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Tue, Jul 5, 11 at 19:22
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These are very tiny tiles that appear to be either ivory or bone backed with bamboo. They don't seem to be bake-lite. Any idea how these were used and what the value might be? |
Here is a link that might be useful: photo
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- Posted by maryland_irisman (pat969@aol.com) on Wed, Jul 6, 11 at 9:49
| A search on the web for playing card tiles show there are a couple of games played with that sort of tile. Some of them showed the tiles sitting in a holder similar to domino and scrabble tiles. |
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| Don't know, but I think they are very cool! I would have loved playing with those as a child! |
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| Here's a site (PDF) of an auction that describes cards that sound like yours. Unfortunately there's no picture, but there's a description including the size. I believe the number underneath is what's being asked for them. Scroll down to No. 144 |
Here is a link that might be useful: Playing cards.
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