A rare find

Cuebuddy

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First of all let me say I am always on the look out for pool cues, the older the better. I watch Ebay, and pawn shops but mostly find them in antique stores and flea markets. The thrill of finding a collectible vintage cue in a antique store is only surpasses by getting a killer deal on it, IMO. 3 weeks ago I stumbled on this cue north of Denver and about died when I saw what they were asking for it - $19.95 after a little wheeling and dealing we settled on $15.00. Yes I talked the down:embarrassed2:. The cue is very straight and in great shape it even has a Birdseye maple shaft. I found a nearly identical cue for sale on this web page about half way down.

http://www.classiccues.com/cues/cue_sale.htm


It would not come apart and took me about a week of trying different things to unscrew the cue. It has the same brass pin as the one on the website I hyperlinked, its a odd thread at 5/16 x 11 tpi. It also has a ivory ferrule that is slightly concave:cool:. It doesn't happen very often but every once in awhile I get lucky.
 

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great find!

First of all let me say I am always on the look out for pool cues, the older the better. I watch Ebay, and pawn shops but mostly find them in antique stores and flea markets. The thrill of finding a collectible vintage cue in a antique store is only surpasses by getting a killer deal on it, IMO. 3 weeks ago I stumbled on this cue north of Denver and about died when I saw what they were asking for it - $19.95 after a little wheeling and dealing we settled on $15.00. Yes I talked the down:embarrassed2:. The cue is very straight and in great shape it even has a Birdseye maple shaft. I found a nearly identical cue for sale on this web page about half way down.

http://www.classiccues.com/cues/cue_sale.htm


It would not come apart and took me about a week of trying different things to unscrew the cue. It has the same brass pin as the one on the website I hyperlinked, its a odd thread at 5/16 x 11 tpi. It also has a ivory ferrule that is slightly concave:cool:. It doesn't happen very often but every once in awhile I get lucky.

That is a great find. I have to admit I gave up on finding stuff at pawn shops long ago. Around here they are often asking several times new price for something. All I can do is look and laugh.

Hu
 
That is a great find. I have to admit I gave up on finding stuff at pawn shops long ago. Around here they are often asking several times new price for something. All I can do is look and laugh.

Hu

The pawn shops realize what they have these days and they don't give anything away.
BTW real nice find.
 
I agree I was finding plane jane Meucci's and McDermott's in the 400 to 500 dollar range:eek:. I even saw a monkey wards shop master belt sander that needed a cord for $50.
 
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