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We have a client who is based in Scarborough , who do to relocating house cannot take the very nice renovated condition Full size Riley Imperial Snooker table with them .
This table has a retail value of in excess of £4500 plus vat and delivery .
I have explained current table prices to my client , and we have settled on a price of £2000 for the table with all accessories and lighting as it stands in the room .
This price does not include any removal costs , or transporting and delivery or set up costs .
But I ask you this before you skip and look at at lower cost options that are not made with the finest materials that todays rubbish are made from .

This light coloured Mahogany table is made from the finest timbers probably Brazilian / Honduras mahogany , the slate will be or should be Welsh slate , none of your inferior Portuguese / Brazilian . or very soft often out of true Chinese slate .
Some hand floated Italian slate is good though so even if it has these then still a good table .
I will ask for a photo of the underside to study the slates to see what they are .
you are looking at quality in every aspect of material and craftmanship in this table .
There looks to be a twin bolted frame , most are single bolted these days .
The cushions and pockets alone are worth £1500 to add to any standard club table to bring up to Match play spec .
Burroughs and watts style steel block cushions have been used to upgrade the Imperial style square tapered leg table .
Cloth is in good order , but has the usual tracking marks in the corners .
The cloth could be refitted , and some tracking will be stretched out down the pocket area .
In my opinion from the photos provided , the cloth is in good order and there is still a few years of home play use left in this cloth .

The table is on Ground floor if you wish to arrange collection yourself , then use a billiards firm to erect for you once you have it in your room .
You do not have to use GCL billiards , you can use any billiards firm in the country or the UK to do the work for you .
But GCL Billiards will quote you for the dismantle and the setting back up , if you wish , as long as it is going to a Ground floor no more than one step .

A full Twin double tube Peradon luminaire is included , I think these where around £250 to £300 they are the proper branded Peradon ones .

Top quality Aramith Tournament ball set , Brush and blocker plus ball position marker included
along with triangle .

Scoreboard included .
there are some rests included too

Long Tackle and extender cross rest included .

We have a client who wishes to sell their full size snooker table for just £250
and it includes several ball sets including table bowl set
All the cues you see in the photo , the lighting , and a scoreboard .
Priced to sell quickly , buyer to arrange dismantle and collection .

THE TABLE IS BASED NEAR FLEET HAMPSHIRE GU51 area.

As you can see it is complete , and comes with every accessories that you see on the table plus scoreboard and lights
Email Geoff at c.large@btinternet.com for more more information .
or phone
01159 725355 or 077534 66064 . ask for Geoff .

NOW SOLD ….NOW SOLD ….NOW SOLD !

The table has sold .

NOT FO SALE ANYMORE .

Sold as viewed on site from photos or by viewing before purchase .

We have a client wishing to sell there very top end model that Burnley billiard works produced ,
I have moved one of these before and that one was used by Rex Williams .
this is an identical model with its oversized squared off balloon legs .
the table looks very well made and solid table and is in excellent order , The cloth is in not bad condition and could be refitted back on .
The polish also looks in good order and not your usual scratched and scuffed working men’s club table .
the Price of £1000 is very good for this well made table , this is an on site price for the table and accessories as found .
Dismantle transporting and unloading and setting back up can be priced up through Geoff at GCL billiards , We do not do stair installs anymore though but you are free to use which ever billiard company you wish to choose .

Contact Geoff with your full post code and confirmation your install is on Ground floor and involves no more than one step or threshold ., and I will then give you a price based on miles travelled and if one or two days are involved .
Relocating is not a parcel force or Courier job , it involves two fitters and a van , the equipment to move the slates and the knowledge and experience to dismantle and set a table up . it is not a man and a van job .

Geoff Large at GCL Billiards has been in the billiard fitting trade for 47 years , first working for his uncle , then in 1980 he joined Elston & Hopkin billiards of Nottingham , working for Elston’s until 2012 , since 2012 working Self Employed billiard fitter to present day .
We do things a bit different when selling tables , we like to put buyer in touch with seller , rather than have a large premises storing tables and the expense or rent and rates , we try and do Private direct sales and move the table direct from premises to premises rather than have the added costings that go with resale of tables from a show room .
this way the Buyer gets the table at a very reasonable price and then adds the fitting charges to the Price , this total can be from 1/3rd savings upwards of retail prices of buying from a dealer .
Often we save the buyer not only Hundreds but into the thousands on the purchase of a table .
We then do not have the expensive overheads of Workshop / Warehouse / and showroom , Thus passing on those savings to our buying Clients .
And the seller gets a quicker sale as most sales are due to house move or room required for other purpose .

Not ready for the table yet , no worries as long as you have a Garage on site we can also Bubble wrap at cost of bubble wrap and tape , We will then put the table for storage on your site or Home , it does not take a lot of room up when dismantled and can be stored down the internal side of a garage taking up about 16 strip inch of space from the inner side wall .
but it is best you have your room ready or at least the flooring and ceiling done so you can have the table installed on delivery .

Buyer arranges collection
We have a client who wishes to sell their 9ft table complete with all accessories as per photos .
a good three welsh slate refurbished period table .
I do not know the actual manufacturer but Herbert Holt has a plaque on stating he refurbished it at some point in its life .
Polish looks in good condition .
Tulip carved mahogany legs with scrolls .

Herbert Holt was a billiards player born 1909 who formed a billiard repair company , son of another billiards player Willie Holt .

please contact Geoff at GCL billiards for further details

at c.large@btinternet.com

**** SOLD SUBJECT TO HOLDING DEPOSIT PAID .

It may require a re-cloth if you are picky , but cloth is good for a year or so in club use as it is .
my advice is go with whats on it and decide after a year if you wish to have a new cloth fitted .

This one is not to be missed and priced to sell , They are priced at £13000 new , check Riley web site for Aristocrat with steel cushions ,
This one is £3000 as is on site .
No score board or balls or lighting , are with the table but all rests are as seen in photo are .
any dismantle loading travel unloading and set up is extra to the advertised price .
if you require a quote for this work then please contact Geoff at GCL billiards with your post code .
We only do Ground floor installs .

Study the Photos , you will see that the woodwork is of exceptional condition , the cloth is also good ,
also the rubber is very good too , maybe the start of track wear marks in the corner pocket openings on the bed cloth , which will move a bit and will stretch down the fall on a restretch a bit .

The rests you see and hooks are all included , also the triangle , The seller is keeping his own set of match play balls and the scoreboard .
the last time I hade one of these up for sale on the web site with Steel cushions , it sold within a couple of days , also at the same price as this one .
They do not hang around long and if you compare them with a TV Tournement Chinese star table the Aristocrat are a better table .
This one has not been messed with and had the legs sprayed silver or gold , Proof it has good woodgrain legs of higher quality than those sprayed silver .
as the best wood grained ones where kept for pollished wood .

If you are a high class player or even a keen person who requires one of the best made TOURNAMENT tables for modern game play , then this is the table to buy .
It would be my own choice out of all the tbales that have been used on TV tournaments these where the best model .
And the most asked for when people looking for a Tournament steel cushion table phones to ask do I know of any second hand ones available .
It is priced to sell at just £3000 as is on site , I would say after a move relocation set up and a 30 oz Strachan 6811 tournament re-cloth you may get a little bit of change from £5000 maybe a bit more if you wnated a Hiansworth match cloth on it .
Price for any move will require post codes and the more we have to travell and maybe stop over if extra long distance , then the more it will cost .

As you can see almost mint find one better for £3000

TABLE NOW SOLD !

We have a client who is willing to sell their immaculate corner bevel faceted square leg snooker table .
SQUARE LEGS DO NOT COLLECT DUST like turned leg ones do .
And they are more contempery looking to fit most decors .
The polish on the woodwork and the cloth condition can only be described as mint condition
The table is located near Lytham St Annes Blackpool area .
Price includes Scoreboard balls and all rest equipment and a dust cover Buyer to arrange and pay for dismantle and relocation from a Ground floor Garage that was converted to snooker room .
so an easy pick up .

As the photos show the table is in Mint condition , and will not require an expensive re-cloth or nets , or nets and leathers or even re-rubber , which can be very costly , this table is ready for play it does not require any work to get it to that standard it is already there , cloth can be re-stretched back on .
price does not include dismantle and relocation and set up …contact Geoff at GCL billiards for a price to do this with your post code , we only do ground floor installs NO STAIRS …but you can use any Billiard firm to do the relocation the sale is not dependant on using GCL billiards but we are a top class firm in the art of relocating tables .

****SOLD within Five days of advertising .. 2 where after it ,,, sold to first one to complete purchase , Selling client delighted .
and so is the Buyer . Qulaity table , that if made to day would be very expensive to produce in Oak and steel cushions .

A very nice Oak Burroughs and watts billiards table circa around 1920/30s
Oak has a nice 1/4 sawn pattern . which means it was constructed from selected oak plank pieces in the factory and not just any low grain offcutts .

My client is very realistic in his pricing of the table which is located near to Stroud in the west of England .
The table is on the Ground floor , it will in my opinion require a full renovation of the playing surface , cloth and rubber , maybe upgrade the nets and leathers but I think it may lose it’s old ORIGINAL charm to replace billiard bag nets with ball rail nets and rails .

any one interested in this full size Billiard /Snooker table contact Geoff Large at GCL billiards for further information , and I will pass on your details to the selling client , who will then give me permission to let you have his contact details .
Burroughs and watts are regarded as one of the best billiard table manufacturers some say the rolls royce of billiard firms , but I think George Wright and Orme & sons are also on a level of B&Watts , Burroughs & Watts where credited with the first use of Steel braced cushions known as steel vaccum or Steel block cushions , which is still used to the same design on modern match play tables of today on TV .
Steel cushions give you a better ball responce in rebound and speed off the cushions , plus lower noise when the ball hits the cushion , not so much of a thud sound which a normal full wood cushion often sounds like .
There are a few mahogany B&WEatts tables for sale but Oak ones only come up now and again , not saying it is rare to find but not as many as mahogany for sale .
which is a good point for our selling client , as I do not think the table will be up for sale long at this price .
Contact Geoff or Carol Large by email

to c.large@btinternet.com

NOT one to be missed , they do not often come up for sale often in this condition , and my clients are being very realistic in price for this table and the accessories .
You would pay much more from a dealer , so buy direct from the PRIVATE SALE OWNER through GCL Billiards .
GCL Billiards offer you this table at a direct to selling client price , believe me you are saving a lot of money buying this way for this table .

THE TABLE is located in Great Missenden Buckinghamshire on the Ground floor .


This Arts and Crafts style table was manufactured by the well Known Burroughs and Watts Billiards firm circa around 1920/30s , it can only be described as a top of the range table in its day , The oak stringers of the refectory table and carved legs and mouldings plus the ebonised inlays , makes this table a bit above the norm of a basic turned leg design .
The Polish looks in good order as does the cloth , my client did say it went through a refurb some years ago and has not had much use since then , any buyer could have the original bed cloth re-stretched back on .

So there you have , the complete table with the three main accessories is priced at £6500 .
the price does not include the collection of the table but I can give an estimate of what the costs would be .
To Dismantled this table and bubble wrap it , the cost is going to be £550 , plus 50p per mile round trip
To deliver and set up on ground floor ( NO STAIRS ) with parking and no parking restrictions unloading , unwrapping and erect ready for play it would be £650 plus 50p per mile .
Very long distance may add and extra days travelling fee plus any B&B and E/Meal charges for the fitters .