How much is my pool table worth, and what history is behind it?

Question

I have what seems to be an old bar table from the early 60's. It is an 8', one piece, 1" slate with single coin operation. The table has a plaque on the foot rail end that reads, CITATION "For Lads & Lassies" by Hal Zimmerman, Rockville Centre, New York.

Answer 1

oh my freaking god, that is a rare pice by hal zimmerman who has many antiques, that table is one of the "exquisitive" collection which has 4 tables of which you have one. the last was sold at sotherby's for $750,000 US.

you are very lucky man or are you pulling our legs?

DO NOT LISTEN TO THE GUY ABOVE, I AM A TOP CONTRIBUTOR(SEE MY BADGE) I KNOW MORE THAN HIM, THAT IS A RARE PIECE. THE GUY ABOVE EITHER DOESNT KNOW OR KNOWS AND WANTS YOU TO DISCARD IT OR MAKE YOU LOSE MONEY.

Answer 2

Maybe a 1000 dollars if in good shape with live bumpers and if the slate is patched. I am an installer in Missouri. Single slate tables aren't worth much. They don't meet the Billard College (BCA) guidelines for a competition table. A competition table must have three piece slate one inch thick. You might find someone who will put an asthetic value on it...but it isn't worth much.

When you level slate on a bar table you have to level the slate on the high end then on the sides. The other end will not be level. You have to lower the corner on the unlevel end until the bubble on the machinist level is half the difference of the overall unlevelness then raise the corner that is unlevel to make that end completely level.

In an exaggerated description of the leveling process the sides profile of the slate would look like a sine wave. starting at the bottom of a wave trough and ending at the peak of the next wave. Like a coke wave on a coke can. The other side of the table will be a reverse wave. When you level a table you take or put a twist in the slate to make it level. With 3 pc slate the wave is smaller because it is done to each of the three sections of slate which brings the table closer to true level than on a 1 pc slate.

Sorry but it has little value.

Answer 3

well 4 a billard table coukd run between 500- 10,000