We personally deliver our restored antiques nationwide, eliminating concerns of shipping damage and insuring a precise and careful installation. Shows the antique Brunswick Monarch pool table and lists addresses of company offices at the time. Our combined 40+ years’ experience as billiard mechanics and our backgrounds in Fine Arts assures our tables will be beautiful to look at and play beautifully. Dated 1880, sent from the New York office to the Chicago office. The restoration can easily be more important to the finished product than the original condition and as important to your enjoyment of the table as the initial choice of model. Everything about an antique table – its playability, aesthetics, authenticity – depends on the quality of its restoration. We restore our tables to order, in our own shop, taking into account the preferences of our clients. Came, Oliver Briggs, Wendt, Babcock and Benedict are among the makers represented in our inventory. Table styles followed the trends of the day, so there are High Victorian, Simplified Victorian, Eastlake, Empire, Arts and Crafts, Mission, Art Deco and so on. Bankshot has an inventory of some 70 tables, primarily from the “Golden Age” of Billiards (1870 – 1920) when pocket billiards rivaled baseball as our national pastime.
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