The following are the current high bids for all auction lots in the Chip Chat auction of the Hank Boss collection of Large and Small Crown chips from Reno, Nevada (as of 1:00 PM yesterday, December 12, 2002):

Bids that have increased since last posting are marked with an asterisk.

I will be posting the auction results this Sunday in groups of 20 lots. After the auction is complete, you may e-mail me for an Excel spreadsheet of all of the lot descriptions and auction results.

#001 - $60
#002 - $48
#003 - $110
#004 - $25
#005 - $150
#006 - $150
#007 - $212
#008 - $32
#009 - $58
#010 - $10
#011 - $25
#012 - $28
#013 - no bid
#014 - $90
#015 - $90
#016 - $65
#017 - $50
#018 - $75
#019 - $86
#020 - $153
#021 - $260
#022 - $66
#023 - $112
#024 - $60
#025 - $75
#026 - $30
#027 - no bid
#028 - no bid
#029 - withdrawn
#030 - $20
#031 - $25
#032 - $20
#033 - $100
#034 - $300
#035 - $50
#036 - $450
#037 - $1,558 *
#038 - $40
#039 - $5
#040 - $25
#041 - $15
#042 - $20
#043 - $125
#044 - $50
#045 - $42
#046 - $10
#047 - $15
#048 - $66
#049 - $30
#050 - $25
#051 - $8
#052 - $40
#053 - $45
#054 - $45
#055 - $100
#056 - $125
#057 - $125
#058 - no bid
#059 - $10
#060 - $37
#061 - $10
#062 - $125 *
#063 - $18
#064 - $50
#065 - $22
#066 - $29
#067 - $44
#068 - $10
#069 - $10
#070 - $51
#071 - $25
#072 - $25
#073 - $15
#074 - $30
#075 - ***
#076 - $126
#077 - $40
#078 - $15
#079 - $84
#080 - $25
#081 - $25
#082 - $36
#083 - $80
#084 - $1,065 *
#085 - $70
#086 - $50
#087 - no bid
#088 - $690
#089 - $149
#090 - $216
#091 - no bid
#092 - $250
#093 - $240
#094 - $480
#095 - $20
#096 - $60
#097 - $72
#098 - $43
#099 - $25
#100 - $100
#101 - $50
#102 - $60
#103 - $200
#104 - $21
#105 - $15
#106 - $29
#107 - $10
#108 - $22
#109 - $30
#110 - $72 *
#111 - $60
#112 - $48
#113 - $27 *
#114 - $60
#115 - $3,328
#116 - $60
#117 - no bid
#118 - no bid
#119 - $84
#120 - $87
#121 - $40
#122 - $20
#123 - $40
#124 - $671 *
#125 - $62
#126 - $594 *
#127 - no bid
#128 - $536
#129 - $1,171 *
#130 - $400

As a reminder, these telephone and mail-in bids will be the opening bids for each lot when the “live” auction takes place this Sunday, December 15th, at the Las Vegas Club.

I cannot be responsible for any transcription errors in the above bid amounts or numbers. If you have questions regarding any lot, please address them directly to your auctionmaster, Mr. Saito.