Rare, Frank Sinatra 1968 Caesars Palace, Bronze Plaque

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A fantastic piece of Sinatra & Caesars Palace History offered up for auction. Obtained from the now deceased Estate of Casino Executive, Mr. Billy Maxwell of the Sands & Caesars Palace. we have an item never seen by us or our Casino Antique Associates with all of our combined year's of collecting Las Vegas items of historic & entertainment value. This heavy bronzed toned metal plaque with Sinatra as Caesar on the face, weighs a hefty, approx. 12 ounces. and is approx. 4.1/4 inches across in diameter. This beautiful rare item was specially ordered by Caesars Marketing & Entertainment Departments to commemorate this special 1st. time performance of Frank Sinatra coming over to Caesars Palace from his long time home at The Sands Hotel & Copa Room. Now for a bit of Las Vegas history as told by employees that were t! ... Sinatra owned a small percentage of The Sands Hotel and performed their exclusively. During a famous argument with the Sands Casino Manager, Carl Cohen in the Sands Coffee Shop over no more credit markers for Sinatra, Frank became outraged and cursed Carl Cohen who was sitting in a booth eating. Frank made threats, slurs and other nasty remarks to Carl for cutting him off. Carl who had enough bullying, stood up and punched Sinatra in the mouth, knocking out his front teeth. Frank was given a towel and went to his suite, packed his bags and never came back to the Sands ever again. When the boys at Caesars heard about this, they wooed Sinatra over and signed him up to perform in their famous Circus Maximus Showroom. Frank had a strange request, he wanted his best pal & friend JILLY RIZZO to be hired and be on the Caesars Marque under Frank's name and billing. Frank & Caesars Palace went on to become a great match. We were told that these unique invitations were only given out to Frank's closest friends in the business. Caesars wanted to pack the place with all of Frank's big name entertainer friends. The rest is history! We also offer as a terrific bonus to the lucky winner, this 8x10 REAL, signed glossy photo ... signed by Sinatra in 1982 to Jean & John, who were V.I.P.'s at Ceasars and met with Frank backstage at a later performance. Bonus, this vintage Caesars Palace postcard, and a re-print of the Caesars Marquee black & white photo are included free at no charge! We guarantee the signed photo & unique Caesars invitation are 100%. genuine and authentic. These items are missing in most collections. It does not get any better than this. Good Luck & Happy Bidding! * We combine shipping, only when these items end on the same day & auction. A 50% discount on additional wins as long as the postage and package size does not jump up above the charges incurred by us. In a Hurry? Please do not bid! We travel and it could take 2 weeks to receive your items . International shipping charges; each country charges are different, this takes time. An invoice will be e-mailed to you. Insurance is not available from USPS. At your own risk! Thank you. To protect our good service we process & ship & print labels thru Pay Pal with USPS Tracking. * We recommend the insurance option (domestic only) for your auction items. We package very carefully for transit, however once items are shipped any damage or loss in transit or claims to be filed etc. are the responsibility of your carrier and you the buyer. * When we OOPS! make a mistake, we make it right! We want happy winners! Ebay is part time for us, we don't work on Ebay every day. Please be patient, read our great feedback, we follow thru on all of our commitments. * Nevada residents a sales tax of 7.75% collected for shipments within the State of Nevada. * All scans and images listed by nevadamint are not to be captured, copied, or used by anyone. These images remain the sole property of nevadamint. Thank you! * Emails & Questions , Due to our travel & buying trips around the West, we will try to get back to any questions you may have, however we do not get to monitor ou... read more

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