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CIRCA 1920's CRAPS TABLE FROM "THE GATSBY ERA"
Dimensions: 10' 7" in length, 4'5" wide, 40" high
This magnificent table is hand-carved mahogany - has all the original accessories, including a set of large, worn old dice with holes drilled through them, various denominations of chips, chip rack and cover, bakelite chip tray, croupier sticks, money box, on, off, buy, sell chips, original money paddle, provenance in 8" x 10" frames used for display, and much more. It is in excellent condition. It was used illegally and professionally at Club Unique also known as Cap's Place just north of Miami in Lighthouse Point. In 1946 Cap's Place was under pressure from the FBI to close down illegal gambling operations, this Craps was moved to New Orleans to prevent it from being destroyed and was used at the "Original Club Forest owned by Carlos Marcello, Al Schorling and the famous Mills Brothers -- Henry, Frank and Arthur." * www. NewOrleansHistorical.org text=According to Al Kleindienst
Caps Place opened around 1928 and received world attention when President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill held a series of secret war conferences right here in "Cap's Place." It isn't recorded if they did any gambling while there. What do you think? The present owner, Tom Hasis, of Cap's Place said Meyer Lansky and many other famous people played on this table. Cap's Place is still open as a restaurant and serves fantastic seafood.
(Affidavit of provenance, appraisals and research books are available to buyer)
This very interesting to read on how "Craps" got it's name
In the early 1800's Bernard Marigny from New Orleans traveled to France to visit his friend, Johnny Crapaud. This game in France was called the "Dice Game." Mr. Marigny liked the game so much that he had a table shipped to New Orleans for him and his friends to play on. This is how the "Dice Game" was introduced to America. Bernard and his friends called it "Johnny Crapauds Game." It was later shortened to "Craps" for Johnny's last name. Bernard was a wild gambler. There is a street in the French Quarter named after him.
* Page 89 - Taken from the Historical Record at Fontainbleu State Park in Mandeville, Louisiana. ( original documentation available to buyer)
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