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Vintage Dice Collectors Need Help

I need some help on the potential value of this pair of Dice. It is from the S.S. Lux.
This is what I found out about the S.S. Lux.
This Article was taken from the "History of Gambling" by Anthony Stralla.
"It was noted that one of the early investors in the gambling ships was Wilbur Clark. When the Rex was sold Clark moved to Vegas, recouping his losses in the El Rancho Las Vegas which he bought in 1944.

He converted a surplus Navy mine-laying ship in 1946, opening the S.S. Lux off Long Beach in 1946. His water taxis were seized after two days. He surrendered. He won again in court, but the Coast Guard seized the Lux. It was licensed for coastal trade, they said, but it hadn't done anything but sit off Long Beach. Disgusted, Congress in 1948 outlawed gambling in U.S. Coastal water.
Please email me if you have any information regarding these dice."


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