Wonderfully drawn ‘Bark Mitzvah’ book is no dog

In 2005, a pair of C.M Coolidge’s paintings fetched a handsome $590,400 at auction.
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Thu, January 25th, 2007

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  • By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
  • Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
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