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***** SEPTEMBER CYBERAUCTION RESULTS *****
Following are the results of the September Cyberauction which concluded September 23 with live bidding on AOL. Following the lot description are the consignor's name and e-mail address, the winning bid, and the successful bidder's name and e-mail address.
13 of the 24 lots were won by e-mail bidders this month! Even though this was a no-minimum bid auction, one lot didn't sell! I guess that's a chip that literally no one wants!
E-MAIL ADDRESSES ONLY APPEAR ONCE: THE FIRST TIME THE PARTICIPANT IS LISTED. It's now the bidders' responsibility to contact the consignor to arrange for payment and shipping. Unless specified otherwise in the description of the lot, THE BUYER PAYS FOR SHIPPING.
Hope this was fun for all. We'll try again in October!
LOT 1: TREASURE CHEST Carson City. Closed 1973. Great looking $25 chip in excellent condition. Black/3-Purple/Horseshoe mold TCR #N4384. "T" value.
CONSIGNOR: Bruce Landau - BruceChips@aol.com
WINNING BID: $180 Rich Hanover - RFHanover@aol.com
LOT 2: PLAYER'S Grand Opening Chipco, 1993 from Player's in Lake Charles. This casino is about to become Harrah's at the end of 1999. Great looking chip.
CONSIGNOR: Ron Lischak - RGLChiper@aol.com
WINNING BID: Chris Phillips - CP829@aol.com
LOT 3: CARSON VALLEY INN $100 Chipco. The chip is faded (but very readable) and has a rim nick. This chip is not listed in TCR and is certainly missing from most collections. It was issued for their 10th Anniversary in 1994 but was removed from play at the request of the casino dealers.
CONSIGNOR: Bruce Landau
WINNING BID: $50 Dick Brach - dicker1@bellatlantic.net
LOT 4: A legendary Reno casino: the BANK CLUB. An original chip from 1932: blue, interlocking BC crest and seal plain rim. TCR #N4939.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp - ChipProf@aol.com
WINNING BID: $40 Wayne Thompson - NevCasino@aol.com
LOT 5: HARVEY'S $2.50 chip. Gray/3-Black/3-Pink. Obsolete. There were 2 versions of the chip--with panes and without. TCR #N6781 and N6782. The winner can choose either one. Both have a "G" value.
CONSIGNOR: Bruce Landau
WINNING BID: $11 Mike Hoffman - MHoff@aol.com
LOT 6: Attention roulette collectors--5 roulettes from the NUGGET in Sparks. All are worn but the hot stamps a readable. All have 3-Yellow inserts. The colors are: Red, Navy, Fuchsia, Green and Lavender.
CONSIGNOR: Bruce Landau
WINNING BID: $7 Barry Hauptman - BFH120@aol.com
LOT 7: Ten Las Vegas $1 chips: current, but in pristine condition, with sharp edges. The one hotstamped chip in the bunch is in near-mint condition. GOLDEN GATE, IMPERIAL PALACE, LADY LUCK (an early Bud Jones chip with traces of black enamel in the coin inlay), LAS VEGAS CLUB, MAXIM, MGM GRAND, NEW YORK NEW YORK, NEW FRONTIER, ORLEANS and WESTWARD HO.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $14 Chris Phillips - CP829@aol.com
LOT 8: $25 BEVERLEY COUNTY CLUB (New Orleans area) SM-KEY, Lt green with 2 1/4" red inserts. Owned by Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky from 1945 to 1951. Chip condition: used, with sharp edges, good hot stamp, however, it has a small crack at 10 o'clock (1/4" on one side, 1/2" on the other).
CONSIGNOR: Scott Brodsky - Scotski99@aol.com
WINNING BID: $61 Ed Hertel - EdHertel@prodigy.net
LOT 9: A fractional chip in excellent condition, almost 20 years old: 25c purple H&C from the COMSTOCK HOTEL AND CASINO in Reno. TCR #N3062.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $12 Terry Lazarus - PAChipper@aol.com
LOT 10: $20 Silver Preium Token from the HARD ROCK Las Vegas Gibson Firebird Guitar. A great example from this hard to obtain series.
CONSIGNOR: Rich Figarotta - RFigarotta@aol.com
WINNING BID: $28 Chris Phillips
LOT 11: A Reno chip almost 30 years old - ELDORADO HOTEL CASINO $1 burnt orange, excellent hotstamp. TCR #N5059. "F" value.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $17 Larry Hollibaugh - sweetie@gbis.com
LOT 12: PARIS Las Vegas $1 & $5 House chips. Obtained from the cage on opening night.
CONSIGNOR: Rich Figarotta
WINNING BID: $8 Ron Lischak
LOT 13: HAROLDS CLUB was a Reno institution for 30 years. "Harolds Club or Bust" signs were seen everywhere GI's were stationed around the world during W.W.II. It closed in 1995, but you can own a $1 chip, the coin inlay version introduced when Howard Hughes bought Harolds from the Smith family. TCR #N5121.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $5 Belinda Hixon - TXBel711@aol.com
LOT 14: A beautiful CHIPCO from LUXOR in Las Vegas: the 1994 World Cup Soccer chip, TCR #N0639. "E" value.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $8 Ron Lischak
LOT 15: COLORADO BELLE $1 from Laughlin, with brass coin inlay. TCR #N3408.
UNSOLD
LOT 16: Henderson's LIGOURI'S CASINO is closed, but here's one of the most limited edition chips ever issued: the 7 stud, hi-low split chip, numbered 92 of an edition of only 300 chips. TCR #N8698. "H" value.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $12
LOT 17: SAM'S TOWN GOLD RIVER closed in 1991 (it became simply, Gold River when the Boyd Group's license to operate the casino was not renewed), but here's a perfect $1 chip from when it opened in 1984. TCR #N6268.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $7 Doug McKenzie - amckenzi@accd.edu
LOT 18: The RIVERBOAT in Reno is closed. This is their 5th anniversary chip from 1993, a $5 CHIPCO. TCR #N0629.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
CURRENT HIGH BID: $6 Howard Edelman - Howie16@aol.com
LOT 19: The Grand Opening CHIPCO from RAMADA EXPRESS in Laughlin (1993). TCR #N7786. "F" value.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $15 Doug McKenzie
LOT 20: Three obsolete Las Vegas fractionals: FOUR QUEENS 25c diecar rim (TCR #N1620), JOLLY TROLLEY 25c diecar rim (TCR #N1816) and LAS VEGAS CLUB 25c H&C (TCR #N1857).
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $22 Belinda Hixon
LOT 21: Here's a pair of unique, nonstandard original tokens from the now-defunct VEGAS WORLD. Very heavy base metal (one a dark lead-like color, the other goldtone), I believe these were used as special play tokens. Very early pieces.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $5 Belinda Hixon
LOT 22: Monte Carlo, Monaco - arguably next to Las Vegas the most famous gambling venue in the world. This is a 5 Franc chip (gray, coin inlay, blue edge inserts, house rim) from the AMERICAN SALON, CASINO DE MONTE CARLO.
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $5 Belinda Hixon
LOT 23: Three $1 cruise ship chips: PRINCESS CRUISES (blue, center inlay, H&C, pink edge inserts), NORDIC EMPRESS (blue CHIPCO) and EMPRESS CRUISE LINES (light blue, center inlay, H&C).
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $6 Doug McKenzie
LOT 24: Three more $1 cruise ship chips: MARDI GRAS (Carnival Cruise Lines "The Fun Ships," blue with blue sky, H&C), RENAISSANCE III (Casinos Austria, yellow, center inlay, H&C, red edge inserts, obsolete), and ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES (white, center inlay with marine flag, H&C).
CONSIGNOR: Michael Knapp
WINNING BID: $6 Doug McKenzie
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