BethBJun 21, 2025
Covering these very shapely antique pocket irons with leather was a challenging custom job for the #Bankshot team. The irons had a patent number, so I played billiard historian for the customer, whose table didn't have a nameplate. Now we know the maker was the Minn Billiard Co. of #Milwaukee and the table dated between 1914, the patent year, and 1918 (they weren't in the 1919 city directory).
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BethBFeb 14, 2025

The team at Bankshot just completed restoration of this "St. Bernard Mission" pool table. Manufactured between 1906-1911, this was one of several Craftsman-style tables offered by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. According to Brunswick's PastPerfect web site, the largest billiard hall in the world (circa 1908, Pittsburgh, PA), had 54 of these. Can you imagine walking into that room?

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