... the current high bidder. My email to the buyer included the text of the email to the seller.

----- jim o\-S

Email to bidder:

Aldenw ----- FYI, I have sent the following email to sofa-king-kool, the seller of eBay lot #3204990508 on which you are currently the high bidder.

Jim Reilly

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Your description of this auction lot is complete nonsense.

>> Here is a rare find.

These items (particularly the Castaways, Silver Slipper, The Mint and Jolley Trolley chips) are not rare.

And then there's this little piece of prevarication:

>> I collected them myself in the years I lived in Vegas
>> building the new casinos. I still had a passion for the
>> old ones and I hope someone else will enjoy these now.

The four chips with opening and closing dates on them are fantasy chips. They were neither produced for nor ever available at the "old" casinos. They were manufactured after the casinos were closed (approximately 1993 or 1994) by an individual named Bill Borland, who made up sets in several denominations for each of several casinos based on designs of their real chips. The opening and closing dates on the chips are a dead giveaway that they aren't real. They have been offered for sale as fantasy chips since at least 1994.

Jim Reilly
RunTam@PacBell.net
Casino Chips & Gaming Tokens Collectors Club
Life Member #3606-38

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Question from: runtam@pacbell.net
Title of item: 10 Chips & $'s from Casinos that Crapped Out!
Seller: sofa-king-kool
Starts: Jan-31-03 19:00:00 PST
Ends: Feb-07-03 19:00:00 PST
Price: Currently $9.99
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