High (tax deductible) bids are $150 by Skip Harouff and $140 by Elaine Martello. Thanx guys!

If the high bid is $275 or higher, I will add a brown Sphinx head crest and seal from Reno to the winning bid (not the two high bids). TCR 10 has assigned a value code "S" ($300-$350). Since the auction ends tonight, I figure the chip safe with me. Scan of a similar chip is shown below. REMEMBER, bid your max as only the high bid gets the Sphinx

Shown below are the chips that will be sent to the winners (in addition to the Chip Chat chip).

From previous post:

I read where Doug Saito is raising money for a cure for breast cancer. I hope this auction might help.

I will auction these genuine antique (not the recent repro stuff currently on ebay) ivory $5 chips. The winners will go to the site mentioned in Doug's post ( http://www.thechipboard.com/cgi-bin/tcb/tcb.pl?read=614636 ) and make the tax deductible contrbution (don't forget to join "Doug's Team"). Besides the ivory, you will receive Doug's chip, consevatively valued at $10.

The ivory chip you will receive from me is a NEW FIND (new code IO-OZ). I would value the chip at $125 to $150. Minimum bid on this auction is $75. Anyone that know ivory can see that this is one of the prettier $5s. The chips are most likely from the 1800s, although it is possible that they was made in the 1700s.

If I get 2 bids OVER (not equal to) $125, I will award a chip to each of the 2 high bidders.

Here is your chance to own a better than average genuine ivory and not worry about buying a repro.

Post your bid (or email me and I'll post it anonymously, if you like). Auction ends Friday 11:00 pm east cost (is that EST or DST?).

Minimum bid is $5 greater than the current second high bid