$5,200
Cased Set of 199 Ivory Poker Chips. American, ca. 1890. Pull-out chip caddy in dark-finished wooden case with brass trim (lacking on one side) with frontal lock. 4 x 6 x 9 ". Including 71 twenty-five dollar chips, 44 five-dollar chips, five uncatalogued “H" chips, 75 etched pinwheel design chips, two red etched pinwheel chips and two blue etched pinwheel chips. All measure 1 3/8" except the five “H" chips, being 1 " (the former size commonly used for faro).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21