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A good buddy of mine has a billiards sales and service company in here in
Cincinnati Ohio. His name is Dave Thompson of "Some Assembly Required".
He's recently taken a table in on consignment to sell for a customer. It's
an unusual antique Brunswick "Conqueror" 9 foot pool table similar to the
one on Brunswick's webpage at the link below with the exception of the one
in the picture is a 6 legged 10' table, the table Dave's selling is a 9' ,
four leg version. He's asked my advise on what the table is worth and how
much in the way of restoration he should do on it. As I mentioned in the
subject line, this table came out of the "Marge Schott estate. For those of
you unfamiliar with "Marge", she was the owner of the Cincinnati Reds for
quite a while til she was sort of ousted. She's quite a well known person in
this area and I'm sure baseball fans everywhere have heard some of the tales
of her escapades and statements! She's been somewhat controversial!The table is in pretty good shape, but there are a few spots on the legs
where the veneer is lifting and even missing in some small spots. It is an
ornate table with a lot of marquetry. We were discussing the provenance and
the condition of the table and wondering if anyone here has any idea of the
value? If anyone here has any interest in the table. If the fact that it
belong to someone who was sort of a celebrity had any bearing on the value?
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In my opinion, it is difficult to sell a pool table via ebay since shipping
is a concern so selling it locally would make the best sense. I own two
antique Brunswicks, a Regenia 4 legged that I shoot on and a 6 legged
medalist that is currently stored and I also buy and sell antique brunswick
stuff. The table shown would fetch about 6-7 K depending on the condition
which I'd presume to be good and the willingness of a buyer. Maybe when I
get a chance I'll call Dave and go by and see the table since I'm in the
cinci area. Also, the provenance for this table isn't going to increase the
saleability since Marg wasn't a well know billiards player, just a well know
baseball team owner. Now, on the other hand if you know where I can get a
Rambow owned by Willee Hoppe himself.
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