It would be impossible to duplicate The Platinum Collection. It's a gem from a world that no longer exists -- except in our imaginations.

These are gems from a world that no longer exists -- except in our imaginations.

Think Sinatra and Dean Martin and Hollywood starlets throwing down chips in Art Deco casinos like the Dunes and Sands. That's where these pieces come from.

Think Sinatra and Dean Martin and Hollywood starlets throwing down chips in Art Deco casinos like the Dunes and Sands, ... That's where these pieces come from.

Interest in the go-go days of Las Vegas is at a peak. George Clooney is building a new casino that'll bring back the days of old Vegas glamour and style. Younger generations are fascinated by the Old West's casinos. These chips and tokens are stunning art from that period.

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.