Interesting, but 1862?
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/atq/d/antique-pool-table-for-sale/6771102821.html
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/atq/d/antique-pool-table-for-sale/6771102821.html
How old is this pool table?
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One photo there shows the label and I think it says Oct 10 1887.
My bud has a similar table that is an 1890-something, but isn't as fancy as this one, with the lion heads
and all that. If put into playable condition, it's the nuts. Thick slate, solid as any table ever.
Buy it, imho.
Jeff Livingston
My bud has a similar table that is an 1890-something, but isn't as fancy as this one, with the lion heads
and all that. If put into playable condition, it's the nuts. Thick slate, solid as any table ever.
Buy it, imho.
Jeff Livingston
I'm not a buyer. I already have one table in storage. I only have a thousand square feet of living space at the moment.
Looks like a Brunswick Pfister, it would most likely be from the late 1800's.
Brunswick has been making pool tables since 1845
Anyone who knows anything about pool tables learned it from Brunswick.
Trent from Toledo
Brunswick has been making pool tables since 1845
Anyone who knows anything about pool tables learned it from Brunswick. Trent from Toledo
I played on that table a couple of times when I was a kid. It played pretty good. Of course it was a new table then. 
That looks like a project.
It also looks like a 5x10. The text in the Brunswick description above says 5x10 is carried in stock but the table can be made in a larger size if requested.
It also looks like a 5x10. The text in the Brunswick description above says 5x10 is carried in stock but the table can be made in a larger size if requested.
Pfister................
https://www.billiardrestoration.com/antique-pool-tables/pfister.htm This place does REALLY nice work.
https://www.billiardrestoration.com/antique-pool-tables/pfister.htm This place does REALLY nice work.
And they might be the best customer for the table on Craigslist. I imagine their old Brunswick tables sell for $10,000 and more.
What's the biggest pool table you have ever seen?(non snooker)
For American pool, 5x10. I have seen a pyramid table, which is sort of a pool table, and I think it was close to 6x12.
The Brunswick ad above implies that the larger sizes were for "the English games." Wales should be offended.
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planning!
Obviously that is the prototype component and they aren't planning to patent it until 1887. That is planning ahead!
Reminds me of the egyptian tour guide. He showed the tourists two sarcophaguses, A large one and a smaller one. Somebody asked who was in the larger one. "Cleopatra".
"Who is in the smaller one?"
"Cleopatra as a child."
Hu
Obviously that is the prototype component and they aren't planning to patent it until 1887. That is planning ahead!
Reminds me of the egyptian tour guide. He showed the tourists two sarcophaguses, A large one and a smaller one. Somebody asked who was in the larger one. "Cleopatra".
"Who is in the smaller one?"
"Cleopatra as a child."
Hu