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| posted by: millsrd |  Posted - 02/16/2008 at 2:33:54 PM |
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Can I get some suggestions on how to determine the value and opportunity to sell a 1966 8f Brunswick Celebrity Model HY? It's a home billiard table that's in great shape. We're only the second owner in 42 years, and the first owner lives a few doors down, so I know it's been well cared for. We're just empty nesters now and are re-doing our family room.
Any idea what's a good price? It's a one-piece slate top with automatic ball return, all the balls and cues, owner's manual, etc. It also has something of a "retro" look. It's a sleek white metal table with stainless steel trim and a gold colored cloth and rails. Very '60's! |
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| reply #1 by: cbuettner | Posted - 04/06/2008 at 12:48:53 PM |
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Did you find the value? |
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| reply #2 by: millsrd | Posted - 04/06/2008 at 1:01:14 PM |
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Not really. I sold it on Craigslist for $250 and had lots of calls. Could probably gotten $500 more. |
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| reply #3 by: garyrobar | Posted - 04/06/2008 at 1:15:35 PM |
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Can you post up a few images of the pool table for us? It should help us in determining the value. |
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| reply #4 by: millsrd | Posted - 04/06/2008 at 4:23:36 PM |
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I'll try. I don't use message boards often. If it works, I apologize in advance for the messy room where the pool table sat. We're renovating our play room. That's why it had to go. Also, I learned after I'd written this original post that this model table did not have a slate top as a thought, but a composite top that was meant to approximate the quality of slate yet be cheaper to produce and more durable for the moving/shipping of home tables. I told that to the guy who bought it, but he didn't care. He wanted it for a new playroom and kids from his church youth group were to be the primary users.
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| reply #5 by: megs723 | Posted - 08/05/2008 at 5:07:37 PM |
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I have the same table except it has green cloth. To my surprise, it came in the house that I bought several years ago. The cloth is very worn and I found that one of the legs was broken when we tried to move it out away from the wall. Is it worth repairing? |
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| reply #6 by: millsrd | Posted - 08/05/2008 at 9:24:07 PM |
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I'm not a good one to say whether it's worth repairing. While in the process of selling mine I was informed by a potential buyer that this model of table did not have a slate top -- which would have made it much more valuable -- but a top made of something like pressed fiberboard that was meant to have many of the properties of a slate top.
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| reply #7 by: Ginger | Posted - 08/05/2008 at 9:36:31 PM |
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| quote: | Originally posted by millsrd
....but a top made of something like pressed fiberboard that was meant to have many of the properties of a slate top. |
...thats interesting. Where did you read/hear that?I'd love to get more details on that. It seems that it'd be hard to be the "solid" or "weighty" feeling that slate has. |
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| reply #8 by: millsrd | Posted - 08/05/2008 at 9:58:23 PM |
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One of the people who called me about it (as a potential buyer) pointed out to me that the top was "imitation slate." He gave me the trade name for it, and when I looked in the owner's manual I had for the table, I found that it said clearly that it was made of that product and was made to have many of the properties of slate. Also, because it was a processed wood rather than slate, it was better for the home market because the table could be sold for a lower cost and the top would break as easily as a slate one would (making it easier to transport). |
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| reply #9 by: megs723 | Posted - 08/07/2008 at 12:35:15 PM |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ginger
| quote: | Originally posted by millsrd
....but a top made of something like pressed fiberboard that was meant to have many of the properties of a slate top. |
...thats interesting. Where did you read/hear that?I'd love to get more details on that. It seems that it'd be hard to be the "solid" or "weighty" feeling that slate has.
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It's certainly heavy. It took my husband (who's 6"10", 350) and 3 friends to comfortably move it. I was suprised to hear that it's not slate!! (Unfortunately, we don't have an owner's manual.) The problem is that it's in our basement, and we can't get it up the stairs or through the door without breaking it. Who knows how they got it down there. So there's no way that we can sell it whole. Hence, the question of whether or not it's worth repairing to keep... |
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| reply #10 by: guest | Posted - 04/20/2009 at 09:48:39 AM |
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Do you still have the trade name for that imitation slate?
| quote: | Originally posted by millsrd
One of the people who called me about it (as a potential buyer) pointed out to me that the top was "imitation slate." He gave me the trade name for it, and when I looked in the owner's manual I had for the table, I found that it said clearly that it was made of that product and was made to have many of the properties of slate. Also, because it was a processed wood rather than slate, it was better for the home market because the table could be sold for a lower cost and the top would break as easily as a slate one would (making it easier to transport).
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| reply #11 by: guest | Posted - 07/28/2009 at 08:44:28 AM |
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Brunswick called their imitation slate "slatite". |
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| reply #12 by: tinneric | Posted - 09/12/2009 at 07:06:23 AM |
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I have the owners manual for my Brunswick Celebrity. My dad was the original owner. I am having my recovered by a retired pool table tech. He told me that the top is not pressboard, it is encaspulated asbestos. He said it is no threat. He also said it is very hard and a good top. With new felt he said he could sell the table for $750 |
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