Hello everyone. Since I can not at the moment put my list on a web-type page and let you click to retrieve it, I am putting out here my entire illegal club trade/sales list. I trust it isn't that many bytes to slow down anyone's computer.

Here it is:

ROBERT EISENSTADT
140 CADMAN PLAZA WEST, APT 26C
BROOKLYN NY 11201
(718) 625-3553
e-mail: chipe@ix.netcom.com....... fax: (718) 522-1087

ILLEGAL CLUB CHIPS -- TRADERS

FIRST, SOME FREE SELF-ADVERTISING:
GAMBLING CHIPS AND ITEMS WANTED. I BUY gambling chips (casino, ivory, pearl, poker, etc.), small gambling equipment, old playing card decks and other old gambling items/images/paper. All items, except casino chips and catalogs, should be prior to 1945....... ... I do not want: gambling toys; plastic, paper or plain chips; metal slot tokens; current or recent casino chips; or heavy/bulky items like slot machines......Always looking for new collectors and trades............ I pay commissions for good leads...........Thank you......... Robert Eisenstadt, 140 Cadman Plaza West, #26-C, Brooklyn NY 11201, (718) 625-3553 ("FREE CALL" as I’ll return your call right away, costing you just a minute call.), fax (718) 522-1087 (does not work when my computer is on), chipe@ix.netcom.com. More details at my web site -- http://www.megsinet.com/wally/Robert/robert.htm

NOTES ON THIS LIST, ETC.: ND, no denomination; HS, hot-stamped; “/” separates the two sides of the chip if the imprint is different on each side; ($xx), value I put on chip;................... Condition of chip: (1) if nothing to contrary, chip is used but presentable, average, OK; (2) if mint, near-mint, etc., I’ll say “Excel.”; and (3) if poor, unsightly, very worn, or there is a major problem like chip is warped, holed, etc., I’ll spell it out.................Of course, both parties must be happy; anything may be returned and trade canceled...............Delivery is responsibility of the sender; I urge everything be sent insured.

CLUB NAME (TOWN) -- $X.XX ON CHIP, COLOR (INSERTS), MOLD (note: sometimes in this list the mold comes after the hot-stamp/inlay notation), HOT-STAMP OR INLAY, CONDITION (MAYBE), ($XX - VALUE I PUT ON CHIP)

ARKANSAS
**SOUTHERN CLUB (Hot Springs ) -- $1.00, white (3 black inserts), diamonds, HS ”Southern Club/$1.00,” poor (very worn), ($7)
**SOUTHERN CLUB (Hot Springs ) -- $5.00, orange (3 yellow inserts), horseshoes, HS ”Southern Club/$5.00,” poor (very worn), ($7)
**WHITE FRONT (CIGAR STORE) (Hot Springs) -- $25.00, black,T’s mold, HS “White Front $25,” excel., ($20)
**BELVEDERE CLUB ASSOC (Hot Springs) -- 5, blue (3 white inserts), T’s mold, HS: “5” in circle, “Belvedere Club Association,” ($15)
**THE VAPORS (Hot Springs) -- $1.00, white (3 yellow inserts), diamonds, HS: “the Vapors $1.00”, HS imprint is faint, ($15)
**THE VAPORS (Hot Springs) -- $5.00, green (3 black inserts), diamonds, HS: “the Vapors $5.00”, HS imprint is faint, ($15)
**THE VAPORS (Hot Springs) -- $5.00, blue (3 light green-gray inserts), square in circle mold, HS: “the Vapors $5.00”, ($15)
**THE VAPORS (Hot Springs) -- $25.00, black (3 beige inserts), diamonds, HS: “the Vapors $25.00”, HS imprint is faint, ($15)

CALIFORNIA
**OCEANIC CLUB (Santa Monica) (I am told this was an illegal club) -- ND, black, recessed dashes, HS “Oceanic Club,” faint HS image, ($20)

**NORTH WEST SOCIAL CLUB (NWSC) (illegal club?) -- 50, white, inlay: Chineese characters (translation: Good for the community/charity), “50 NWSC,” crest and seal, ($25)

FLORIDA
**TURF CLUB (Hialeah Race Track, Hialeah) (owned by the famous gambler/casino owner/sportsman Col. Edward Riley Bradley) -- ND, have in brown and yellow, dot mold, HS “Turf Club”, ($10 each)
**TURF CLUB (Hialeah Race Track, Hialeah) (owned by the famous gambler/casino owner/sportsman Col. Edward Riley Bradley) -- ND, have in brown and yellow, rectangle mold, HS “Turf Club”, ($10 each)
**RIVIERA (?) (West Palm Beach ?) (with the inserts and all, these must be club chips; the people who found these in Ohio said they were from the Riviera) -- ND, yellow (3 blue inserts), heart-rectangle mold, HS “R”, ($10)
**RIVIERA (?) (West Palm Beach ?) (with the inserts and all, these must be club chips; the people who found these in Ohio said they were from the Riviera) -- ND, red (3 green inserts), heart-rectangle mold, HS “R”, ($10)

ILLINOIS
**MORROW BUDDE (Peoria) -- 50 cents, blue, heart-rectangle, HS “Morrow Budde/50 c, ” ($20)
**COLONY CLUB (East Cape Girardeau) -- $1.00, blue, cord mold, HS “Colony Club” with small circle in center/fancy “$1.00”, faint HS, ($20)
**SEVEN GABLES (SG) (Joliet) -- ND, beige (off white/light gray), cord, HS “SG”, faint HS, ($15)
**SEVEN GABLES (SG) (Joliet) -- ND, beige (off white/light gray), cord, HS “SG”, faint HS, ($15)

INDIANA
**BLACK DIAMOND (BD) (Jeffersonville) -- $1.00, blue, HS: BD/$1.00, harp, large nick on edge of one side; nick is visible from just one side, ($20)
**II7 COURT (Jeffersonville) -- ND, red, HS: 117 Court, heart-diamond, ($15)
**II7 COURT (Jeffersonville) -- $25.00, light purple, HS: 117 Court $25 heart-diamond, ($25)
**GREYHOUND CLUB (Jeffersonville) -- ND, brown, HS “G”, diamonds, ($20)

KENTUCKY
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- ND, green, hub, HS: M-C, show use, ($14)
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- 50 cents, yellow, HS: “Merchants Club 50c”, smkey, ($15)
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- 50 cents, yellow, HS: “Merchants Club 50c”, flowers, ($15)
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- $1.00, red, HS: “Merchants Club $1.00”, smkey, ($15)
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- $1.00, red, flowers, HS: Merchants Club $1.00, ($12)
**MERCHANTS CLUB (Newport) -- $5.00, pink/rose, HS: “Merchants Club $5”, smkey, worn, ($15)
**GLENN SCHMIDT (No. Kentucky) -- $1.00, rose (3 black inserts), HS: 2 bowling pins/$1.00, smkey, worn, ($25.00)
**GLENN SCHMIDT (No. Kentucky) -- $50.00, green (3 red inserts), HS: 2 bowling pins/$50.00, smkey, excel. ($25.00)
**GLENN SCHMIDT (NO. KENTUCKY) -- 50 cents, yellow, smkey, HS: GCS, 50 c, ($20)
**BEVERLY HILLS (BH) (Southgate) -- ND, blue, HS: “BH”, flowers, very worn HS, ($15)
**YORKSHIRE CLUB (Newport) -- ND, yellow, HS: “Yorkshire Club”, smkey ($15)
**YORKSHIRE CLUB (Newport) -- ND, white, HS: “Yorkshire Club”, lazy S’s, soiled some; needs cleaning ($15)
**KENTUCKY CLUB (Covington) -- ND, red, die-cut metal inlay: Kentucky club, Covington, (picture of horse head); smkey, ($50)

LOUISIANA

O’DWYER’S (New Orleans) -- $1.00, white (3 green inserts), HS: O’Dwyer’s, $1.00, N.O. La, large squares, ($20)

MARYLAND
**BAL -BALTIMORE CASINO (Baltimore) (It is speculative that this chip is from that place; see The Gaming Table) -- ND, have in blue and red, HS “BAL”, smkey ($5 each)

MISSISSIPPI
**DELTA CLUB(Greenville area) -- ND, red, HS “Delta Club”, hearts-rectangles mold, worn and warped some, ($7)
**RISING SUN (Greenwood at Rtes 82 and 49) -- ND, red, HS “Rising Sun” in script, harp, ($10)
**UNCLE BUD’S CABIN (Osyka) -- ND, red, HS: “Uncle Bud’s Cabin,” hub, very worn, ($15)

MONTANA
**SCRUBBY’S (Bozeman) -- ND, have chips in gray and orange, TK mold, HS: Scrubby’s --, hot-stamp imprint worn, ($15 each)

NEW YORK
**EMPIRE CLUB (NYC) -- ND, have chips in red, blue and green, Crest and Seal: EC inlay, ($20 each) (note: these chips can be traced to the US Playing Card Co, inventory records/photos, which show they were made in 1928 and 1929.)
**KANADASAGA CLUB (Rochester area; it is an Iroquois Indian word for “new settlement;” was once the name for Geneva, NY) -- ND, yellow, HS “Kanadasaga Club” and small do-dad of a -o- in center, smkey ($10).
**MEADOWBROOK (Saratoga) -- roulette chips,have in brown and green, inlay of logo (intertwined M and W), monarch mold, excel. ($20 each).
**MEADOWBROOK (Saratoga) -- roulette chips, have in red, green, off-white and brown, inlay of logo (intertwined M and W), flat (crest and seal-like) mold, ($10 each).
**P. J. SULLIVAN’S(Saratoga) -- ND, yellow, inlay - “PJS”, crest and seal ($50).
**BROOK CLUB (Saratoga ) (once owned by famous gambler Arnold Rothstein, long before this chip was issued) -- roulette, have in green, white, pink, maroon-red-brown, inlay - B and C intertwined, flat (crest and seal-like) mold, ($15 each)
**BROOK CLUB (Saratoga ) -- ND, maroon-purple, HS “Brook Club”, hearts-rectangles mold, excel. ($65)
**BROOK CLUB (Saratoga ) -- ND, have in yellow and green, inlay (plain white “B”; these chips came with other Brook Club chips; others sell these as Brook Club chips), circle of 20 incused (recessed) rectangles mold, excel. ($15 each)
**PIPING ROCK (Saratoga) (Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello were part owners)-- $25, green, HS “Piping Rock/$25.00”, web ($200)
**OUTHWAITE’S (Saratoga) (owned by G. B. Outhwaite) -- $25, green, HS fancy G-O-B monogram/$25.00, web ($100)
**GEK - NEWMAN’S LAKE HOUSE(Saratoga) (Gerald E. King was the owner of Newman’s Lake House) -- ND, have in white and green, HS “GEK”, rectangles, ($20 each)
**RLH - RILEY’S LAKE HOUSE(Saratoga) -- ND, Brown, HS “RLH”, rectangles ($20)
**ARROWHEAD INN (Saratoga) (Meyer Lansky and Joe Adonis had a piece of it; in 1953 Lansky pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegal gambling at the Arrowhead and received a three month jail sentence) -- ND, have in green and red, HS (“INN” inside arrowhead design), diamonds, ($35 each)
**GSSG (Brooklyn, NYC) -- have it in $5.00 red, and $25.00 green, HS “GSSG”/denomination, Hat and Cane, chips in good shape except warped some, ($50 each)............ (I used to play there often. It was run quite openly to the public by associates of the Gambino crime family. There were craps, BJ and poker games. The place was raided March 9, 1978, by the police (I was not there for that raid), and a friend of mine ended up stuck with hundreds of dollars in unredeemable chips., which is how I acquired these. Club is listed in The Gaming Table. I don’t know what GSSG stood for.)
**EL MONTE CLUB (NYC, Mayfair Hotel, 610 Park Avenue) -- $2.00, light orange, HS: “El Monte Club/2.00”, square in circle, excel., ($15)
**TEMPLE J.H.J.C. (NYC, 74th St. and Madison Ave.) -- 1, red (3 green inserts), HS: “Temple 1 JHJC,” dice-cards, excel., ($10)
**TEMPLE J.H.J.C. (NYC, 74th St. and Madison Ave.) -- 5, black (3 pink inserts), HS: “Temple 5 JHJC,” dice-cards, excel., ($10)
**PIGEON CLUB (I made up that name) (Brooklyn) -- sold/traded in sets of four -- all: ND, diamond-rectangle-rectangle mold, HS with image of a pigeon, used, good condition except pigeon hot-stamp is incredibly worn!.............the four chips are: white (3 blue inserts), yellow (3 red inserts), blue (3 red inserts) and black (3 yellow inserts).......($10 for set of 4)...............(According to the local gambling supply distributor who made the chips, they were made in the 1960’s for a Brooklyn club that was raided the first night, later reopened and used elsewhere. It is probably true that these are illegal club chips because of the (1) large number of chips I acquired -- over 600, and (2) the expensive casino quality of the chips -- special hot-stamp, edge spots.)
**”NEB” CLUB (Chinatown, Manhattan, NYC) -- sold as set of 3 chips: ND, brown, red and green chips, HS: “NEB,” web mold, mint ($20 for set of 3 chips). These chips were issued by the gambling supply distributor, Marion and Co./Ace Sportsworks, NYC, who told me they were made for an illegal club in Chinatown, but they didn’t recall the club name. I bought about 900 of the chips at an antique show, an amount unlikely for a social Friday night house game, more likely for an illegal club game.

OHIO
**HOLLYWOOD CLUB (Toledo) -- $1.00. white (4 black inserts), HS “Hollywood Club $1.00”. smkey, used a lot, ($10)
**HOLLYWOOD CLUB (Toledo) -- $10.00. yellow (4 red inserts), HS “Hollywood Club $10.00”. smkey, used a lot, ($10)
**MAUMEE CLUB (Toledo) -- 5, brown (2 orange inserts), HS: “Maumee 5 Club,” smkey, ($20)
**DIXIE INN (Toledo) -- $5.00. brown, HS: Dixie Inn $5, smkey, ($20)

OREGON -- all of these chips from Oregon are from the O’Connor club in Portland. It was a well-known men’s club in the heart of downtown Portland. Started by Eddie O’Connor in 1934, it closed in 1973, the last such mens-only club in Oregon. The chips below which are marked “good for trade only” were probably made that way for table game chips that could be explained as advertising trade tokens in case of a police raid:
**SMKEY MOLD, have in blue and white, HS “O’Connor/Trade Only,” condition: OK, minor nicks and small burns, ($5 each)
**HUB MOLD, have in green, red and yellow, HS “O’Connor,” condition: good except maybe very small burn, ($5 each)
**SQUARE-SQUARE-RECTANGLE MOLD, green, HS “O’Conner/Good For Trade Only,” possible small nicks/burns, ($10) (note: O’Connor is spelled “O’Conner” here!)
**DIAMONDS MOLD, have in purple, yellow and pink, HS “K and N Club; O’CONNOR; 415 Wash. St./good for trade only,” condition: poor, faded, worn, dried out; the yellow ones are best, OK ($5 each)
**SMOOTHIES (NO MOLD; FLAT), have in red and blue. HS (or engraved ?): “K and N Club; O’CONNOR; 415 Wash. St./Good For Trade Only,” worn, poor, ($10 each)

TEXAS -- all in Galveston, unless otherwise noted
**IMPERIAL CLUB -- ND, have in blue and orange, HS “Imperial”, smkey, ($30 each)
**CRYSTAL CLUB -- ND, red, HS: Crystal Club, L’s mold, very worn, ($15)
**BALINESE ROOM -- $5,00, red, HS: TAC $5.00 BR, square in circle, ,excel., ($15)
**BALINESE ROOM -- $25,00, blue-purple, HS: TAC $25.00 BR, square in circle, ,excel., ($25)
**TURF - TURF ATHLETIC CLUB -- $5.00, orange, HS: TURF $5.00, smkey , HS worn ($20)
**TAC - TURF ATHLETIC CLUB -- $5.00, orange, HS: TAC $5.00, smkey, ($20)
**STUDIO LOUNGE -- $5.00, orange, HS: TAC SL $5.00, diamonds, ($15)
**STUDIO LOUNGE -- $1.00, white-tan, HS: TAC SL $1.00, diamonds, ($15)
**BALINESE ROOM -- $5.00, orange, HS: TAC BR $5.00, diamonds, ($15)
**BALINESE ROOM -- $25.00, purple, HS: TAC BR $25.00, diamonds, ($25)

WASHINGTON
**HOTEL CAFE (Redmond) -- $1.00, pink, Dia-B mold (i.e., B’s and diamonds -- rare mold), HS: Hotel Cafe/$1.00, ($25)

WEST VERGINIA
**PIRATE CAFE (Wheeling) -- $1.00, lavendar, smkey, HS: pirate cafe $1.00, imprint worn, ($20)