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[ImaPoolnut]

Blatt Billiards: A Century Of Pool And Games | Cigar Aficionado

Enter the Blatt Billiards showroom and warehouse in Woodridge, New Jersey, and your eyes will drift upward to the wooden frames of antique pool tables, stacked one on another, climbing to the ceiling. | Cigar Aficionado

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[ImaPoolnut]

For some reason today when I go to that link I get an SSL error. I think the site may be having trouble. Give it a day or 2 and try again, it was amazing how many tables they have and some of the outrageous tables costing 6 digits.

 

[Terry Aeschliman]

Great article indeed !! After reading it, I printed it. 24 pages. I will pass it around the pool room tonight.
Thanks Poolnut

 

[garczar]

I know a guy that priced one of their ground up resto's on a GC. IIRC price was nearly 20grand. That place is like the Smithsonian of pool tables.

 

[bbb]

Blatt Billiards: A Century Of Pool And Games | Cigar Aficionado

Enter the Blatt Billiards showroom and warehouse in Woodridge, New Jersey, and your eyes will drift upward to the wooden frames of antique pool tables, stacked one on another, climbing to the ceiling. | Cigar Aficionado

www.cigaraficionado.com

great article
and really great avatar ImaPoolnut.....

 

[ImaPoolnut]

I know a guy that priced one of their ground up resto's on a GC. IIRC price was nearly 20grand. That place is like the Smithsonian of pool tables.

yeah I found that article searching about some wealthy guy in San Luis Opisbo that paid upwards of $200k for a table from Blatts. I have a 1966 Gold Crown I from a bowling alley in my basement completely refinished myself and it's my favorite table to play on IMO. I've played on $15k Rassons and $10K Diamonds and I'll take my Gold Crown from the era when I think they were making them the best, the early to late 60's.

 

[ImaPoolnut]

Great article indeed !! After reading it, I printed it. 24 pages. I will pass it around the pool room tonight.
Thanks Poolnut

yeah sure does make for some great reading and a window back in time when the game was prestigious and for the wealthy only. Seems like that same tradition holds true today if you wanted one of their tables or a 150 year old relic hand made delivered to anywhere in the world.