I'm trying to figure out the history/pedigree of this table - it is my late father's -- we used to live in Westchester so I know it's legit. Have tried to e-mail customerservice@loriaawards.com but it keeps bouncing... thanks for any insights! ~Jill
Anyone with intel on this vintage V. Loria & Sons 9-foot table?
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Contact Blatt Billiards just Google it.
I live in Yonkers where the Loria store used to be. I'm 100% positive they closed shop and retired. Like the previous poster said, you're better off trying to contact Blatt Billiards to see if they can help.
Loria was on Central avenue in Yonkers- my home town! I believe that they moved up to Yonkers from NYC in the early 1960s. Table is most likely 1920s/30s and I am just not sure if they manufactured their own tables in NY way back then or rebranded Brunswick's or some other NY area table manufacturer. By the time they got to Yonkers, I believe that all of their tables for sale in that showroom were rebranded models and also other manufacturer represented brands such as Brunswick.
Looks like a rebadged BBC table to me, but the inlays on the legs may have been done by Loria
According to a post from Loria on Instagram, they were having a relocation sale in July of 2024. They went silent after that, and never announced a new location. Their website is redirected to a Pinoy cooking site.
Loria in Yonkers did not deal in high end cues. They moved to Yonkers to capture the family home billiard room market after the Hustler movie. They were not a go to place for true players- smart move as they captured Westchester county suburb money and eventually morphed to full family home game room stuff and an even bigger sports trophy business for many many years as pool died down. They were the go to sports trophy business for every institution within a 50 mile radius for a long, long time.
Did they relocate after the 2024 sale or just disappear?
It's a good-looking, solid, antique table. It will play and last a lot better than most modern "antiquey" tables. If they can find a buyer who recognizes that, and it fits their room design, I can see maybe $5k as a sale price.
Blatt can probably date it, but I'm guessing close to 100 years old.
You can cut em in the side pocket from almost anywhere on the table with this oldies!Proper 14.1 pockets
V. Loria & Sons on the corner Bowery and Kenmare was my go to back in the mid 80's. After a succession of $25 cues from Modell's, I treated myself to a real cue. Real cue meaning no more screw on tips and maple shaft not ramin wood 
$50 in 1989 got me a sneaky pete with micarta joints. Bought all the supplies to refelt my frat's pool table.
In the movie The Color of Money there is a shot of the tournament board V. Laura vs Fast Eddie. When I saw that scene, I wondered if Tom Cruise's character was named after the store?
I think by the mid 90's their Manhattan location closed, and only Yonkers was left.
$50 in 1989 got me a sneaky pete with micarta joints. Bought all the supplies to refelt my frat's pool table.In the movie The Color of Money there is a shot of the tournament board V. Laura vs Fast Eddie. When I saw that scene, I wondered if Tom Cruise's character was named after the store?
I think by the mid 90's their Manhattan location closed, and only Yonkers was left.
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I had 4 1/16th corners on my 10', side were pretty damn tight too. Yes, not original lol
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I have two tables a Gold crown 2 and an antique
Saunier-Wilhelm. The S.W. is a T rail table and plays terrible. Some of those older tables are almost just decorator pieces.
They really don't play that good. I've had the rails redone and whatever could be done to it and it is still just not a good table to play on. Surprisingly it has a ball return made of wood that goes down through the center of the table and then drops into a box at the end.
Still have a Loria cue purchased in 1980 from the Bowery LocationV. Loria & Sons on the corner Bowery and Kenmare was my go to back in the mid 80's. After a succession of $25 cues from Modell's, I treated myself to a real cue. Real cue meaning no more screw on tips and maple shaft not ramin wood
In the movie The Color of Money there is a shot of the tournament board V. Laura vs Fast Eddie. When I saw that scene, I wondered if Tom Cruise's character was named after the store?
I think by the mid 90's their Manhattan location closed, and only Yonkers was left.
they as well as most of the old solid tables play very well for home tables. pockets are different and rails react different from the modern tables that gold crown started.
no they are not present pool room tables or tournament ones and cannot be made to be.
but great for home rooms for the casual player which is the real market for pool tables.
no they are not present pool room tables or tournament ones and cannot be made to be.
but great for home rooms for the casual player which is the real market for pool tables.