1917 Brunswick

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About 10 days ago I found a little flyer on my windshield after playing in a little Danny K's nightly tournament. It advertised a 1917 'fully restored" Brunswick 4.5 x 9 for $1500 - see Ken, no ph #.

Anybody have a comment? Would this be a single piece slate table? Is that a reasonable price? Anybody know Ken? Would this be a massive square legged, six legged monster like we had in the day room in the army?

JoeyinCali- are you hip to this?

Thanks to all for any info.
 
I'm not a table expert by any means, and am not familier with a 1917 Brunswick, but $1500 for any "nice" 4.5x9 slate table sounds like a good price (let alone a "fully restored" 90 year old Brunswick).

If you're in the market, I think it's at least worth a look.

~Chris
 
My dad has a very old Brunswick, Collander, Balke. It is a 8 foot table. The slate is 3 pieces, doweled and framed. I think $1500 is a good price if not a steal.
 
I have a turn of the century 4 1/2x 9 Brunswick and am happy with it. I got it for free and put new superspeed cushions and simonis on it. Nice to have a table at home, I don't have to do anything out of the way to hit balls for 30 min. And that's all it takes, no travel time.
I got the table for free from a relative, but if I had to spend $1500, I'd drop the extra$500 and get a gold crown. There is a noticable difference in the play. For one. the rails bolt on in a parallel manner, instead of perpendicular to the slate. You can reall notice the difference when the ball hits hard. Also, the cut outs for the pockets are not 90deg, so sometimes the balls will hit the back of the pocket and then the angle into it, popping the ball back out. The angle also sucks balls in the pocket at times where they would sit on the lip on a aGCrown.
But I am happy. mostly for the location and price of the table.
 
antiques

a properly set-up antique will play superior to a gold crown, if you have any problems with the way an antique plays it is the pool table mechanics fault not the table. (or possibly the shooters :) )
 
Rocinante said:
a properly set-up antique will play superior to a gold crown, if you have any problems with the way an antique plays it is the pool table mechanics fault not the table. (or possibly the shooters :) )
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i DON'T REPLY W/ ANY SENSE (dAMN cAPS lOCK!) of offense, but I must disagree with your statement. For one, you are generalizing. There are plenty of crappy antiques that will never play as good as a mid-level modern table. In the case of the table I own

http://www.brunswickbilliards.com/our_rich_history/antique_tables/wellington.html

I again point to the manner that the rails bolt to the frame. Mechanically speaking, parallel is not the best angle to eliminate the forces of incoming objects.
And, the guy who did my table did the table for the Challenge of Champions that was in Baltimore MD. He knows his stuff- bet!
 
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