For Sale Auction Tangiers Brass Chip Set (1 Viewer)

[Lars]

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1. STARTING BID: $80
2. Bids must be placed in minimum increments of $2
3. The Starting Bid of the auction will be treated as the Reserve Price.
4. All bids are to be placed openly in this thread. No bids via PM/Conversation.
5. Auction will use the '5 minutes after last closing bid rule'. Highest bid at 10 pm Eastern Friday September 29 will win unless there is a bid within 5 minutes of closing time - then the closing time will be 5 min. after the latest bid was posted.
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9. Shipping Terms: $7.50 Medium flat rate box, no international shipping these are heavy
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These chips are used. They are heavy brass chips. They are fun to use but I have too many sets. They could be cool bounty buttons or card protectors.
Breakdown:
100 $1, 99 $5, 50 $10, 100 $25, 100 $100, 50 $500

 

[kareth]

80$

 

[MD Mike]

I saw someone selling these around Baltimore in a craigslist ad. Anyone know the history at all? Where they come from?

 

[BGinGA]

China.

 

[MD Mike]

China.

Says it all.

 

[fish72s]

I saw someone selling these around Baltimore in a craigslist ad. Anyone know the history at all? Where they come from?

The are named after the casino in the movie "Casino" and they were/are sold by Spinettis (and somewhere else I can't remember.) The $500s have been sold out for a long time so those are worth a little more. I used to have a set of these that I sold on craigslist to a guy in the DC area. Maybe those were my old chips

And Lars isn't kidding when he says they are heavy. 16g I believe.

 

[detroitdad]

I've never handled these but I've always enjoyed the looks of them. Good luck with the sale

 

[JFCJ]

$85

 

[BGinGA]

They are definitely unique -- I used the orange $500 as a tournament card capper for a long time. Very heavy at 16g, but the mold design creates very little chip-to-chip contact area, making them pretty unpredictable in stacks.

 

[pltrgyst]

They were first marketed on eBay by a Chinese importer in New York named "Best Bet Limited", bearing the text "WSOP 2005" and "BINYONS"(sic). They were sold as 500-chip sets in a nice black textured case bearing a "Best Bet Limited" plate "for $99. I bought two -- they were my first baby step after dice chips.

When Binions and the WSOP threatened legal action, they re-designed the chips as these Tangiers tributes.

I bought two batches of the Tangiers chips as well. Five years ago, when we moved to Florida, I couldn't find anyone among my home game crew who wanted them, so I threw the Tangiers chips away.

I did keep the "BINYONS" chips and their cases, however, for their sentimental value. And also for their weapons potential -- lethal when hurled across a poker table.

 

[Lars]

They are fun chips. I have enjoyed them I just need to get rid of some sets.

 

[Lars]

Says it all.

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[MD Mike]

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@BGinGA said China when I asked for a history lol I was just being funny too

 

[Lars]

Auction ends tonight

 

[fish72s]

$89

 

[Lars]

1 hour left

 

[fish72s]

 

[upNdown]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CASINO-PLAY...808906?hash=item569947d44a:g:g5UAAOxy9ERSQitN

 

[BGinGA]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CASINO-PLAY...808906?hash=item569947d44a:g:g5UAAOxy9ERSQitN

wow - @fish72s those would go fantastic with your new set!

 

[pltrgyst]

Greg's favorite lunch -- more fish and chips!

 

[fish72s]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CASINO-PLAY...808906?hash=item569947d44a:g:g5UAAOxy9ERSQitN

At Spinettis.
I may order a few more of the $25 Tangiers from them and if so I'll definitely pick up a couple of decks. Thanks for the heads up!