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CIRCA 1920's CRAPS TABLE FROM "THE GATSBY ERA"
This magnificent table is hand-carved mahogany - has all the original accessories, including the dice, various denominations of chips, chip rack and cover, bakelite chip tray, coupier sticks, money box, on, off, buy, sell chips, original money paddle 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. When Cap's Place was under pressure from the FBI to close down illegal gambling operations, this Craps was moved to Club Forrest in New Orleans to prevent it from being destroyed. 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 resrtaurant and serves fantastic seafood.
You can own a piece of American History and give it a fabulous future!
(Affidavit of provenance, appraisals and research books are available to buyer)
Dimensions: 10' 7" in length, 4' 5" wide, 40" high
This a 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.
** After this table was used at Club Forrest in New Orleans and hidden away for many years, Mayor Ralph James and his wife Rose were taken to an exclusive "Louisiana Hunting Lodge" along the Bayou to see it. A deal was made and this magnificent table was relocated and graced the floor of the Bella Rose Mansion in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.
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