And good luck finding them at flea markets or yard sales or antique stores. In 15 years of collecting I think I have only seen a few ivories and most were very plain and waaaaay over priced. I ran into a very plain set last year of 80 chips in a rack for $800. I passed on them since I only wanted one of each color and knew that I would not be able to sell the rest and break even. This year I bought 2 sets of 3 very plain chips for $15 per chip and sold one set here. Any chips that I have run across that have any decent design are either the new laser made fakes or they want over $200 per chip. I think I have run into the $200 version maybe 3 times in the 15 years. But that is OK since the fun is in the hunt.
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