Vintage Brunswick Cue and Case Listed on eBay

"Popeye"

"Popeye"

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Stumbled upon this eBay listing this evening. If I had the cash, I would love to add this to my meager collection. Wonder how much it would fetch? Anyone have any ideas or info about the cue/case? Age, how many made, etc...
Cheers, Mark

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350501309627+

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That is a really cool cue, over $800 already and it has 6+ days left. It is not going to go cheap, but those butterfly point Brunswicks don't sell very often at all.
 
Beautiful cue...sold for about $8 when it was new! Looks like it's in really nice condition, including the case! Wouldn't be surprised to see it go for 2-300 times that!

Scott Lee
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TATE said:
There were a lot of us "stealth" watching this auction already. It's a Brunswick 360 from the 20's about worth over $5000 even in a recession...I would take the "overs". It loooks amazingly original too.

And... the case is to die for too - a little later from the 1930's.

http://www.palmercollector.com/Brunswick/BruswickCollectorColorPlates.html
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What's with the metal joint though? Did they use those joints that far back. All the pix I've seen of them have been Ivory.

Who outed this cue! LOL. I was gonna make a run...oh well.
 
Working with a contractor to get our car port enclosed and build in a part of our house... so no funds to buy something like this. Hope someone adds this cue/case to their collection.
Cheers, Mark
 
atthecat said:
What's with the metal joint though? Did they use those joints that far back. All the pix I've seen of them have been Ivory.

Who outed this cue! LOL. I was gonna make a run...oh well.
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Good observation - that would explain the later case. It probably was an earlier one-piece that was converted (by Brunswick) in the late 1930's to early 1940's.
 
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TATE said:
Good observation - that would explain the later case. It probably was an earlier one-piece that was converted (by Brunswick) in the late 1930's to early 1940's.
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Also Chris, isn't there supposed to be a veneer line at the bottom of the MOP triangle right above the bumper? Maybe it didn't have a bumper for a long time and it just wore down. Obviously not the original bumper.
Monte
 
pwd72s said:
Not a thing wrong with dreaming..;)
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I showed my wife the cue and she said I should buy it, but don't go higher than $1000. She's loves it; said it looks art deco. Doubt it would ever freeze at this price... I think it will head up to $3-$4K. Then she asked me if I would play with it? I love her to bits! :)
 
nice brunswick one of my friends down here has a 50+ year old brunswick its nice i tried getting it from him but he said wasent for sale
 
atthecat said:
Also Chris, isn't there supposed to be a veneer line at the bottom of the MOP triangle right above the bumper? Maybe it didn't have a bumper for a long time and it just wore down. Obviously not the original bumper.
Monte
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The veneers at the bottom of the wedge only show if the pearl is beveled (they are just flat stacked on the wedge) - so they are probably there, just that the pearl is not beveled down.

Looks to me like this cue was converted in the early 1940's based on the handle side joint and collars. Since the handle side collar is a little low, it's possible the cue originally had an ivory joint that was replaced with black and brass.
 
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Pretty sure this was originally a one piece cue. Many years ago I was offered a chance to purchase Eddie Rickenbackers Brunswick table that was still in the basement of his home in Beverly Hills. I went over to check it out and it was a vintage beauty, but they wanted something like five or ten thousand for it (this was in the late 1960's). Way out of my price range then. But on the wall was an equally old cue rack with several "butterfly" style one piece cues, some that looked similar to this cue. If I had a half a brain I would have made an offer for them. I never realized how valuable they may have been. There must have been ten or twelve of them. :(
 
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