It's with great sorrow that I have to tell you that Chip Gambino past away Saturday after a long illness. Those that didn't know him personally missed knowing a wonderful person. He was one of my very best friends and I will miss him very much. My heart goes out to his wife Liz and his two children.
Gailen David
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Chip was a great guy. He will be missed.
To Chip's family and friends, my condolences as well. Regards, Leipzig
Sorry to hear of Chip's passing.....
Condolences go to his family...
Good Guy.....
Let me add my condolences as well.
Chip was one of the truly good guys in this hobby.
Dave Hohaus: As a symbol of respect upon the passing of a long term collector the hue of GDC used to be turned "black and white" for a period. Perhaps it would be appropriate to do so now.
Jim
A True Gentleman and one of the most honorable guys in the hobby.
Some of my nicest items in my collection came from Chip. He was always a pleasure to deal with and responded quickly and honourably to any questions or concerns.
My condolences to the family.
This hobby will be diminished without him.
John
Holy smokes.................... I'm shocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! I didn't know he was ill. My condolences to his family and to our collecting community.
His ebay selling was perfect:
chipgbestweb ( 3264 [Feedback score is 1,000 to 4,999] )
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Do we have a pinned memorial of all those who have passed? Would be nice, and have a picture too.
I am shocked as well. He was one of the most pleasant people that I've had the pleasure of dealing with in this hobby. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
the forum and the hobby has lost one of the kingpins very sad day
I'm truely saddened to hear of Chips passing.He was one of the good guys in this hobby who was a pleasure to have known and I for one will miss him.My deepest condolences to his family.
Saddened to hear of Chips passing.
A really nice guy with whom I had great
chats and nice buys.
God Bless you.
Seiler
So sorry to hear that- one of the greatest guys I've known in this field and any field- Mike
A legend and a true gentleman.one of the best.my condolences to his family and to you Gailen on the passing of your friend.
I am deeply saddened to hear of this. I only had one dealing with Mr. Gambino & when I called him we had a couple of very engaging & pleasant conversations. One of the nicest gentlemen you could know with an absolutely unblemished reputation. My sincere condolences to his family and close friends.
Jim,
The leaves the guy earned were turned gray. Chip only ever made one post, so he had no leaves.
I only met him once. At MAX about 7-8 years ago. Nice guy and he'll be missed.
Dave
LIFE IS FLEETING AND MEMORIES CHERRISHED. He will be missed and sorrow is deep.
Gailen asked to post this. Gailen and Der Frog
A couple of mine
another
Interesting fallout from Gailen's picture.
Der Frog tried to sell Chip a bad SA dagger as seen above. You don't do that to a guy called Gambino
Dave
Sorry to hear of the loss of one of the finest in the collecting community.
My sympathies go out to his family and friends.
Thanks Dave for putting the pictures up. That's how I would like to remember him. You don't get the many opportunity in life to have a friends like him. I just can't believe he's gone.
Gailen
Chip and Frog that collected German daggers.
Gailen & Chip.......
Never knew him, never done business with him, etc. However it saddens me anytime a member of the community passes away. RIP.
i second your comments swordfish...
Sorry to hear this sad news.
My sorrow like all go's to the family.Didn't know Chip but his reputation was always there.
While my history with Chip does not extend as far back as many.I will also miss his messages and his way about how he conducted himself. when my dad died he offered to help me with his coin collection in any way he could. I even meet another collector through Chip. Tom Kendall..... Who I beat out by a few ticks of the clock on a very late Alcoso navy. Chip gave me his contact info and I have considered Tom to be one of the few nice guys I have meet via the internet. Over the years Chip would always help me out when he could. After he moved he even cut me some good deals on hang tags for my collection. I think we have all lost a good fellow here. Sure those who knew him will have an empty space. Bret Van Sant
My only contact with Chip was years ago when he sold me a nice pre- RZM Party badge. He was one of the good guys and he will me missed.
I didn't even know he was ill.
Condolences to the family.
-serge-
I had some verynice dealings with Mr Gambino and my sympathies go out to his family and friends Paul
I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and bought a few items from him as well, he was a very nice man, he'll be greatly missed.
Gary
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Originally posted by WW2-Collector:
A True Gentleman and one of the most honorable guys in the hobby.
One of the good guys in the hobby, sincere condolences to his family.
Wow one of the greats is gone, Chip was a great guy easy to talk to and damn he had some of the best pieces ever just thumb through any major reference book and his name appears in the credits of owning some of the best pieces ever to surface, I bought several rare birds off of him in the last 10 years, anyone remember Mike Hansens collection? Most of the top end stuff came from Chip, this is a sad sad day
Don't think I've ever seen an RIP flood, are you done now I hope ?
Well as long as nobody dies I'm good to go. When you have a stroke, one looks at life a bit different.
Only met Chip once but liked him right away! He was a real stand-up guy!