Set Reminder2022-03-18 12:00:002022-03-18 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Gambling, Playing Cards, Coin-Op, & Advertising https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/gambling-playing-cards-coin-op-advertising-21953 A two-day auction kicks off our spring schedule. The first day will feature the collection of the late Robert Eisenstadt, who amassed thousands of casino and gambling chips including numerous rarities and uncommon sets that will be offered fresh to the market.
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[JONES, Buck (1891-1942)]. Personal monogrammed poker chip set of Western actor Buck Jones. Set of nearly 400 Monarch mold clay chips in green, blue, red, and white, each hot-stamped in gilt ?BJ? at center. In four 100-capacity wooden racks with swirled amber-colored handles, within a wooden box with engraved ?BJ? name-plate to lid. With four playing-card deck slots at sides; includes four Congress decks, probably added later. Box marked ?Zenx? inside and numbered ?1267?. Box scratched and with several stress cracks and worn or loose joints, including bottom; likely to require repair. Literature: The Gaming Table, p. 58, describes Jones? personal set as ?BJ w/arched line above, straight line below/Mold: Monarch?). Provenance: Collection of Robert Eisenstadt (acquired from a seller who reported that the set was purchased from Jones? wife, Dell). For further information, visit: www.antiquegamblingchips.com/BuckJonesPChipSet.htm.