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I grew up in Westport in the 1970s. "Mark's Place East" was (depending on the day and the time of the evening) an upscale dance club, jazz club and beer hall.
I did a lot of internet searching, and finally found "Mark", now in Vermont. These chips have been in his basement since then.
These were not poker chips, but drink chips. He wanted his bar to be a service bar only - did not want the bartenders wasting their time making change for customers or waitresses. That's where the chips come in. As Mark explained it to me, "Each waitress was their own cash register. Patron would order a drink(s), waitress would take the cash, make change and accept tips. Waitress would go up to the bar, place the order and give the appropriate amount of chips for the drink order that would be placed into a bank, specific to the waitress. At the end of the night, the waitress would have to pay for all the chips in her bank, and any leftover cash were her tips."
The whites were 75¢, the blacks were $1.25, the reds were $2.50 and the yellows were $5. As you can imagine from prices in the 1970's, the reds and yellows are in the best shape, but none of the stamps are very bad.
Stamps are on both sides of the chips.
I have 200 white, 400 black, 500 red and 450 yellow. 1550 total chips. $700 + shipping.
I did a lot of internet searching, and finally found "Mark", now in Vermont. These chips have been in his basement since then.
These were not poker chips, but drink chips. He wanted his bar to be a service bar only - did not want the bartenders wasting their time making change for customers or waitresses. That's where the chips come in. As Mark explained it to me, "Each waitress was their own cash register. Patron would order a drink(s), waitress would take the cash, make change and accept tips. Waitress would go up to the bar, place the order and give the appropriate amount of chips for the drink order that would be placed into a bank, specific to the waitress. At the end of the night, the waitress would have to pay for all the chips in her bank, and any leftover cash were her tips."
The whites were 75¢, the blacks were $1.25, the reds were $2.50 and the yellows were $5. As you can imagine from prices in the 1970's, the reds and yellows are in the best shape, but none of the stamps are very bad.
Stamps are on both sides of the chips.
I have 200 white, 400 black, 500 red and 450 yellow. 1550 total chips. $700 + shipping.
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