue belly button, however, adds a panache all its own. This 4th issue beauty is in almost perfect condition. Lot #170 $25 Treasure Chest, Carson City Catalog #: V4384 Mold: Horseshoe Condition: New Est. Value: $200 From: 1970 The Treasure Chest in Carson City was open from 1970 to 1973 on North Carson Street. Prior to this, this small club had been known as the Kit Carson Club and then the Horseshoe Club. Their $25 chip was a very attractive black horseshoe mold with 3 purple inserts and featured their logo of a treasure chest overflowing with gold. This chip has a small edge flake but is otherwise in perfect condition.
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