I am getting this on consignment it looks like.
¶ 340-chip mother of pearl set.
¶ assume no original box.
¶ good condition
¶ engraving on just one side
¶ no known provenance.
¶ sizes below, but for comparison purposes: the 500 chip in the middle is 2-3/8" wide.
Mother of Pearl Gambling Chips, European Style c 1920
9 denominations.
Believed to be a complete set. (But box it came in is shabby, maybe not orig.)
Engraved with numbers on one side
#1000-2 x 2 x 1/8 Round-25 grams, 25 pieces
#500-Octagon- 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/8 -25 grams, 25 pieces
#100-Oblong- 2 3/16 x 1 º x 1/8 -22 grams, 25 pieces
#50-Octagon-2 x 15/8 x 1/8-20 grams, 25 pieces
#20-Octagon-1 º x 1/4 1/8 x 1/8 x-10 grams, 25 pieces
#10-Rectangular-2.5 x æ x 1/8 3 grams, 30 pieces
#5-Rectangular- 1 3/8 x 15/16 x 1/8 50 pieces
#2-Square-1 º x 1 º -2 grams, xx pieces 50 pieces (The “2” chip is 1.25” x 1.25”.)
!1-Round-1 º x 1 º -2 grams, 85 pieces
Total-340 Pieces
thanks,
Robert
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John Barrymore (standing center), Lionel Barrymore (rt of John), and Lewis Stone (rt of Lionel) playing poker in "Grand Hotel" (1932).
"Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag [Stone] "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens... ....".
http://www.antiquegamblingchips.com/StillsA_TopMaleStars.htm
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