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Here we have what only can be described as a mint condition OAK Signature Huntsman 6ft pool table ,
Only being sold due to my Clients late fathers passing , he only purchased it 6 months ago at a cost of over £4400.00p .
This is a 6 foot table and comes with three sets of balls , reds and yellows / Spots and stripes pool balls , a snooker set , triangles x2 one is a diamond , snooker scoreboard , matching table tops , dust cover , a very nice themed pool light , cues and a X rest . most of these where extra costing to the table .
Being a 6ft these are not bad to move and relocate , just a small transit type van and few blankets is all you need .
Or you could find a trusted firm to relocate it for you . GCL Billiards will quote you to bubble wrap or blanket wrap load , deliver and set back up to Ground floor , or advise for a more local fitter , if that works out at a lower cost .
We have a chain of contact fitters dotted around the country , who would be happy to quote any buyer to relocate the table , you do not have to have GCL Billiards to move the table for you
The table has multi leveling pads under the slate look at last photo , so you will not get any slate sagging from this table .
All you see in the photos is with the table accesories wise .
The cloth that is on it is Strachan Super fine in silver grey . an extra upgrade to the normal thick club cloths that come on them as standard .

Now price wise the Selling owner would be willing to let all this go for £2500 buyer arrnages collection , and thats a very good price for one of these in this almost Mint condition 6 month old table .
As you can see the Owners father did not get chance to play on it much , before he sadly passed away .

That is a massive saving of £1900

Be the envy of our friends with this craftsman made Pool Diner at a fantastic saving .
If you want your table to make an impression and stand out , and is good to play on , then this may be the pool dining table for you , as for oak dining tables , price one of those up in oak and see what a normal dining tables cost made to this U leg design in solid oak legs .
Ball return drawer , pushes up and out the way , and is hidden when not in use , most people would not know it was a pool table .
The fact it can convert just by taking the tops off to a pool table and dropping the ball return drawer down , is a bonus .
And for all you Men who want a pool table in the house and the wife says no way , then talk her round with this bad boy .
She may love it just as much as you will as a piece of furniture .
Years of fun , a great design for the home as a dining table , a family heirloom to pass down from Parents to son or Daughter , or Grandchildren .
Mush better than those boring pub pool tables that do not fit into house decor .
this one is for the Home …not the Garden Shed or Garage man cave .

Contact Geoff at c.large@btinternet.com
for more information and dismantle delivery and fitting back together costs ,
Table is based in the Coventry / Nuneaton area not far from Junction 3 of the M6 .
As a private sale direct from seller with no middle men fees, We advise a buyer to view and to try the table out before buying .

We have a client who is selling all her billiard room equipment sepperatley from the table .
please look at other items listed sepepratley to this , for any other pieces you may be interested in , there are 6 very nice cues for sale too , two handspliced .
this advert is just for the cue rack

Here we have a very nice tall pedastal rotating cue rack , I think 8 cues per side and there are three sides , so this rack will take 24 cues , a very nice piece of billiard room equipemnt to display your cue collection .
£750 please , I sold one exactly the same a couple of years ago for that price .
this cue rack will dismantle for transport but seller prefers collection .

A smaller modern repro chinese round standing rack is £600 at john parrots sportshop on line , why buy a low cost one at that price when this one is just a bit more , have a look just compare the quality

https://www.johnparrottsports.com/snooker/table-accessories/snooker-room-equipment/peradon-tall-circular-cue-stand-1265.html?site=froogle&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18507985908&gbraid=0AAAAAD3tzejh1M5xnziwG_AHmw-kzLkBL&gclid=CjwKCAjw2brFBhBOEiwAVJX5GAXcin7bzMxPSvDCqwXfrS9WVQC8Qkl7CwfZdKxBH9lsRIKBmS-DTxoCJ-8QAvD_BwE

Private Sale from client

Very nice to find these for sale , and these are Genuine ones not copies or repro .
A bit of staining which proves originality of Age .
Original frame and glass .
£195.00p collected .

All enquiries to Geoff Large
GCL Billiards

We have a client who is selling a few Snooker and billiards items
and in the room we have a nice Billiards glass display case , a montage of billiard items
Diplayed in such a way to incur interest and curiosity to the display .
Also a nice 3D wall art of crossed Billiard cues , R F knight which is a modern Repro sign
My client would like £195 for the pair collected .

All enquiries to Geoff Large at GCL Billiards

We have a selling client who has a very nice VERY RARE maker of John Pook for sale
A very rare collectable item ( find another ) .
Not a name that I am familiar with , so I asked Billiards Historian Peter Ainsworth for his view on this board . We value it at £495 it could be worth more but we think this value is spot on .
A couple of ivory buttons missing , and these could be found from some billiards firms who have spares or oddments lying around .
but in very good working order .

Free standing and not wall mounted boards are very hard to find and this board is unusual .

Peters observation on seeing the photo of this FREE STANDING board
please note this board is 3 foot 9 inch wide and 5 foot 2 inch high

The John Pook scoreboard is very rare. I haven’t seen another. I’ve attached a brief summary of Pook’s career from which you can date it as most likely between 1866 and 1871, although it could be as early as 1854. I suspect that as the style looks even earlier than that it would do very well at auction.

link to John pook

file:///D:/GCL%20Billiards/Downloads/Pook%3B%20John%20(London)%20(2).pdf

We have a client who wishes to sell a Genuine 1950s Burrows and Watts
BURWATT CHAMPION CUES
A full length not messed about with but slightly off true in straightness , my client is saying 4ft 11 inch but it may well be 58 inch .
The badge are in great condition , this cue only every being used in a private home .
It is priced at £295 ….NO OFFERS
This cue is the same sought after model hand spliced cue as used by the late GREAT ALEX HIGGINS
In my youth these cues where the cues every one wanted , always fetched top money when coming up for sale , and these prices are very good .
Ask a good hand spliced cue maker today to hand make one of these , and you would not get any or much change from £1000 , per cue .
In fact look on ebay for the same cue and you will see this cue is very competitvley priced .
allowing for you to get the cue serviced and that slight off trueness straightned at a Cue specialist .

Any buyer may wish to have the cue ferruled and re-tipped , this is down to the buyer to take the cue or cues to any Vintage Cue specialist for that service .

Priced to sell no offers on advertised price .

All enquiries to Geoff at GCL Billiards .

This last photo shows both Burwat champions together,,,,,, please note one now sold and collected ,
The other cues are not included in this sale
But the 4 Burroughs and watts machine spliced cues to the left of the Burwatt are at £40 each or all 4 for £120 . they are all stamped impressed Burroughs and watts in the butt and are circa 1910 / 1920s . ….around 115 years old cues in fantastic condition .

Private sale direct from owner .
We advise to view any table before buying .

We have a client who wishes to sell a very nice Burroughs and watts full size snooker table
this table has the sought after Steel cushions , that are still used on TV championship tables of today
The table is circa 1910 , and has the very large Tulip shaped leg , a Bold statement to any Table of that period, these size of legs in solid Mahogany , none of of your low cost phillipino fake mahogany , this is the real thing , a good solid quality hard wood timber .
No spraying of gold or silver legs to hide such low quality timber as they do today .

The cushions are the sought after Steel block plate braced , these give good rebound value over standard wood cushions , BUT why such a come and get me price , we and the selling client feels it needs a full renovation of Re-rubber and re-cloth , plus nets leathers and modern ball rails , also the cost of dismantle and set up is taken into account on the selling price of just £1000 .
But you could go with the rubber allready in the cushion and the cloth as it is and just replace the outdated bag nets and leathers and add ball rails . then at a later date after playing assessment have the rubbers done and re-cloth or just a re-cloth .
please no offers the table is well worth this price .
The Table has a Rigidus frame , the centre legs closer together , rather than spaced out equal , this is to make sure all joints are supported across entire width of the table , two of the cross beam slate bearers are adjustable , this means nothing to most folk , but a Qulified time served Billiards fitter will explain it on assembley .

The table comes as just the table, no accessories allthough you are welcome to the lights and a few oddments of rests and long tackle and the used ball set and triangle .

PLEASE NOTE ….No scoreboard cues , or cue rack is with this table .

A very good table , built out of very good hard wood timber , and good welsh slate .
they do not make Snooker tables today out of such quality materials , and that is fact .
And a great price for any buyer .
Steel cushions alone are worth the price of £1000 , as an upgrade to any older standard cushion table , it would be a shame to seperate the cushions from it , as this frame and large legs looks great and quality thick welsh slate is better quality than soft modern slate , but some people do buy the whole table then just swap over the cushions and pocket plates , having refurbed them to their allready set up table , and then sell the rest of the table on again , providing your table has 5 bolt holes in the side cushion and is 12 foot by 6 foot 1.5 inch slate width , these will fit .
Modern tables have 6 bolt holes in side cushion . and then these will not fit unless you drill out or slot the steels at an engineering shop .

You can fit these steel match play cushions direct to many other older branded tables , like Thurston / Orme & sons / George wright etc .
But my advice is just keep it as it is , and replace the whole table if you wish to upgrade , to a steel cushion match play table .

Buyer to arrange collection and delivery , you can use GCL Billiards or any firm you choose .

Please Contact Geoff at GCL Billiards for more information of costs to relocate , and any other work you may require .

if you need any information on Burroughs and Watts history , and why this firm is sometimes referred to as the rolls Royce of Billiard table manufacturers .

please visit the link below
Billiard & Snooker Heritage site on Peter Clares site , of which Peter Ainsworth is credited with some of the History as a Billiards Historian .

link

https://snookerheritage.co.uk/articles/burroughes-watts/

I need a 6ft pool table that is coin operated , not bothered about cloth condition but cabinet needs to be very tidy , price given will be on model and age of table .
And if it requires a re-cloth and new cushions to bring up to to a good playing standard .
please make sure the length of the outside cabinet …..NOT THE SLATE is 6ft .
7ft pool tables have a 6ft slate , it is the smaller 6ft outside cabinet length that I am after becuase of cueing distance around the table
Please measure outside cabinet for pool table sizes .
The table needs to be coin operated and if possible not electronic battery , but the mechanical coin mech .

Table like this please .