Yard Sailing over the weekend here in Chipper Haven (Vegas, baby!) and asked about chips, dice, cards, etc. The answer was, yes, I'll go look for them, give me a minute.
Within a few minutes, the seller showed me a box (from the Taylor & Co., with some old Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, these 6 Four Queens chips, and a few other chips and tokens, as seen in this post. But it is the 6-piece, Four Queens. notched prototype set that is the major find here (for me anyway).
I have since come to learn that there were 20 of each denomination made by Paulson Gaming, for presentation to the Four Queens as prototypes for a new rack. The Four Queens purportedly decided not to use these, as they did not like the black inlays, from an aesthetic viewpoint. But they did opt for a new rack, similar to these, where the inlays were different, I believe.
Again, NFS, and yes, I am overjoyed to find this set!
Within a few minutes, the seller showed me a box (from the Taylor & Co., with some old Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, these 6 Four Queens chips, and a few other chips and tokens, as seen in this post. But it is the 6-piece, Four Queens. notched prototype set that is the major find here (for me anyway).
I have since come to learn that there were 20 of each denomination made by Paulson Gaming, for presentation to the Four Queens as prototypes for a new rack. The Four Queens purportedly decided not to use these, as they did not like the black inlays, from an aesthetic viewpoint. But they did opt for a new rack, similar to these, where the inlays were different, I believe.
Again, NFS, and yes, I am overjoyed to find this set!
