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The Chip Board Archive 20

for sale super rare WHITE Alcazar Calif. crest & seal

I knew of only 4 WHITE Alcazar crest and seal chips, but apparently there are some others. But they are extremely rare in my opinion. I can't recall ever seeing one for sale or auction (other than my own auction last month). It is by far the rarest of the 5 known colors of these chips. You can have the one pictured here for $200.

The Alcazar was a San Diego card room in the 1940s and 50s. You can read about it in my last auction of the 5 different color Alcazar chips ($343.88 hammer price!):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150461769955
In the auction description you will read how there were two partners. When they split up, the "Jack Shivel" name was scraped off the chips, leaving the Willie Green name. (Same as with the whites, I never see "Jack Shivel" chips, but apparently some are out there. I don't own a Jack Shivel chip, or a white chip for that matter!)

I was part of a group in 2002 who purchased 332 Alcazar crest and seals (only one white chip in that group). Recently a friend of mine found 20 chips (including only 3 white chips, which I am selling for him).

Both sides of the chips are shown below (burns are common on these chips; the 4 chips below are in great shape for Alcazar chips!). Whoever buys the white one for $200 will have the option to buy any of the other three chips for $25 each.

Robert


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Lindsay Crouse (left) playing poker in "House of Games" (1987).
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/stillsHollywoodStarsGambl.htm


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