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The Chip Board Archive 20

Idaho-Beautiful State.

I’ve driven through it several times but never spent much time there.
I feel like I know the Sun Valley/Ketchum area pretty well. I talked on the phone to at least a dozen residents, current owners of bars, newspaper editor, and the librarian. There was a lot of gambling in the area in those days. I found people with chips but most were generic chips. No bodies in trunks of cars. vbg

I had an article published in the Ketchum newspaper. Mickey and Karen Taylor former owners of Seattle Slew, lives there. We became friends when I went to Seattle Slews funeral in 2002, in Lexington, KY. Mickey and Karen helped me with the research on the GMH article in 2003.

http://www.marlowcasinochips.com/links/genetrimble/alpineclub/alpineclub.htm

I also wrote an article for Poker Digest about the love Mickey and Karen had for Seattle Slew. They considered Slew their child.

Enough of that:

The GMH chips were left on the doorstep of a children’s After School Program in Riggins ID as a donation in early 2003. No clue on who left them. Diane Thach, one of the volunteers at the program had some spare time and went to the internet to try to find out something about the chips. She found me and both of us went on a search mission for several months. After the research I posted the chips on Greg’s board with all proceeds going to the After School program. Yes, I paid the same for my set as the rest of the collectors did. David Spragg purchased the balance of the chips in 2009 and has some for sale.

Ided through the Mason records.
Owned by Ted Tintinger-Chips delivered to LD Sweeney.
GMH=Posey Gruener-George Merrill - Lou Hill
Ernest Hemmingway may have gambled with these chips.

Alpine Club
Ketchum, ID
23-Mar-37