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The Official Mail Showcase Thread (poker related) (272 Viewers)
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MGK
You guys are too smart. Well, @JeepologyOffroad is too smart. Huge, huge thanks to @Meddler2 ! These are absolutely beautiful and will be loved and played for years to come!
Congrats! Great set. Any closeups of the white chips
Congrats man. These are epic!
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
Congratulations!!! Amazing
Those are great! Hook em!
Wow. $25s plain yet hot as hell at the same time. How is that possible?!?
FordPickup92
Royal Flush
Phat ass! ..... edgespots
The Four Queens sixth issue series may not be the GOAT of live casino chip series, but it has to be in the running. There seriously isn't a bad chip in the mix. Leaded. Shaped inlays. And the spot patterns even make sense.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
That shaped inlay progression, tho...
Hot stamp --> hub --> hub --> hub
Hot stamp --> hub --> hub --> hub
Yeah, the whole series is hub.
jpietrella
4 of a Kind
More like hubba-hubba.
megarises
Flush
This was on my doorstep this morning ...
I had to leave for work
I had to leave for work
Holy frac
@HaRDHouSeiNC hooked it up! Not only did he find a chip in every color I was looking for, he even threw in an extra chip (the hot pink Riviera). What an awesome guy
@HaRDHouSeiNC hooked it up! Not only did he find a chip in every color I was looking for, he even threw in an extra chip (the hot pink Riviera). What an awesome guy
CrazyEddie
Full House
I've started collecting plaques (why? WHY?) and I'll do a pr0n showcase post about them later, but this arrived today and deserves its own mention. I ran across this while looking for plaques on eBay, and it's not exactly a plaque...
(Starbursts shown for scale)
This is a small slab of bone and it feels amazing. It's slightly thicker than a modern poker chip, and a good bit thicker than the antique bone and ivory poker chips I have. It has a nice heft, feels sturdy and solid, and is smooth everywhere that it's not etched; the etching gives it an even more interesting texture. Soundwise, it has a nice mix of ring, clack, and thud when it hits the table. The surface shows the characteristic texture of bone, including the variations one finds in natural materials.
It's a piece of scrimshaw art - etched ivory, bone, or horn with ink used to display the etching. It appears to be entirely hand-worked. The artwork is crisp and clear but if you look closely you can see small inconsistencies that indicate it was hand-drawn on the bone slab. The slab itself likewise shows inconsistencies in, for example, the roundness of the corners, and it has tool marks around the edges that show it was cut using hand tools rather than machined.
One side has a royal flush in a minimalist style. The other side shows a tarot card, The Wheel of Fortune ("La Roue de Fortune"), with a fair degree of detail. This particular image is from the tarot deck designed by Oswald Wirth in 1889, notable for being one of the early decks to incorporate occult symbolism and a key influence on the movement to recast the tarot as a tool of mysticism and esotericism (whereas for hundreds of years previously the tarot was simply a deck of cards for gambling and entertainment).
The eBay seller says that he got it at an estate sale, but otherwise knows nothing about it. So establishing provenance is out the window. It's almost certainly no older than the 20th century; I found a reference indicating that scrimshaw on bovine bone like this (as opposed to whalebone, walrus tusks, etc) is as of yet unknown from the 19th century. It's possible, perhaps even likely, that this is a fairly recent product; scrimshaw, like so many other arts and crafts, has had a modern resurgence. But I'm going to choose to believe that this was an oddity that someone picked up in, say, the 1960s, which ended up in a junk drawer before they recently passed away; not because I have any evidence of this but merely because it suits me to think so. At any rate, it'll make a nice companion to my set of bone poker chips, which have a solid provenance to the early 1900s.
Honestly, I have no idea what to do with this. I just feel like, given its double-sided theme of poker, gambling, and fortune (good and ill) - not to mention its occult connection - that there ought to be some way to put it into play when I sit down to play cards with my friends. Maybe it would make a good dealer button. Dunno. Suggestions are welcome!
... and please let me know if you've seen anything else like this! Would love to know more about its actual origins. Maybe they were selling them in the Luxor gift shop a few years ago, who knows.
(Starbursts shown for scale)
This is a small slab of bone and it feels amazing. It's slightly thicker than a modern poker chip, and a good bit thicker than the antique bone and ivory poker chips I have. It has a nice heft, feels sturdy and solid, and is smooth everywhere that it's not etched; the etching gives it an even more interesting texture. Soundwise, it has a nice mix of ring, clack, and thud when it hits the table. The surface shows the characteristic texture of bone, including the variations one finds in natural materials.
It's a piece of scrimshaw art - etched ivory, bone, or horn with ink used to display the etching. It appears to be entirely hand-worked. The artwork is crisp and clear but if you look closely you can see small inconsistencies that indicate it was hand-drawn on the bone slab. The slab itself likewise shows inconsistencies in, for example, the roundness of the corners, and it has tool marks around the edges that show it was cut using hand tools rather than machined.
One side has a royal flush in a minimalist style. The other side shows a tarot card, The Wheel of Fortune ("La Roue de Fortune"), with a fair degree of detail. This particular image is from the tarot deck designed by Oswald Wirth in 1889, notable for being one of the early decks to incorporate occult symbolism and a key influence on the movement to recast the tarot as a tool of mysticism and esotericism (whereas for hundreds of years previously the tarot was simply a deck of cards for gambling and entertainment).
The eBay seller says that he got it at an estate sale, but otherwise knows nothing about it. So establishing provenance is out the window. It's almost certainly no older than the 20th century; I found a reference indicating that scrimshaw on bovine bone like this (as opposed to whalebone, walrus tusks, etc) is as of yet unknown from the 19th century. It's possible, perhaps even likely, that this is a fairly recent product; scrimshaw, like so many other arts and crafts, has had a modern resurgence. But I'm going to choose to believe that this was an oddity that someone picked up in, say, the 1960s, which ended up in a junk drawer before they recently passed away; not because I have any evidence of this but merely because it suits me to think so. At any rate, it'll make a nice companion to my set of bone poker chips, which have a solid provenance to the early 1900s.
Honestly, I have no idea what to do with this. I just feel like, given its double-sided theme of poker, gambling, and fortune (good and ill) - not to mention its occult connection - that there ought to be some way to put it into play when I sit down to play cards with my friends. Maybe it would make a good dealer button. Dunno. Suggestions are welcome!
... and please let me know if you've seen anything else like this! Would love to know more about its actual origins. Maybe they were selling them in the Luxor gift shop a few years ago, who knows.
OfficerLovejoy
Full House
How about an all in plaque? Good fortune for the daring gambler.I've started collecting plaques (why? WHY?) and I'll do apr0nshowcase post about them later, but this arrived today and deserves its own mention. I ran across this while looking for plaques on eBay, and it's not exactly a plaque...
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(Starbursts shown for scale)
This is a small slab of bone and it feels amazing. It's slightly thicker than a modern poker chip, and a good bit thicker than the antique bone and ivory poker chips I have. It has a nice heft, feels sturdy and solid, and is smooth everywhere that it's not etched; the etching gives it an even more interesting texture. Soundwise, it has a nice mix of ring, clack, and thud when it hits the table. The surface shows the characteristic texture of bone, including the variations one finds in natural materials.
It's a piece of scrimshaw art - etched ivory, bone, or horn with ink used to display the etching. It appears to be entirely hand-worked. The artwork is crisp and clear but if you look closely you can see small inconsistencies that indicate it was hand-drawn on the bone slab. The slab itself likewise shows inconsistencies in, for example, the roundness of the corners, and it has tool marks around the edges that show it was cut using hand tools rather than machined.
One side has a royal flush in a minimalist style. The other side shows a tarot card, The Wheel of Fortune ("La Roue de Fortune"), with a fair degree of detail. This particular image is from the tarot deck designed by Oswald Wirth in 1889, notable for being one of the early decks to incorporate occult symbolism and a key influence on the movement to recast the tarot as a tool of mysticism and esotericism (whereas for hundreds of years previously the tarot was simply a deck of cards for gambling and entertainment).
The eBay seller says that he got it at an estate sale, but otherwise knows nothing about it. So establishing provenance is out the window. It's almost certainly no older than the 20th century; I found a reference indicating that scrimshaw on bovine bone like this (as opposed to whalebone, walrus tusks, etc) is as of yet unknown from the 19th century. It's possible, perhaps even likely, that this is a fairly recent product; scrimshaw, like so many other arts and crafts, has had a modern resurgence. But I'm going to choose to believe that this was an oddity that someone picked up in, say, the 1960s, which ended up in a junk drawer before they recently passed away; not because I have any evidence of this but merely because it suits me to think so. At any rate, it'll make a nice companion to my set of bone poker chips, which have a solid provenance to the early 1900s.
Honestly, I have no idea what to do with this. I just feel like, given its double-sided theme of poker, gambling, and fortune (good and ill) - not to mention its occult connection - that there ought to be some way to put it into play when I sit down to play cards with my friends. Maybe it would make a good dealer button. Dunno. Suggestions are welcome!
... and please let me know if you've seen anything else like this! Would love to know more about its actual origins. Maybe they were selling them in the Luxor gift shop a few years ago, who knows.
CrazyEddie
Full House
I like that!
mnebesny
Flush
Ben8257
Royal Flush
Hmm... just going to leave this here and walk away slowly! Lol
Must be canadian Eh?? NAGB oversized version?
Must be canadian Eh?? NAGB oversized version?
davislane
Straight Flush
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A=Australian!
turboj623
Flush
AAAAAAAAAAAye! Nice dollar!
Ben8257
Royal Flush
Really? Are there casinos out of Australia? I thought this was a canadian chip but really no clue
davislane
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Of course there are casinos in Australia. Such a 'murica comment.
They are from an Australian Cruise ship.
https://www.australianchipguide.com/viewcasino.php?id=129
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