FIND: Harold's Club $500 Reno

Reported on TCB by Larry Hollibaugh reported a find of at least 18 Harold's Club $500 chips by someone who contacted him via email.  Another ebay seller also sold a few chips and claimed he bought them from the original seller.   Here is the link to the post.

http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/399/md/read/id/1262427/sbj/harolds-club-500-chip/

The chip was listed as a R8 in C&W, which also noted a total of 8 exist.  TCR15 lists it as S- value code.  Here is a pic of the chip from the Chip Guide:

FIND: Sands $5 Las Vegas sm crown

There was an ebay sale that ended on 10-7-13 sold by Cocoabeanz01 for 6 drilled sands chip for $1914.  C&W had this chip listed as an R10 and TCR 15 has it at a Z4 chip.  See below for a pic from that auction.  The same seller has listed another drilled chip in an auction ending Feb 14, 2014.  By the pic on that auction, it doesn't seem like any of the chips below.  I don't recall seeing any posts on TCB on this chip.  Regardless, I would be worried about the how many chips the seller has/had in total.  

here is the link to the ebay listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-5-Sands-Casino-Chip-A-PLACE-IN-THE-SUN-LAS-VEGAS-NEVADA-/111274401412?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e8789e84

FIND: Black Orchid Chips

In June 2011, it was reported on the Chip Board by CT Rodgers of CT Coins that a "large group" of Black Orchid (Las Vegas) chips have been found.  He was offered at least a box (100) of each at the Long Beach coin show.  It wasn't specified what "each" of the denoms were.

http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/321/md/read/id/1105363/sbj/black-orchid-chips-las-vegas/

Ratings per the C&W (4th) 50c R8, $1 R7, $5 R7, $25 R10.  I have seen a few  50c, $1 and $5 for sale on ebay, but not in huge quantity.  I have not seen the $25 for sale but I could have missed it.    TCR15 has the 50c as a W, $1 no market, $5 as  a Z1.  Not sure if they adjusted the price for these.  Proceed with caution.  Pics from the Chip Guide.

FIND: Riverside Hotel Small Crown $1 $5 $25 $100 Reno

Originally, there were multiple lots of these chips on ebay, but I beleive the original source came from an Estate sale in June 2013, then were flipped on ebay. I can't recall what site it was but here is a pic of the auction.  As you can see there were large quantities for sale: $1 x 700, $5 x 2800, $25 x 190, $100 x 170.  In C&W the $5 was listed as a R4, now an R1.  Many of these chips were purchased by the Poker Chip community.

Ebay pic of seller selling $5 x 2798 on 6-19-13

FIND: Travel Lodge Chips $5 $25 $100 Carson City

As reported on The Chip Board by Doug Johnson on 8-11-11, there was a huge find and "dig" of Travel Lodge H&C $5, $25 and $100 Chips.  C&W had the $5 chip as a R9 and did not list the other denoms.  In TCR #12, all 3 dig chip denoms are listed as a "D" value.

http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/321/md/read/id/1119266/sbj/good-news-and-bad-news-large-casino-chip-find/

FIND: Flamingo Roulette Chips Las Vegas

Originally reported on The Chip Board for sale on 12-16-10 by Chris Guaiana, who was selling the Flamingo Roulette chips on the Circle mold.  The TCB archive shows the post was deleted, but luckily i kept a copy (see below).  Post reports that there are #3 Lavendar x 63, #3 Lime Green x 67, #2 Orange x 69.   C&W listed #2 orange as previously Unique and other 2 were not listed. In TCR#12, all 3 chips were marked down to a "N" value code.  They are beauty's!

http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/320/md/read/id/1070749/sbj/wow/

FIND: Doll House Chips $5 $20 Reno

Reported on Chiptalk on 7-16-10, CT member, "monstr" reported he found $20 x 6 and $5 x 25 of the Doll House chips.  C&W listed the $20 as unique and did not list the $5.  TCR #12 had $5 as a "U" value and $20 as a "Z1" value.

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/chip-identity-value/68683-reno-nev-1954-1959-doll-house-casino-chips.html

FIND: Bunny's Bar $1 Las Vegas on 3-15-11

As reported on The Chip Board on 3-15-11, David Spragg warned of approx 150 known to exist.  Was listed as a R9 in C&W and *no market in TCR #12.


http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/321/md/read/id/1088360/sbj/warning-on-1-bunnys-bar-chip-on-eb/

FIND: Barney's $1 Lake Tahoe

Barney's $1 Lake Tahoe chips:  A total of 500 were listed on ebay on 10-25-13.  Listed in C&W's Chip Guide as R9 and "U" value code in the 12th isssue of The Chip Rack (2012).  Will need to check my latest TCR.  I think this pic was from the auction.

FIND: Diamond Jim's $25 Jackpot, NV, as of 9-12-13

As reported on The Chip Board by DICE702 on 9/12/13.  Found 91 super rare $25 Diamond Jim's chips. Dice702 was selling them at $150 each.  Chip was listed as an R9 in Campiglia & Wells' guide and Z1 value code on the Chip Rack (14th edition).

Here is the link
http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/399/md/read/id/1270648/sbj/ex-25-diamond-jim-s-chips-for-sale-ex/

FIND 12-2009 Tropicana Hot Stamp chips

There have been a lot of Tropicana hot stamp chips that have been out on ebay for a little while. There are regular denominations on a H&C mold and a Non Cash Value (NCV) on the Tropicana house mold.

The regular denominations ($5, $25, $100) are all listed as R-3's in C&W. In TCR, there is a notation that there were 50 full boxes were found. That is a total of 5,000 chips. R-3 is "fairly common" with 350-750 chips known. I would say that these are more likely R-2 (751-2000) per denom.

The NCV chips are listed as follows:

1) $5 NCV, Orange, Hot Stamp, House Mold, 3 green inserts
TCR Notes: N2267 value H ($30-39)
C&W Notes: R-8, $30-$80

As you can see by the below auction, there are at least 180 chips for sale, which make these at least a R-5 C&W rarity rating.

2) $25 NCV, Grey, Hot Stamp, House Mold, 3 navy inserts
TCR Notes: E2897, value F ($20-24)
C&W Notes: R-7, $12-$24

As you can see by the below auction, there are at least 100 chips for sale, which make these a R-5 C&W rarity rating.

3) $100 NCV, Fuchsia, Hot Stamp, House Mold, 3 white inserts
TCR Notes: E-5121, Value I ($40-49)
C&W Notes: These are not even listed in the C&W guide.

As you can see by the below auction, there are at least 120 chips for sale, which make these a R-4 C&W rarity rating.

Tropicana Hot Stamp lots sold on ebay:

1) 178 of the $5, $25 and $100 chips sold for $760 on 8/03/08:















2) 400 ($5x 120, $25x 100, $100x 180) of the NCV chips sold for ___ on 12/7/09.















3) 300 ($5 x 100, $25 x 200) denom hot stamps sold for $769 on 12/9/09.

















I am not sure what the actual value of these hot stamp chips are, but I wouldn't pay "book value" at all for them. I saw about a dozen of $5 denom and $25 NCV chips in Bud Meyer's $1 box at Casinorama in San Marino a few months back.

What the real quantities of the NCV chips? Not sure, just excercise caution when buying these.

G