Billiards Tokens (a LOT of them)

Wow!!!

Straight pool was never my game but averaging even 20 balls is pretty good. I did better at snooker and trick shots.

 

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D'oh.

I meant to mention that a few billiard tokens will do quite well at auction. The best price might come from a specialist collector but don't expect a big windfall. Unless the collector was highly advanced most of these tokens will be pretty common. With only a hundred collectors something with a mintage of 1000 and 200 surviving is considered extremely common.

I'm going to guess you can get $500 without a lot of effort and if you can identify the better tokens it could be significantly higher. You have to figure less if there are many amusement, stock, or maverick tokens. Having the city (and state) can be critical to value.

Be aware that certain cities and some establishments can bring far higher prices by other specvialist collectors. For instance a token from Eaton Falls, Mi or a saloon/ billiard token from New Mexico would go much higher with other specialists than billiard token collectors.

 

I dug up a little info.

Photos 536 & 537 - The Grand Mission Pool Room, Fostoria, Ohio (38 x 19 AL) id FO8080, Desirability rating of 2 (on a scale of 1 to 99, the higher the number, the more desirable)

Photos 297 & 298 - T & T Billiards - not listed in my Ohio token book

Photo 273 - The Tieman Billiard Hall (22 Dia. CN) id CI0960 (assuming the value is 5 cents), Desirability rating of 5

Photos 396 & 397 - R. D. Sutton (21 Dia. Br) Rarity rating of HR5 (scarce) value listed at $20-35 in my 1980 ref. Richard D. Sutton was born in 1858 and came to Park City in 1895. He opened his place of business in 1900 at 533 Main St., located across from City Hall, just one door south of the Palace Meat and Grocery Store. He operated a restaurant from 1900 until 1912 when he changed his business to a pool hall and saloon. After prohibition in 1917, he ran it as a pocket billiards establishment until some time in 1919. It remained vacant in the first part of the 1920's, and in 1925 the Palace Grocery occupied it for a short time. In 1927, it was known as Cliff's Place (soft drinks). From 1928-1942, Joseph Ryan ran it as a shoe repair shop. (Info from Campbell's Tokens of Utah, by Harry F. Campbell, 1980.)

I will add more later.

 

My best run at snooker was 113.

Chris

 

I'm way out classed here.

I'm no slouch though since I beat a guy pretty regularly who beat Danny Thomas pretty regularly. Thomas was no slouch. He could beat Minnesota Fats on a good day.

 

Wow!

I saw only a very few tokens that are "junk". Most of these should command strong prices in the proper auction.

 

The Exira, Iowa token on page 23 is unlisted.

I've got the Michigan and Iowa books and will look any up for you.

 

Thanks for all of your guys's help. Still working on completing the uploads and ill eventually try to fix/replace any corrupted pictures.