Inherited V.Loria & Sons table. Information & advice

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Pizza105z

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Good afternoon, my father passed away a few years back and I inherited my grandfathers V.Loria & Sons pool table. I know very little about it but have been told it’s around 100 years old and came out of an old pool hall (most likely on long island). It was professionally disassembled in 2019 when we moved and has been wrapped up in pieces in our storage unit ever since.

The only photo I can find of it assembled is probably 20 years old and not great.

It has leather pockets and a wooden ball return gulley. The slate is pretty thick ( they weigh an insane amount. My best guess would be over 200lbs) It’s in need of a full restoration I believe. When it was last together the felt was all torn up.

My main issue is that I really want to keep it but do not currently have anywhere to put it. My mother wont be paying the storage fees anymore and it’s not too feasible for me to pay $100+ a month to store it.

I would really love some information on my table in general just to get an idea of what I have, how special it might be (besides sentimental value), what model it is, how old it might be stuff like that.

I would also be interested to know what I can do with something like this. I really don't want to get rid of it but if it comes down to it I might have to so I would really like to know how to do that, how much it’s potentially worth, is there a market for it ( I am in South Florida)

I can try to provide more information if needed.

Thank you for any and all help!
 

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I doubt it has any monetary value. You might not be able to give it away for free. Antique tables take a very special buyer. Good pool players only buy used (or new) commercial tables because they play the best, and the used ones are actually very affordable. Casual pool players buy furniture style tables from the local man-cave store. Those tables all end up on Craigslist for free pickup or $200 when they are sick of using the table as a laundry folding table and want their space back.

The antique tables hardly anyone wants. Maybe a wealthy person with a fancy house that wants an antique pool table to match his library shelves. He's the customer that Blatt Billiards sells their $30k restored antiques to.
 
old tables are worth nothing to tons of money. you need to research it and call some of the dealers that sell and restore them. they will give you an idea or even an offer. the more ornate the better.
new younger recreational players have no affinity for them so are not the people to ask.
 
Loria started out in NYC and then his sons ended up in Yonkers NY starting in the 1960s - only as a table distributor from the early 60s until finally closing doors a few years ago. Morphed into mostly a sports trophy business serving all of Westchester county NY - a big business serving all the school and local municipal sports programs for many years after the home pool table business died down in the 70s
 
No big value....and they are a bitch to move.

Find someone with basement space to store it if you ever think you'd put it together. Otherwise sell it cheap.
 
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