Yesterday, while walking a few blocks from me house, I noticed a matchbook near the sidewalk. Upon closer inspection, it was a vintage Sands matchbook with nearly all the matches intact. How it ended up in our small town (pop. 4,000) all these years later is a mystery. Someone had to be a collector and perhaps lost it, but who..? I did notice it had a value of around $10 on eBay. Had I not been a Vegas regular, I would not have given it a second thought and kept on walking.
It's a message from the other side. Frank Sinatra wants you to get the old crew back together and do one last job together; hit all the Las Vegas strip casinos at exactly midnight on New Year's Eve. :Þ That's an awesome find. I'm super jealous.
Wow! I've been collecting Vegas matchbooks since 1973. $10 a matchbook, I've got to go through the duplicates. I had no idea they had that kind of value. EDIT: and there is a reason-they don't. Here's a 12 pack of iconic places. Current bid $5.99 http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Vintage-Las-Vegas-Matchbooks-From-Classic-Hotel-Casinos-/261153003359?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ccdee975f
Not being an Ebay regular, I might have looked at the wrong price on my matchbook and perhaps it isn't worth $10. thanks for the input Joe.
You should always look at "completed" Items when looking at Ebay. There are plenty of Vegas machbooks that individually sold in the $10 to $40 range! http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=las+vegas+matchbooks&_sacat=&_odkw=completed&_sop=3&_osacat=0&_trkparms=66%253A2%257C65%253A16%257C39%253A1&LH_Complete=1&_sc=1%7C1
Here are the Sands matchbooks: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=las+vegas+matchbooks+sands&_sacat=0&_odkw=las+vegas+matchbooks&_sop=3&_osacat=0&_trkparms=66%253A2%257C65%253A16%257C39%253A1&LH_Complete=1&_sc=1%7C1 See anything that the price is in green (sold) that is familiar?
....Sands Hotel Front Striker Matchbook Cover Las Vegas Nv View similar active items | Sell one like this Time leftec-26 08:28 $9.99...... That is the exact cover as mine. I'd post a photo, but too dumb to do it.
