GoldCrown said:

Beautiful table. As for the 4”…. Bad move. Seems like a table a carnival might use with oversize balls.

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Chopdoc said:

Then again, look carefully. Sometimes all is not as it seems in a glance, especially with poor pictures.

This is a Block Letter Joss with a variegated nylon wrap in what looks like an inexpensive box case. The wrap alone makes many pass it right up.

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I have not uncommonly seen $1,000 custom cues in cheap box cases. Why? Who knows? Grandson inherits grandfather's cue, knows not what he has, sticks it in whatever case he likes that's cheap.

Huebler Custom Shop cues are commonly found in such cases, and they can command quite a price these days. Same with old Viking cues.
And, yes, occasionally a really big name custom.

If you ask me, always look past the crap.

When I bought my most recent "good" cue, I told the guy to keep the cheap box case in the pictures. I was worried he would try to ship it in that case.

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lfigueroa said:

Smorg was a long time habitué of RSB and ASP before AZ -- I believe he showed up for one get together with a cane and an arm in a sling.

He was quite the character with two of his favorite responses being, "YeeHaw!" and when displeased, "Go kill yourself, please." And on occasion he would relate a classic tale such as the time he played for and won Billy Bob's "Bob," or when his entire crew was hustled when a guy claimed he could knock over a bowling pin using nothing more than a few playing cards.

Back around 2005 I was in his Florida neighborhood (he was also known as "Tampa Tubby"). He was a gracious host, getting the PR open early and bringing in fresh coffee and donuts for a couple of days.

He claimed, whether true or not, that the pig valve they'd used on his heart had failed. His passing was a big loss for the online pool community.

Lou Figueroa

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