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Stan Shuffett
Stan Shuffett
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What is the one that got away for you?
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Cuenoisseur's Ed Prewitt cue...........Dirk owned the mate to Jive's EP cue.......but Dirk's had perfect specs.
Last word I had was the cue was living in Kansas City with its new owner.......we had worked out a great price
but the cue was having difficulty coming into the USA due to the ivory content.
The deal never went thru but 18 months ago, he was able to bring the cue to the Mosconi Cup in LV. Unfortunately,
by the time it arrived in the USA, I had already committed to two new custom builds already well underway and I had
just purchased a EP cue a year earlier from Cornerstone Cue so when he offered me the cue again, I had to pass on
the opportunity which irks me to this day............Obladi Oblada.
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Last word I had was the cue was living in Kansas City with its new owner.......we had worked out a great price
but the cue was having difficulty coming into the USA due to the ivory content.
The deal never went thru but 18 months ago, he was able to bring the cue to the Mosconi Cup in LV. Unfortunately,
by the time it arrived in the USA, I had already committed to two new custom builds already well underway and I had
just purchased a EP cue a year earlier from Cornerstone Cue so when he offered me the cue again, I had to pass on
the opportunity which irks me to this day............Obladi Oblada.
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I was 14. She was 18 and asked me out! So large a bust, tiny waist, I could barely approach her for a kiss. I needed longer arms.
I got all nervous, panicked about what I was hoping would happen, and missed her lips on more than one occasion.
I had no experience and I am POSITIVE she knew it. Only date, I called and asked but she began dating a older guy. I knew why.
A dead ringer, she was, for Elizabeth Taylor.
I got all nervous, panicked about what I was hoping would happen, and missed her lips on more than one occasion.
I had no experience and I am POSITIVE she knew it. Only date, I called and asked but she began dating a older guy. I knew why.
A dead ringer, she was, for Elizabeth Taylor.
oh the pain!
pains me to even retell this story, but it will be a good read for you all. in the late 80's i was a young boy who knew nothing about pool other than what i learned in the basement. i used whatever cue was available in my basement at the time and was completely content. I lived in PA at the time, and there was a tournament for the PA under 18 championships. so at 12 years old my parents took me to play, and i won. the prize was a cue. it was a nice looking cue, and it even came in a fancy hard case. i put the cue in the basement with all the other cues we had and i used it whenever we played. as time went by, i continued to play pool but really didnt know anything about cues. we moved to NJ and the small local pool room was a Meucci dealer. i saved every penny i could and waited eagerly to buy my first "real" cue. once i got my meucci, i put the other cue in my parents basement and never gave it another thought. they eventually moved to FL and by the early 2000's i was starting to really learn a lot about old custom cues. i realized that the cue i had won many years earlier was matched the style and time period of many of the great cue makers out of the PA area where the tournament was played. i called my parents down in the FL to ask if they still had the cue. They did, it was tucked away in that same fancy hard case in their garage. i asked that they bring it back the next time they came up to NJ. The next time they came up was actually when they decided to move home. so as i unloaded their moving pod i couldnt wait to see the cue. unfortunately, the cue was not in the pod. when i asked my father he swore he packed it. he then asked my mother who replied "that really old one from when he was a kid? i sold it at the yard sale before we started packing up". turns out she sold it, with the case, for $10!
now i cant say for sure what the cue was, buy the style and time frame match some big names. i asked some major cue collectors around here if any of the top makers used to donate cues to junior state championships back then and they confirmed that it was pretty common. im sure i could probably follow the bread crumbs and eventually figure out who made it, but even thinking about makes sick. So i would rather not know. sorry for the long story, but i hope you enjoyed it. and if you happened to buy a Gus or Barry at a yard sale in FL for $10, i would appreciate you returning it to for ... for sentimental reason of course...lol
Tony
pains me to even retell this story, but it will be a good read for you all. in the late 80's i was a young boy who knew nothing about pool other than what i learned in the basement. i used whatever cue was available in my basement at the time and was completely content. I lived in PA at the time, and there was a tournament for the PA under 18 championships. so at 12 years old my parents took me to play, and i won. the prize was a cue. it was a nice looking cue, and it even came in a fancy hard case. i put the cue in the basement with all the other cues we had and i used it whenever we played. as time went by, i continued to play pool but really didnt know anything about cues. we moved to NJ and the small local pool room was a Meucci dealer. i saved every penny i could and waited eagerly to buy my first "real" cue. once i got my meucci, i put the other cue in my parents basement and never gave it another thought. they eventually moved to FL and by the early 2000's i was starting to really learn a lot about old custom cues. i realized that the cue i had won many years earlier was matched the style and time period of many of the great cue makers out of the PA area where the tournament was played. i called my parents down in the FL to ask if they still had the cue. They did, it was tucked away in that same fancy hard case in their garage. i asked that they bring it back the next time they came up to NJ. The next time they came up was actually when they decided to move home. so as i unloaded their moving pod i couldnt wait to see the cue. unfortunately, the cue was not in the pod. when i asked my father he swore he packed it. he then asked my mother who replied "that really old one from when he was a kid? i sold it at the yard sale before we started packing up". turns out she sold it, with the case, for $10!
now i cant say for sure what the cue was, buy the style and time frame match some big names. i asked some major cue collectors around here if any of the top makers used to donate cues to junior state championships back then and they confirmed that it was pretty common. im sure i could probably follow the bread crumbs and eventually figure out who made it, but even thinking about makes sick. So i would rather not know. sorry for the long story, but i hope you enjoyed it. and if you happened to buy a Gus or Barry at a yard sale in FL for $10, i would appreciate you returning it to for ... for sentimental reason of course...lol
Tony
Do'h, this is why you never leave comics, baseball cards and I guess cues, with your parents when you are younger. Hey mom, remember that Batman #1 and Superman #1 you got me? Oh, hamster cage litter now? OK, just wondering...
Your focus is different when you get older. I have been playing since I was 5. I didn't start appreciating drills till later in lifeI wish I started playing earlier! Maybe if I started when I was 17 instead of 27 I'd be an A player
I've come to realize that my best game is behind me now. Oh well
Eli
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justinb386
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My biggest regret (by far) is when I auctioned off a super nice Tim Scruggs cue I had (back in 2008). I wish that I still had a picture of that cue. It was made with 4 cocobolo points (into a BEM forearm) with ivory diamond shaped inlays within the points, a cocobolo joint collar, and ivory windows below the butt. My mother purchased it for me for $1500 on eBay, and I was only able to get about a $1,000 out of it about a year later (on a no reserve eBay auction). I always regretted selling it, because i wanted money for a much fancier looking cue from Russ Espiritu.
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Early Palmer
The early Palmer on eBay a few years back. I knew what it was but allowed myself to be influenced by the mob of "experts" here on AZ who called it a fake. I entered only a weak bid and lost the auction. It was my fault to be influenced by people posting uneducated guesses.
The early Palmer on eBay a few years back. I knew what it was but allowed myself to be influenced by the mob of "experts" here on AZ who called it a fake. I entered only a weak bid and lost the auction. It was my fault to be influenced by people posting uneducated guesses.
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While at Gus Szamboti's house, when I was 13-14 (1980) with my uncle who just picked up a cue. Gus asked if I started playing yet, and my uncle said yes. He said I have an extra cue, he told my uncle he could send him the money the next week, if he needed to. My uncle asked me and I declined because I just spent a decent amount for a new BMX racer.
Oh well....
JV
Oh well....
JV
Around 2002 when ebay was still fairly new, I had an original comic panel (sandman from DC vertigo) from the dollhouse series. I got the double spread panel for about $30 as it was friend's gf who brought it from the artist and the artist really fancied her. We were shocked as we were able to sell it for $800 usd then. Saw the same spread a couple years ago and it was selling for $15,000
Paid $100 for a plain Tad, white linen wrap, stainless joint, two shafts, ivory ferrules, and ivory or something white buttcap, all in an older Brunswick hard leather tube case. That was about '73-'75.
Needed some cash for ne'er-do-well purposes ten years later and sold it all for the same $100 to the guy I bought it from. I probably got screwed on the price.
Oddly, I was glad to be rid of it. I never liked the balance of the cue.
I'll take my McDermotts any day.
Needed some cash for ne'er-do-well purposes ten years later and sold it all for the same $100 to the guy I bought it from. I probably got screwed on the price.
Oddly, I was glad to be rid of it. I never liked the balance of the cue.
I'll take my McDermotts any day.