Columbia Gaming Table

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Although its history is undocumented, the factory worksmanship in this elegant and sophisticated gaming table would place it in the family of Grafonolas-as-furniture, along with the Columbia Regent, Baby Regent, and Colonial. There is no decal in this example, but at least one contemporary advertisement for this gaming table has been discovered.

The top lifts up to reveal a Grafonola mechanism. Larger image