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Investment Quality Billiard Instruments
Investment quality billiard instruments
- the 'right' cues have historically appreciated in value
- the very finest billiard instruments created by the masters of cuemaking
- 'the quick and the dead'
- cues that belonged to champion pool players
- cues that belonged to celebrities
- living cuemakers who's demand is far greater than their supply
- 23 years experience in this area of expertise
- let us be your source for these fine collectibles
- pictured below are some fine examples of cues that gain in value year after year
- Frank Paradise - circa 1960 - Titlist conversion
- Mickey Mantle's personal cue
- Gift from Willie Mosconi
- $30,000 - Q2168
- George Balabushka - circa 1967
- Burton Spain full splice
- Mother of pearl inlays
- 100% original
- Made for NYC player Leo St.James
- $28,000 - Q2198
- Gus Szamboti - circa 1970
- Titlist conversion
- Restored by Barry Szamboti
- $8500 - Q2134
- George Balabushka - circa late 1960s
- Burton Spain full splice
- Restored by Pete Tascarella
- $28,000 - Q2189
- Gus Szamboti - circa 1971
- Titlist conversion
- First cue inlaid by Gus Szamboti
- 100% original
- $11,500 - Q2154
- Blue Grass - Richard Harris - circa 2000
- eight points ebony and lacewood with ivory inlays
- ivory joint
- serial number RH00 2000
- $4350 - Q2082
- Richard Black - playing cue of Jack Colavita - circa mid 1980s
- four points ebony with ivory starburst inlays
- leather wrap
- restored by Richard Black
- $4700 - Q2070
- Craig Petersen - circa 1980
- six cocobolo points into bird's eye maple
- original condition
- $7000 - Q2103
- Frank Coster - circa early 1980s
- four points rosewood with mother of pearl inlays
- extremely rare cue with points and inlays
- original condition
- $17,000 - Q1960
- Bill Stroud - Joss West - circa mid 1970s
- four points ivory with red and black veneers
- ivory diamond inlays
- restored by Bill Stroud
- $5000 - Q1827
- Rocky Tillis - circa mid 1979
- bird's eye maple 'merry widow'
- 3-ball inlays in butt sleeve
- original condition
- $3900 - Q2182
- South West - playing cue of cuemaker Al Lawrence - circa late 1980s
- made by Jerry Franklin
- six points cocobolo into goncalo alves
- original condition
- $3750 - Q2192
- Frank Coster - circa 1982
- straight grain maple 'merry widow'
- leather wrap
- very rare delrin butt sleeve
- original condition
- $5700 - Q1859
- salesman's sample set of cues - circa early 1900s
- extremely rare
- eight highly detailed miniature cues
- approximately 15" long
- four of the cues are jointed with brass joints
- ivory ferrules and 'Hoppe' rings
- leather tips
- true full butterfly and point splices
- $6600 - Q2085
- Palmer - circa mid 1970s
- model 8 / 3rd catalog
- full splice four points with veneers
- original condition
- $1650 - Q2102
- South West - 44" jump cue - circa early 1990s
- very rare - less than 20 produced
- Jerry Franklin era
- original condition
- $1550 - Q2194
- David Paul Kersenbrock - circa mid 1970s
- three points bloodwood into tulipwood
- British lion inlay in butt sleeve
- original condition - rare early cue
- $7500 - Q2083
- Palmer - circa mid 1970s
- model 5 / 3rd catalog
- full splice four points
- original condition
- $1000 - Q2101
- Gordon Hart - Viking - circa 1975
- three points rosewood with vinyl veneers
- excellent original condition
- $2000 - Q2021
- Frank Coster - 'sneaky pete' - circa 1980s
- nicely figured rosewood full spliced into straight grain maple
- very rare
- original condition
- $4100 - Q1991
- Harvey Martin - circa 1950s
- bird's eye maple 'merry widow'
- ivory joint and butt cap
- leather wrap
- original condition
- $4400 - Q2049
- Palmer - model 'B' / 2nd catalog - circa late 1960s
- four points full splice
- excellent original condition
- $1100 - Q2030
- Libra - Johnny Sanchez and Jack Potter - circa 1990
- eight ivory points into curly maple
- silver and ivory inlays
- test hit only
- $6900 - Q1833
- Joss - Dan Janes - circa early 1970s
- four bird's eye maple points w/ veneers into bird's eye maple
- nice original condition
- $2000 - Q1844
