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Vintage Gold Rush Bodie Gambling Set

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:4,250.00 USD Estimated At:8,500.00 - 10,500.00 USD
Vintage Gold Rush Bodie Gambling Set
<Our item number 140188><B>Gold Rush Gambling Set.</B> Gambling set in black leather gilt trimmed box, lined with green felt, made for or put together by William Stillman, apparently a member of &#34;Poker Players of Bodie&#34; during the Gold Rush period. The case, with the exception of a few minor marks and scratches from age, is in overall good condition except for one of two latches missing and a carrying handle missing its holder. Consists of three 7 in. rows of blue poker chips marked PRB &#40;Poker Players of Bodie&#41; plus an additional 4½ in. row of poker chips, a pair of dice and a leather and silver plated flask. Also included: a set of Hart&#39;s Squared Pharo playing cards dated February 1, 1808. In a hidden compartment and lid is a 10 in. Will & Finck Bowie knife with a 5½ in. spear-point blade. The 4½ in. handle is ivory with a 2½ in. hairline crack down one side. The handle has aged to an even yellow patina. Blade has scattered pitting and scratches, particularly o n one side, but overall condition is good. Embedded in same compartment is a metal medallion with an engraved heart on one side and the initials &#34;PPB&#34; extending from the other side and the inscription in the center: &#34;Poker players of Bodie / William H. Stillman / &#39;Goodbye God, I&#39;m going to Bodie.&#39;&#34; <BR><BR>Bodie was originally a ghost town in Northwestern Nevada that began in 1859 as an insignificant mining camp and 19 years later, when ore was discovered, became a full-fledged boom town. It became known as one of the most lawless towns of the West with gun fights, stage coach robberies and armed hold-ups being commonplace occurrences. Legend has it that this well-known reputation caused one young lady, upon learning that her family was moving to Bodie, to pray, &#34;Goodbye God, I&#39;m going to Bodie.&#34; This lament was later repunctuated by a newspaper reporter to read &#34;Good, by God, I&#39;m going to Bodie.&#34; <BR>Estimated Value &#36;8,500 - 10,5 00. <BR><BR>Our item number 140188<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140188.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>