Rarest Table?

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pwd72s

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A local billiard supply had one of those in the 1990s. Similar ornate base, at least. I think they said it was from the 1870s. When was the table in the video from?
 
I always liked Lou Buteras table in his store in Los Angeles.
5X10.... with three sets of detachable top rails.... 25K in the late seventies.
1. Snooker
2. 3 Cushion
3. Pocket
 
ChatGPT's new 5.4 version watched the video and shared the following observations:

Probably accurate: it is an authentic Brunswick Monarch-era table, or at minimum a closely related Brunswick ornate model from the mid-to-late 1870s.

Probably inaccurate: the repeated 1860s dating.

Still unproven: “Cat’s Paw” as an official Brunswick designation, the “experimental precursor” story, and the exact rarity/survivor-count claims.

Bottom line: the video is likely directionally right about the table being very old and very unusual, but the most impressive claims are not backed by the documentation could be found. The safest phrasing would be something like: “an ornate Brunswick Monarch-era table, likely 1874–1878, with a modern collector/seller nickname ‘Cat’s Paw.’”

Earlier notes from the search included:

What I still could not verify is the most dramatic part of the story. I found no period Brunswick catalog, ad, museum record, or auction record using “Cat’s Paw” as an official historic model name. In the search results, “Cat’s Paw” keeps showing up in modern seller/promotional pages and reposts, not in primary documentation.

Likewise, I did not find independent documentary support for the claims that this table was an experimental precursor to the Monarch, that only four or five were made, or that only two survive. Those statements appear to trace back to current marketing and social posts rather than archival records.
 
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