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THBJazz Age U. S. Poker Chips salesman sample catalog
About Seller
463 East Lancaster Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335
United States
Pook & Pook Inc. auction house was founded by Ronald and Debra Pook in 1984 out of the Pook’s thriving antique business, which they began a decade earlier. Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pook & Pook, Inc.’s offices are approximately thirty-five minutes west of Philadelphia, in an old stone...Read more
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- Lot Description
Jazz Age U. S. Poker Chips salesman sample catalog, ca. 1923, issued by the U.S. Playing Card Co., with ninety-three clay poker chips of different sizes, colors, and decoration, carefully mounted to gray card stock, with printed and typed labels detailing the sizes and types of chips, each page riveted to black cloth hinges, with leaves of corrugated cardboard acting as protective barriers, also mounted to cloth hinges. This sample catalog includes multi-colored samples of the Superior poker chips line, showing blanks to be engraved; Paranoid Plain in blue, yellow, coral, burgundy, and white; Paranoid Inlaid featuring double star chips, American Eagle, fleur-de-lis, clover, swastika, stylized letters, and numbers; and finally Anchor Poker Chips, plain and embossed, in the very rare 7/8" and 1 1/4" sizes, as well the more typical 1 1/2". A complete catalog in original post-binder. 11" x 8 1/2".
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.Very good condition, minor handling marks to covers, corners gently rubbed, minor edge wear to a few pages, and chips very clean throughout.Condition
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In-house shipping ("Competitive in-house shipping available," in the lot description.) We prefer not to split ship lots on one invoice between multiple shippers. In addition, we do not ship orders of more than 5 multiple item lots or 10 single item lots. Please contact Hannah Barchuk via email at shipping@pookandpook.com to give consent for Pook & Pook to ship your items. For shipment of orders not eligible for in-house shipping, the following companies have offered their services: For shipment of small to medium items, please contact one of the following 1. The Packaging Store hello@packandshipnow.com (215) 361-6940, fax: (215) 361-6941 2. Mail N More Plus mailnmoreplus@verizon.net 3. Philadelphia Mailroom phillymailroom@gmail.com (215) 745-1100 For shipment of large items (furniture, sculptures, etc.), the following companies have offered their services: 1. Craters and Freighters in Perkiomenville, PA www.cratersandfreighters.com philly@cratersandfreighters.com (610) 397-0488 2. Mt. Everest Moving Company in Ephrata, PA everestmoving.com everestmoving@gmail.com (717) 314-7647 All items must be picked up, or shipping arrangements made, within two weeks of the day of sale. NOTE: Items left here more than two weeks will incur storage fees at a rate of $5.00 per lot per day (this rate applies to all items regardless of size or value).
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