before you do your Saratoga thing, contact me. I bought a set of 700 ivory horsehead chips shipped in 1859 to a Saratoga (Balston Spa, maybe) illegal casino dealer. I brokered them for Dale Seymour who has the packing crate and chips. He can give you the name of the operator and we can provide scans of the chips. I got the chips from the man's great niece, herself 91 years old. Why did I broker them to Dale? I was in the middle of a marital muddle and couldn't very well plead poverty in my divorce answer if I was loading up on ivory chips.
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