This is unedited text from Brad Compton relaying how he ended upwith 100 Cal Neva chips:
My father was into antiques and we frequented many flea markets and auctions, I started collecting dice (something small to buy for someone with little money), and was interested in gambling, and picked up some antique chips and from there, I was very much collecting and trading. Mainly clay, paper, wood, that sort. I was about 16, and my father found 2 boxes, one of the cal neva's, and the other prima donna 10cents. I think we paid $10 total. (that was 87 or so)
I was trading pretty exclusively with (Jim Reynold's), mainly because I didn't have a very large collection, and he had many that I didn't.
Well anyway, at my father's advice, although now I see may have been a little rushed, I sent him 50 of each, in turn he sent me my first ivories, bone, mother of pearl, some nice ones that I didn't have, so that was nice. Later I sold some to a casino chip seller, you might know his name, I think it was Roger C or Tilton something, he passed away in the 90's I believe. I traded quite a few as well.
I went and looked through my archives, I still have a few.
There are countless stories just like this one, I hope to have one of my own to be able to tell.
Posted by mrchipper at September 5, 2004 12:08 AM