When was a girl, my Grandpa bought a pool table for the family to play out in a sunroom when they visited. He was practical, salt of the earth, agricultural raised kind of guy living in Orange County, CA back when there were still avocado and citrus groves. Like I could picture him ordering a pool table from Sear’s or something. Or perhaps a second hand table that was a good quality play,
My best guess is the pool table became part of the home in the early 1970’s? So for sentimental reasons we moved this pool table up to Northern California. We did it ourselves borrowing a box trailer for cars. The table had a few cob webs, dust, and the original green felt was torn years in the covered patio sun room. However, essentially the table itself was still in good shape. I recall my husband sanded off the feet a bit to have them look a little smoother and there is still a little patina on the score keeper frame.
We can’t find any pictures online that actually resemble this table to determine the make and model. It’s a single piece of slate and Weighs a lot, it was a lot of work for us to load it on a trailer and then get it in our home. We did it for a labor of love and now we have moved to East Coast. We are trying to decide if sentiment should prevail on moving it again or if we sell it, how should we list it for sale in San Francisco Bay Area if it is foolish to pay for moving of a table that isn’t worth the expense?
I recall when we had someone come out to reflect it and balance the feet, he didn’t know exactly what the table was. However, he said it has a nice play. Good solid feel and single piece of slate plays nice. We honestly didn’t use it much because my husband worked graves, my son swings, and someone was usually sleeping in our house or we weren’t home at same time. Now that my husband retired and sleeps at night, we might have awake time together but we are relocating to area we don’t have friends of family and there is a pandemic, so it may be years before we invite any new friends into our home.
We are trying to ascertain what Grandpa bought and if it’s more a trio don’t sentimental lane then a valuable vintage table, perhaps it’s time to have someone list it for sale along with our previous home. If it’s a treasure we didn’t recognize because I was merely being sentimental and salvaging something from country property that is now a subdivision, then I don’t want to be stupid just because this is an inconvenient time that we can’t fly back and forth from coastlines. Knowing my Grandpa and Grandma, they would want me to make an informed decision, then be comfortable if I weighed out the pros and cons of a decision. I just don’t understand what this table is? I know I can’t easily search the web and locate another that looks just like it, so how may I make and informed decision on whether the cost of moving this table can be justified when there are many others for sale locally near our home. Unless, the single piece of slate makes it worth the expenses?
Any guidance is appreciated. Our realtor moved it into dining room in photos and the felt was SF 49er sports room motif when we lived in the house. There is a tag on the bottom but not familiar with pool table makes and models to decipher it.
Thank you for taking a look please.
My best guess is the pool table became part of the home in the early 1970’s? So for sentimental reasons we moved this pool table up to Northern California. We did it ourselves borrowing a box trailer for cars. The table had a few cob webs, dust, and the original green felt was torn years in the covered patio sun room. However, essentially the table itself was still in good shape. I recall my husband sanded off the feet a bit to have them look a little smoother and there is still a little patina on the score keeper frame.
We can’t find any pictures online that actually resemble this table to determine the make and model. It’s a single piece of slate and Weighs a lot, it was a lot of work for us to load it on a trailer and then get it in our home. We did it for a labor of love and now we have moved to East Coast. We are trying to decide if sentiment should prevail on moving it again or if we sell it, how should we list it for sale in San Francisco Bay Area if it is foolish to pay for moving of a table that isn’t worth the expense?
I recall when we had someone come out to reflect it and balance the feet, he didn’t know exactly what the table was. However, he said it has a nice play. Good solid feel and single piece of slate plays nice. We honestly didn’t use it much because my husband worked graves, my son swings, and someone was usually sleeping in our house or we weren’t home at same time. Now that my husband retired and sleeps at night, we might have awake time together but we are relocating to area we don’t have friends of family and there is a pandemic, so it may be years before we invite any new friends into our home.
We are trying to ascertain what Grandpa bought and if it’s more a trio don’t sentimental lane then a valuable vintage table, perhaps it’s time to have someone list it for sale along with our previous home. If it’s a treasure we didn’t recognize because I was merely being sentimental and salvaging something from country property that is now a subdivision, then I don’t want to be stupid just because this is an inconvenient time that we can’t fly back and forth from coastlines. Knowing my Grandpa and Grandma, they would want me to make an informed decision, then be comfortable if I weighed out the pros and cons of a decision. I just don’t understand what this table is? I know I can’t easily search the web and locate another that looks just like it, so how may I make and informed decision on whether the cost of moving this table can be justified when there are many others for sale locally near our home. Unless, the single piece of slate makes it worth the expenses?
Any guidance is appreciated. Our realtor moved it into dining room in photos and the felt was SF 49er sports room motif when we lived in the house. There is a tag on the bottom but not familiar with pool table makes and models to decipher it.
Thank you for taking a look please.
Its your house and your table, and you can do whatever you want, of course
