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A personal 1928 chip of James Crofton, one of the three owners of the Hotel-Casino resort, a boss in the California-Mexico border area. Substantiation of it being his personal chip is in the auction description.
auction ends 11:45 PM (ET) Thursday.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150468182910
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A personal 1928 chip of Baron Long, one of the three owners of the Hotel-Casino resort, a boss in the California-Mexico border area. Substantiation of it being his personal chip is in the auction description.
auction ends 2:30 AM (ET) Friday morning.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150468214560
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A 1929 roulette chip from table #15 of Agua Caliente.
auction ends Thursday July 29.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150469652531
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To put you in the mood for bidding, here is a trailer (with a short scene of the casino, and music) from the Pat O'Brien-Dolores del Rio-Busby Berkeley Hollywood movie "In Caliente" (1935), which was filmed on location at the Agua Caliente:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=104244
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More information and facts and chips of Agua Caliente:
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/AguaCalChipsEBay.html
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Robert
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Agua Caliente resort complex -- hotel, casino, race track, golf course, olympic pool, air field, etc.
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