Last post about it. I have friends connected with the auction -- big auction, hundreds of gambling/chip lots, very reputable auctioneers.
**** This Saturday, March 30th at 10 AM, is the big Potter and Potter, Chicago, live in the room and online live auction "Gambling Memorabilia Memorabilia Featuring the Collection of Tom Blue" and some others' lots. *****
Lots of chips and chip sets (see lower paragraph).
You can bid from links here, all the lots shown; see button to register:
https://auctions.potterauctions.com/catalog.aspx?auctionid=80
You can also register to bid, etc, here:
https://potterauctions.com/auctions/upcoming
Here is a reproduction of the auction catalog (HERE no links to bid from):
https://potterauctions.com/pdf/catalog_070_web.pdf
You may bid now online or mail in absentee bids.. You may bid live during the auction: in person, via telephone, on your computer during the auction. (Register with your credit card first; I am told you will instantly be accepted for bidding, but no harm in registering early.)
The auction has hundreds of lots, all antiques: gambling-related books, playing card decks, faro equipment (case keepers, dealing boxes and layouts), cheating equip (corner rounders, trimmers, sleeve holdouts), ivory poker chips and sets, dice (horns, drops, dice, etc.), chip sets (mother-of-pearl, ivory, clay, and bakelite-catalin), keno gooses, gambling-roulette watches, gadgets, posters, slot machines, etc.
Robert
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