[CarltonHendricks]

The seller confirmed my concern the base was very heavy so I asked him to remove the table from the base to keep it from getting damaged in shipment....Matter fact I went over how to pack it since it looked so fragile...One of the main things to keep an item from damage is wedging...that is after it's wrapped in bubble wrap or what ever it has to be wedged into the box with padding (wadded up paper, not useless peanuts) so it can't shift...not too tight and not too loose...The centrifugal force to a loose item in a box when dropped can cause more damage to an item than one that is wedged. Anyway....wow the seller did a fantastic pack job...one of the best I've seen and it got here in perfect condition...Tonight I got around to screwing the table back down on the base and got it installed in my collection....

The detail is much finer that I expected...the maroon colored table and the painted yellow trim is really striking when you examine it close and the table isn't wooden like I thought but metal...It seems like it's got tobacco smoke stains on it like it was in a smokey bar a long time.....And it's definitely old...has a little grime built up in the corners. The seller said the lady he got it from was about 90 years old and owned bars in St Louis..The eBay listing was wrong when it said it was 18" wide...it's actually 19 3/4" wide