At $13,500.00 This is a Deal!! The Bi-Centennial Casino Chip Collection....

Gaming Ore · #1 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 10:54 AM

This auction is being offered by James Campiglia, author of the Official US Casino Chip Guide. Certainly out of my price range, but talk about scan p0rn!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ADME:B:SS:US:1

Jim (Gaming Ore) Follis

davejs1671 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 11:02 AM

OMG Thank you for posting this one. Man I am so excited just seeing all of those beautiful chips. If I had 13,000 to spend on chips I would snatch those up in a second. Just an awesome collection. If anyone here does get these, well congrats ahead of time and please post more pics.

RTBrandy · #3 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 11:40 AM

wow! and I've NEVER seen 1/4 pies with spots, either...great pics!

Strange · #4 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:23 PM

When the lease expires and the country becomes a British protectorate again, the price on these will only go up, surely?

A great investment.

Gaming Ore · #5 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 02:14 PM

For those without price guides...

It is the Gary's Casino and The Casino chips that are driving the value on this collection. At the other end, the Horseshoe (Reno) is a very common chip. (Because the scans are so large, it may be overlooked that the Horseshoe chip (Bud Jones) is red on one side and blue on the other!) I have seen this chip in sealed stacks of twenty (over 20 stacks) on a chip dealers table at the CC&GTCC Convention. It is very common.

The next most common is the Harvey's 1/4-pie with inserts. It generally goes for about $10 on eBay and there is usually one, in auction, on any given day on eBay. However, these chips were available in a commemorative, clear plastic flip and finding those will enhance the value by a few dollars.

J(GO)F