Circa 1900 33” Mahogany Roulette Wheel & Table “ORIGINAL!!!

[Strokor]

 **4 SALE **Circa 1900s Original Roulette full size Table & 33” Mahogany Wheel manufactured in Chicago, Beautiful!!! It is.
It was stored with care and has not been touched in over 100 years. The felt is ready for play, very healthy.
The 33” Mahogany wheel spins forever!!
  These are getting harder and harder to find as our American West History is slipping away.
This Roulette Wheel and Table is ready for play. It’s selling for $10,000. and if for some reason it does not sell it will sell next year at auction in Colorado I’m certain for much much more.
 Happy Holidays too all
 

[jay]

I don't want to ruffle any feathers. That looks a lot like a John Huxley wheel. I own one similar and its not nearly that old.
The old ones often were made of metal, and the wooden ones would have had real wood inlays that are now typically warped - unless this was stored in a climate controlled environment it would not have been this preserved. Casino environments were harsh so many did not survive after the venue closed. The older units also do not have sealed bearings like the much newer units so their ability to spin forever is greatly muted. The true giveaway about the age is the fact that although double zero roulette was invented in the 1800s the colors were red and black and the layouts only had 28 numbers. The payout was 27:1 -  green wasn't introduced until much later and then only as a single zero game to differentiate itself from the "double pockets". Somewhere along the line gambling in Europe migrated to a single zero game and the double zero game became known as American Roulette - which is strangely the reverse of how the game evolved.

Now the good news is that a wheel in good condition fetches anywhere from $4500 - $8000 by itself and with a full sized table $10k is not out of the ball park.
I would think that the buyer would want to pick it up locally as the wheel itself is very heavy and would be over $500 palleted and shipped cross country.

[FireballJackpot]

$4500-$8000 !!   OUCH!!!   Elite Gaming had one of those EXACT tables buried upstairs with their sound chairs before they closed.  Guess I should have grabbed it!!