Here's some links to before and after pictures of mine. Are all those white lines inlays or are they painted on? Looks like a gingerbread table, lol. I sanded between coats of Varathane on the rails where I didn't on the rest of the table. I spent a little more time on the rails because I wanted them to be close to perfect. Also time could be saved by doing the whole thing at once. In the late Victorian period until the 1930s, pool table designs featured solid hardwoods, inlaid ivory diamond sights, marquetry work, Roman style leaf motifs, and/or geometric Greek key patterns borrowed from the architecture of the ancient world. In a heated space, two coats of finish could be applied in a day. In the late 1800s and early 1900s in the United States, the majority of tables were produced by Brunswick-Balke and Brunswick Balke Collendar. 5th day second coat of finish and apply trim. 4th day turn over, 1st coat of finish 2nd side, paint trim pieces. I did one section at a time (4 sections) and had to wait for coats of paint and Varathane to dry. Given the weather (cold and wet), it took me a little over a month. The sides are compound construction, being tongued and grooved and glued. The ornamental blocks have a projection of 5 7/8 in. I hate moving them but I would like to have a restored one. This table has what is known in our factor as the Jumbo frame word, which mans that it is unusually heavy and substantial. I have a place in my heart (and in need of a new back bone) for T-rails. But if you have one non-restored in good condition they can rack in some coin. If it is in junk condition it doesn't matter if Misconi blessed the table. And maybe help add or detract a peice to your puzzle.Īs for the value. I'm just relaying what I think the situation is. I remember putting 3 in on that similar table. The thing about it is your table and his look nothing alike. He said it was a "1920's Brunswick Balke-Collender REGINA model". The man also mentioned the name of his table. I told the guy that by showing that picture he gave me nightmares because probably a week or 2 before that I did one exactly like his. The after picture had a picture of the table. In this post I included Greg’s love of billiards, how he acquired many of the tables, the value of an antique billiard table and the difference a Peters Billiards antique table has over others. Someone showed a picture of them converting a Garage into a pool room. A few months ago I posted about our new Antique Pool Table Showroom that we opened up at the end of September 2016. favorite this post Nov 3 Garage Sale on Lasater St. favorite this post Oct 25 pool table 1,000 (Bulverde ) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. oak hoosier, medallion- back setee, gramaphonc, 2 earlv 1900s Whittall. Brunswick Billiard / Pool Table 1,900 (13775 FM 725, Seguin, TX ) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. And thanks to a wide and shallow hunk missing on the slate and him getting Simonis cloth it was a pain to get right.Īlso not to long ago I got on a discussion on "Myspace" about pool table rooms. Restored antique Brunswick pool table with inlaid woods: 15,000.
I remember working on a Collender T-rail not to long ago.