Christies To Auction Diamond Encrusted Poker SetStahl Chip Set Expected To Sell For Over $100,000 |
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World famous auction house Christies will auction a unique and expensive piece of poker paraphernalia in Hong Kong next Tuesday – a jewel-encrusted poker chip set is expected to sell for between $100,000 and $150,000.
The Meteorite Set, as the exclusive chip set is known, is described as: “Comprising one hundred and twenty gaming chips lined with brilliant-cut diamonds, forty chips accented by circular-cut yellow sapphires and forty chips accented by circular-cut rubies, each chip inlaid with a meteorite carved in circular outline set between two pieces of crystals; five ivory die and two sets of playing cards en suite, mounted in 18k white gold, chip diameter 4.0 cm, in 18k white gold and brown leather STAHL case.”
The meteorite from which the set gains its name and which adorns the chips is believed to be 800,000 years old.
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