ID 1070501
Lot 4 | MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD ROULETTE TABLE "THE KING'S TABLE" FOR SIR HIRAM MAXIM
Valeur estimée
€ 4 000 – 5 000
England.
Date: 1907-08.
Technique: Mahogany, boxwood. Inside green felt amongst others.
Description: Rectangular shape, the slender legs on castors. The top opens and underneath there is a
roulette wheel and small compartments for the tokens.
Measurement: Closed 79x93,5x56,5, opened 77x93,5x113cm.
Provenance:
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired at art dealer John Bly, London.
The roulette table was commissioned by King Edward VII in 1907 from the American inventor Sir Hiram Maxim. He was to develop a tamper-proof roulette table. The table in question was completed and put to the test in September 1908. Lord Rosslyn, a notorious London gambler sat down at the table with a £10,000 stake and lost it all in the course of ten days. The so-called King's Table remained in the possession of the inventor and was later passed on to his grandson, Colonel Maxim Joubert, who then passed it on to his doctor.
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles |
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Allemagne | ||||||||||||||
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| Téléphone | +49 221 92586215 | ||||||||||||||
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| Commission | 32% | ||||||||||||||
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