Brunswick ebony merry widow...value?

kbooks3

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I don't know a lot about these kinds of cues as I've not seen one quite like this one..I'd like to get an approximate age and value?..and whether I should put a wrap on it?...I do have some solid off white linen..but like to show this cue is all ebony with an ivory joint and ferrule..at 23 oz..this thing is a beast!

Thanks,

Jeremy

Click link below to view pictures:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YZhMhbWFDxTcLDEX2
 
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Allen Brown

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Just look at that thing. That's the first one I think I've seen on here. I'm sure someone will let you know all about it. I like the case too.
 

kbooks3

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Just look at that thing. That's the first one I think I've seen on here. I'm sure someone will let you know all about it. I like the case too.

Thanks...I haven't found out much yet..just members that want to buy it. Maybe someone will step up..I'm told it's from the 1940's...
 

Chopdoc

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I think it's stunning. I don't think I have ever seen one before.

No idea of what it might be worth but especially in that condition I would think it is desirable.
 

pdcue

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Thanks...I haven't found out much yet..just members that want to buy it. Maybe someone will step up..I'm told it's from the 1940's...

May I humbly suggest you contact TATE immediately.

And, yes, I want one too:).

Dale
 

TATE

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May I humbly suggest you contact TATE immediately.

And, yes, I want one too:).

Dale

Thanks for the compliment Dale!

Here you go. This is right at the time Brunswick transitioned from the old BBC decal to the new style, about 1939 - 1940. Although the catalog shows the old decals (they used old graphics) the new decals were in use. This is the page from my 1939 catalog:

http://www.palmercollector.com/Brunswick/Brunswick_1939_page_13.jpg

This cue looks straight out of the book including the new "noise suppressor" which we now refer to as he $2 rubber bumper :wink:. The case is from the 1940's I would say.

Chris
 
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gunzby

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Sweet cue

I will throw myself under the bus and offer the full retail price listed in the catalog ;)
 

dvs

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Great cue

What a find!

Love the points in the shaft.

Great resource we have in Tate. A true historian.

I was thinking worth at least 1200; then I saw the post above this; so I'd have to figure at least a couple hundred more.

I'd hold onto that for quite a while; or at least until I had a better idea of true value.

Looks like you have most of the AZ experts stumped.

Enjoy that hunk of wood.

Dave
 

nick serdula

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Try Roscoe

He used to collect that stuff. Was he runscott? I forget. I am pretty sure he is not a chicken!
Nick :)
 

TATE

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Sweet cue

I will throw myself under the bus and offer the full retail price listed in the catalog ;)

You guys are too much. :smile: for the heck of it, I ran the 1939 amount of $21.95 to see how much it would be in today's dollars adjusted for CPI. That's a package of three, so each cue is $126.67, a roaring bargain considering ivory joint and solid Gabon ebony. I guess back then elephants were running around all over the place through forests of exotic hardwood trees!
 

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Bigb'scues

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http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=341686&highlight=Ebony+Titlist

Here is a tread from a few years ago, different era Titlist. The one you have is very rare, I doubt anyone could give you an accurate price but the guy from the above thread turned down $1200 for his.

Good luck.
Beautiful piece of history you have.

Ok ..so the cue you just posted as a point of reference is a much more desirable cue. It's not a titlist its a Brunswick 26-1/2 (predecessor to the titlist). The cue the OP posted is a nice cue but not worth near what the cue you posted here is.
 

Chopdoc

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You guys are too much. :smile: for the heck of it, I ran the 1939 amount of $21.95 to see how much it would be in today's dollars adjusted for CPI. Result is below and I think pretty well representative of what this cue, with ivory joint and solid Gabon ebony, might go for.

I did the same thing...but you ran the price for a package of 3 cues.

One cue was only $7.75. :grin:





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Jon Manning

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Ok ..so the cue you just posted as a point of reference is a much more desirable cue. It's not a titlist its a Brunswick 26-1/2 (predecessor to the titlist). The cue the OP posted is a nice cue but not worth near what the cue you posted here is.

I didn't realize this, thanks for the info.
 

TATE

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I did the same thing...but you ran the price for a package of 3 cues.

One cue was only $7.75. :grin:





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Thanks - fixed the post. I have no tolerance for reading (takes the brain out of "neutral").
 
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gunzby

My light saber is LD
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You guys are too much. :smile: for the heck of it, I ran the 1939 amount of $21.95 to see how much it would be in today's dollars adjusted for CPI. That's a package of three, so each cue is $126.67, a roaring bargain considering ivory joint and solid Gabon ebony. I guess back then elephants were running around all over the place through forests of exotic hardwood trees!

Hmmmmmm
Didn't think of that. I guess you're right. I should adjust for inflation. After all I wouldn't want to rip someone off
 

pdcue

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Thanks for the compliment Dale!

Here you go. This is right at the time Brunswick transitioned from the old BBC decal to the new style, about 1939 - 1940. Although the catalog shows the old decals (they used old graphics) the new decals were in use. This is the page from my 1939 catalog:

http://www.palmercollector.com/Brunswick/Brunswick_1939_page_13.jpg

This cue looks straight out of the book including the new "noise suppressor" which we now refer to as he $2 rubber bumper :wink:. The case is from the 1940's I would say.

Chris

You are the Man...


As a side note - this thread has also, apparently, answered a question I have wondered about
for years:

'When did Brunswick change from the pin-in-shaft design to putting the pin in the butt?'

So I didn't quite notice that detail in the first 1000 hours I spent look at your site:)

AND..... SILK wrap - them was the days.

Dale
 
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