id these home game "plain jane" chips

SingleMaltFan · #1 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 05:31 PM

thanks in advance..

found these in my parents basement, likely c.1962-1968..the sound like light clay, weigh only 6 grams, measure 38mm by 3mm....could they be bakelite?

no texture, no hotstamp, no nothing..three colors, i have 33 red and blue and 53 "white"

worth anything to anyone?

BillyBob · #2 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 08:02 PM

I'm pretty sure these are clay chips. You can see them all over on ebay and they don't go for much. Some of the more rare colors like yellow do better.

Here's a couple of completed auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-clay-or-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Poker-Ch...QQcmdZViewItem

There are many more of these auctions and some do go for considerably more, but I don't think the chips are that valuable. That doesn't mean that they aren't cool. I have more than a few of them.

And one more link to these chips on Robert Eisenstadt's page:

http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/sets.htm

These chips are in the very last section.

jamby · #3 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 08:17 PM

I have quite a few hundred of those plain chips in blue, red and white. They look exactly like what you have pictured and what Billy Bob shows in the links that he provided.

I was told they were clay, but have my doubts as some cracked in pieces during shipping. The insides and edges of the cracked chips looks and feels very much like hard plastic. If clay, they are a unique compound.

-jamby

noelsarchs · #4 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 08:19 PM

I have about 400 of these. I wonder if I could list them on ebay as pre Paulson clay

SingleMaltFan · #5 (**permalink**) 06-27-2006, 08:28 PM

thanks for the info guys, i didnt think they were worth much, thought you collectors mite like 'em..i'll hold on to 'em for now...maybe i'll use them to start my collection...

1malt

Gaming Ore · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 03:06 AM

Definitely clay!

More likely from the 30's or 40's.

Only other color is yellow and yellow had to be bought as a supplement to the red, white and blue chips.

The need for a fifth denom, back then, was not great so we do not see a great deal of yellow.

Jim (Gaming Ore) Follis

SingleMaltFan · #7 (**permalink**) 07-02-2006, 07:08 AM

really...

are they worth anything to anyone, g/o?

9 baller · #8 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaming Ore

Definitely clay!

More likely from the 30's or 40's.

Only other color is yellow and yellow had to be bought as a supplement to the red, white and blue chips.

The need for a fifth denom, back then, was not great so we do not see a great deal of yellow.

Jim (Gaming Ore) Follis

Are you sure? I ask only because they made a boat load of these out of bake-lite and the bake-lites that are yellow are usually just really old white ones. Is there a way to tell they are clay just from the picture?

Harlequin011 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 08:53 AM

I have some where the color has all but flaked completely away. Almost looks like wood on some of them.

Jambine · #10 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SingleMaltFan

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found these in my parents basement, likely c.1962-1968..the sound like light clay, weigh only 6 grams, measure 38mm by 3mm....could they be bakelite?......

Sounds like clay, and probably older than 1960's

EDIT: I see Jim has already pointed that out. Well, he has forgotten more about rare chips than I'll ever know.