What table is THIS???

DeepBanks said:
$800 - $900 would be a very fair price. The Sport King NEW in 1958 was under $550!!!

I put a lot of love and sweat in my restore - its an 8 1/2 footer oversize tournament model. . . Like Jay said these were the table you played on when you were a kid in the Midwest. They were in all the pool halls, bowling alleys, and Uncle Sam bought tons of 'em for rec centers on Army bases.

I paid $1050 for mine in '2005, but I got a new set of Aramith TV balls and two nice cues with a rack . . . then I stripped all woods, re-stained, polyurethaned, bought SS corner cans (new $380 for set), fabricated aprons ($70 in red oak, $15 custom stain) etc. So I was in it about $1,500 without a re-cover. BUT, you have a table built like a tank . . . with a lot of history.

Mosconi set his 526 straight pool record run on a Sport King 8' footer at an exhibition in Ohio!

I'd love to have a Gold Crown, but my son will have my pool table one day, and its still a hell of a table . . . we've enjoyed a lot of father/son "death" matches on it. (He still can't beat the old man!)
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According to the inflation calculator
What cost $550 in 1958 would cost $4034.96 in 2009. :D
 
842ta...The proper way to move a table is to disassemble it. DO NOT try to move it without taking it apart. Sounds like it has some issues. I would not pay $1000, but maybe talk him down to $700 or $800. If you buy the table you will likely want to have it professionally installed wherever the table is going. You should figure that into your budget too. I've seen many people "do it yourself" and end up with a poor-playing table.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

842ta said:
Can the table even be moved or will the slate break off??
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