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96 Vintage Matchbooks: Classic Las Vegas, Mid-Century Arizona & Worldwide Travel
This is a well-rounded collection that has been kept together, spanning roughly the 1950s through the 1980s. It combines old Las Vegas casinos that no longer exist, hard-to-find Phoenix and Scottsdale restaurants, and travel pieces from Hawaii and Asia. The lot has no bulk filler: every book comes from a real place with real history.
LAS VEGAS & NEVADA (casinos now gone)
- The Dunes: several variations, including "Sooner or Later, Your Lucky Hotel," the early sultan logo, the Diamond of the Dunes tower, and Sultan's Table
- Hotel Sahara with the early camel artwork
- Stardust "Home of the Lido de Paris" (multiple)
- Hotel Thunderbird
- Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn
- Flamingo Hotel
- MGM Grand
- Sahara Tahoe (multiple), Harolds, and The Mint
ARIZONA (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Tucson)
Koko, Macayo, The Hungry Cowboy & Plush Horse Lounge, Del Webb's Mountain Shadows, Pepper Mill Steak House, The Other Place, Monti's La Casa Vieja, The Lakes Tempe, Paul Shank's, Pedro's, North Bank, Hobo Joe, O.K. Corral Tucson, and more
Mid-century Phoenix Chinese restaurants: Sing High, Pagoda, Tang's Rice Bowl, Jim Hom's, and General Lee's. These are rarely seen and are great for anyone collecting Arizona or Asian American history.
TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Sheraton Hawaii, Perry Boys' Smorgy (Honolulu), Kyoto Royal Hotel, Fujiya Hotel (Japan), Taipei Hilton, Singapore Airlines, Thai International, and Benihana of Tokyo
POP CULTURE & AMERICANA
The Playboy Club, Bob's Big Boy, Kentucky Fried Chicken with the Colonel, Shakey's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Coco's, Ramada Inns, and more
Condition: [Mostly full / some struck: The lot shows expected age wear, and a few covers have minor scuffs. Please see all photos, since they are part of the description. They were decoratively used in a jar.
The lot ships carefully packed via UPS Ground. Matches can't go by air.
