Not my auction! Is this auction a joke or a scam or just plain crazy? I present the whole thing here before the auction is pulled by eBay.
1722 POKER CHIPS PLAYED WITH BY FORMER PRESIDENT G.W.
Item number: 260712484567
http://cgi.ebay.com/1722-POKER-CHIPS-PLAYED-FORMER-PRESIDENT-G-W-/260712484567
"THIS IS A RARE 1722 POKER CHIPS PLAYED WITH BY OUR FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. THEY HAVE HISTORY BEHIND THEM. .. .... THESE ARE JUST AMAZING TO HAVE JUST KNOWING THAT OUR FIRST PRESIDENT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE TO USE THESE CHIPS IS A POKER GAME. ... ...... MADE IN 1722 BY WEST ARCADE PLACE CHICAGO 12, ILLINOIS"
1722 seems a mite early for these common, modern (c. 1950) plastic poker chips. Washington incidentally lived February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799. Early in the description it almost seems that there are 1722 poker chips. Whatever. The post office started using postal zones (like Chicago 12, Ill) in 1943. Picture of the chip is below.
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Henry Fonda (center) playing poker in "Spencer's Mountain" (1963).
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/StillsA_TopMaleStars.htm
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