BROOKS's
GENTLEMEN's GAMING CLUB
Established 1764

Gc brooks 1 2 gn ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 1 2 gn ivory 1 full

Half Guinea – Ivory
26mm c1820 – Ref: 052

Gc brooks 1 gn ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 1 gn ivory 1 full

One Guinea – Ivory
26mm c1820

   £150.00

Founded 1764 by William Almack in Pall Mall
In 1778 moved to 60 St James St Piccadilly.
Manager William Brooks wine merchant and money lender.
Reputation for Heavy Gambling
Members were famous in the arts. politics and nobility

Gc brooks 1 gn white metal 2 full
Gc brooks 1 gn white metal 1 full

One Guinea – White Metal
26mm c1830- 300

Sold
Gc brooks 1 gn dark metal 2 full
Gc brooks 1 gn dark metal 1 full

One Guinea – Copper
26mm c1830- 350

Sold

A gentleman's gambling debts were "debts of honour" to be paid before debts to shopkeepers or tailors and such

Gc brooks 108 ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 57 ivory 1 full

Five Guineas – Ivory
39mm c1820

   £175.00

Gc brooks 174 ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 174 ivory 1 full

Ten Guineas – Red Stained Ivory
39mm c1820

   £225.00

Gc brooks 207 ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 207 ivory 1 full

Twenty Five Guineas
Black Stained Ivory
39mm c1820

   £250.00

Gc brooks 68 ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 68 ivory 1 full

Fifty Guineas Green Stained Ivory with lunate notch c 1820

   £300.00

Gc brooks 28 ivory 2 full
Gc brooks 28 ivory 1 full

One Hundred  Guineas – Ivory
38mm Square c1820

   £350.00