Some serious eye candy at the pool hall today . . .

[Kickin' Chicken]

A friend came into our mutual home pool room today with 2 large dealer cases containing what he refers to as his lifetime cue collection. He has done a good job!!! :thumbup:

What a treat it was to get to see these and, of course, I couldn't resist, I took some pics of a select few to share.

What do you guys think?

The heavily figured birdseye cue at the bottom with ebony and silver boxes is a Richard Black. You'll prob know the rest of the lineup.

best,
brian kc

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

another pic of the R Black cue:

 

[TX Poolnut]

I love #9. Classic cool.

 

[TX Poolnut]

#4 is sweet as candy too.

 

[PRED]

The ebony barbell cue is my fav.

 

[cue4me]

Some real beauties. This gentleman is fortunate to obtain and then be able and smart enough to hold on to these over the years. Quite an enviable collection.

 

[poolhustler]

Holy crap man.... "serious eye candy" is an understatement. WOW

Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[ghost ball]

"....................

 

[spartan]

Disappointing . Was expecting real eye candy :grin:

 

[GoldCrown]

3 5 8 9..... plain and pretty.

 

[Buster8001]

Phenomenal collection. Love the window cue

<~~~needs a window cue.

 

[Sealegs50]

woulda, coulda, shoulda

I almost made the trip to the pool hall yesterday but backed off because of the storm. Sorry I missed the opportunity to see them up close and personal.

Beautiful collection. Thanks for posting pictures.

 

[pt109]

Number five gets my cash...:lovies:

 

[deanoc]

what is number 6?
who made it?

I had a szamboti close once

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

1. Gus
2. Bushka
3. Bushka - best hitting GB I ever hit!
4. Gus
5. Jack Colavita's Bushka
6. heavily inlaid and ringtail wrapped Barry
7. I think this one was said to be Barry's first completed cue
8. Bushka
9. early Gus - I would have guessed it was a Bushka, but not

 

[Runner]

#5 gets it for me.. looks like a later Bushka. The business.

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

Number five gets my cash...:lovies:

I'm inclined to agree but that #3 Bushka with the red bands hits as good as any cue ever, imo.

but it don't matter, no money's gonna wrestle any of these away from this owner. :wink:

 

[PRED]

#5 looks like a Gus, or has a Gus front.

 

[mdavis228]

That's some kinda eyeful, KC!!

 

[ChrisinNC]

#5 looks like a Gus, or has a Gus front.

I believe the ones above the 5-ball and the 7-ball are both made by Gus, late 70s/early 80s, as they look virtually identical to mine.