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ChipGuide - A Catalog of Casino Chips and Collectibles
Was: Sphinx Club
8477 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1934, Close: 1946

Opulent nightclub with spacious gambling rooms originally co-owned by Bob Goldie (until his death in 1935), Milton “Farmer” Page, Guy McAfee, and Tutor Scherer. Briefly renamed as the "Marcel Lamaze Clover Club" in 1943, before returning to its original name. Raided in 1937, 1940, and 1946. Previously the "Sphinx Club" was at this address. It became the "Hollywood Friars Club" in 1947.

Photograph from 1937 (Life Magazine).

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Casino Money
Table Chips (9) [QuickView]
CG034410 Obsolete
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2011-04-07
Color: MAROON
Mold: SmKey
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
CG175031 Obsolete
Added: 2017-01-18
Color: Maroon
Mold: SmKey
Contributed by: Jim Colbert
CG221497 Obsolete
Issued: 1936
Added: 2019-03-18
Color: Green
Mold: Hub
Inlay: HS-Gold
Logo: (clover) triang
Catalog#: CACLV04
Contributed by: Ed Hertel
CG034404 Obsolete
Denom:
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2023-08-31
Color: White
Mold: L's
Inlay: HS-Gold

Attribution from Pfaender (2004). Not in Eastman (1998). Unlikely to be from this Clover Club, as chips on the L mold are not thought to have been made before 1947.
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CG034405 Obsolete
Denom: 10¢
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2019-02-06
Color: Orange
Mold: L's
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG034406 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2023-04-26
Color: Blue
Mold: L's
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Richard Edward Staeffler

Attribution from Pfaender (2004). Not in Eastman (1998). Unlikely however to be from this Clover Club, as chips on the L mold are not thought to have been made before 1947.
CG034407 Obsolete
Denom: $1
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2019-02-06
Color: Beige
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
CG259195 Obsolete
Denom: $5
Added: 2021-02-02
Color: Brown
Mold: SmKey
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Christopher Burns
CG034409 Obsolete
Denom: $10
Added: 2011-04-07
Last Update: 2011-04-07
Color: BLACK
Mold: SmKey
Casino Collectibles
Chip Order Cards (1) [QuickView]
CG261608
Issued: 12/2/1936
Added: 2021-02-28
Last Update: 2022-08-31
Mftr: Mason
Logo: Clover
Contributed by: David Sarles
Total Items (10)

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