Lawnboy77,
Thanks for the link, it probably did come with ball storage originally. I probably mis-reported what Mr. Ball told me.
It was just happenstance that I decided to stop by Arthur's shop in Plano. I left several hours before the meeting time with the seller as I just got moved into Royse City from Okinawa Japan and had no idea how long it would take to drive to Plano. I don't remember how I found Arthur's work address and had a hard time finding it when I got in that area. The door was open so my wife and I got out to say hello and see what tables he had for sale.
During our short conversation, I mentioned that I was possibly buying a 1945 Anniversary table. He kind of smiled and walked into the office area and came back with a printed picture of a table. He asked me if that looked like the one I was going see. I'm pretty sure it was the same table picture I had viewed on Craigslist from the seller. That's when he talked about the restoration process. I believe he had a picture of the same table before restoration and it was in terrible shape.
I still have the original hand written receipt from the seller. I may try to contact him for specific details that I just can't remember.
I didn't mention that the light and four billiard chairs are included in my asking price.
Ed K.