Vintage "Grand Champion" Shuffleboard Salesman Sample by American letter opener New England Telephone & Telegraph

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Vintage "Grand Champion" Shuffleboard Salesman Sample by American letter opener New England Telephone & Telegraphc. 1940s; American Shuffleboard Co. Union City, NJ Painted wooden salesman sample advertising model of the American Shuffleboard Co. "Grand Champion" table, mounted on a streamlined Art Deco style display plinth. The miniature table features red and cream painted rails with turquoise striping, finely turned legs with contrasting pinstriped decoration, and a scored faux wood playing surface replicating the layout of a regulation shuffleboard table. The