Here are some Gus Szamboti and Gina Cues another forum member brought to my Pool Room

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Yesterday a local forum member brought some great cues into my Pool Room. Both of the Gus Szamboti cues were recently on ebay, and both were stored since they were delivered to the original buyer. The gentleman also brought into Gina cues from his collection, both are at least 30 years old, and one is unplayed like the Szamboti cues.

The photo's below are the Szamboti cues, I beleive that the Hoppe Cue pictured is Brazilian Rosewood, however, I could be mistaken

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One of these days I will have to learn how to use this new Camera, my photo's don't do these cues justice.

More Photo's to follow.
 
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Here some photo's of the Gina Cues.

The Gina in the top of the Photo is Unplayed.

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Enjoy
 
I know how everyone says every cue is made to play with and what not but damn how nice is it to see these unplayed cues from Gus and Ernie? I enjoyed talking to the previous owner of the two Gus cues and his history with them. Nice guy.

Edited to add: Craig, I have that same Joe Balsis poster you have hanging up in your room in the last picture!! Sorry, off topic.
 
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runout1961 said:
I know how everyone says every cue is made to play with and what not but damn how nice is it to see these unplayed cues from Gus and Ernie? I enjoyed talking to the previous owner of the two Gus cues and his history with them. Nice guy.

Edited to add: Craig, I have that same Joe Balsis poster you have hanging up in your room in the last picture!! Sorry, off topic.
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There are collectors that only buy all original. Even played, it must be original. These cues will always bring a premium for that reason. It's like getting a PSA 10 MINT 52 Mantle. Because cues of that time period were meant to be played, when someone has an unplayed Bushka, Boti, etc.. it becomes the new pinnacle of collecting those pieces.

These cues are spectacular in that regard. Once you play with a cue, you cannot take it back. That's what makes these so unique. My uncle had 4 Szambotis from Gus, the first thing he did was hit balls with them. Thats 99.9% of what anyone who ever ordered a cue did at that time.

JV
 
classiccues said:
the first thing he did was hit balls with them. Thats 99.9% of what anyone who ever ordered a cue did at that time.

JV
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And that is what Gus, George, or any of the old makers would have wanted them to do... And from what little I have read about Barry, him as well...
 
I guess that is why I am not a "collector". I HAVE to play with every cue I buy.

Beautiful examples of traditional collectibles.

Scott
 
Tremendous amount of history there! Thanks for giving us a look - so much to take in at a glance.
 
classiccues said:
There are collectors that only buy all original. Even played, it must be original. These cues will always bring a premium for that reason.
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I am by no means a collector but this has always been a big selling point for me. I've owned a few cues in the past but whenever I made a purchase, the cue HAD to be 100% original. If the wrap was changed by someone other than the original cue builder, I wouldn't buy it. I've waited a looooong time to find my "perfect" Gus. An AZ member put up a Gus for sale and it met my very strict buying standards so I snatched it up. Now I have a Gus that I am very happy with but I always stayed true to my standards. It all comes down to personal preferance I guess.

Anyway, I guess it depends on how picky you are but technically to call the above Gus cues unplayed is not correct since they were chalked and played with at the time of sale at Gus' house. I guess you can call them test hit only which is still just as good in my opinion.
 
What kind of self control does a man have to possess to NOT play with these cues?

A better man than I- that much is for sure.

If I ever am again in a position to purchase a Gus, you can bet your balls I'll be playing with it!

On the other hand, it is nice to see totally unmolested vintage cues like this. We often see them heavily played or restored. It is like finding a perfect original unrestored car- the historical significance is huge...
 
Thanks to everyone who posted, I think Randy is a lucky guy to own these cues, I felt privileged that he took the time out of his schedule to stop in and show them to me. Again, I am sorry about the photo's, my photographic skills are meager at best.

Take care
 
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