Mali Billiard Cloth Question

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ChrisinNC

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I was a Mali cloth dealer for many years, and purchased cloth for home tables directly through Mali. Didn't Mali go out of business around +/- 10 years ago, which is what I was told by my Mali contact at that time? I see on the news page here that Imperial International has now become the exclusive distributor of Mali cloth, which is why I'm now confused?
 
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Probably like Schwinn and many other brand names?

A name bought and sold...the name having value, without a product or direct tie to a tangible good.

Of course, the owner can duplicate, imitate or create a product of its own choosing.
 
Black-Balled said:
Probably like Schwinn and many other brand names?

A name bought and sold...the name having value, without a product or direct tie to a tangible good.

Of course, the owner can duplicate, imitate or create a product of its own choosing.
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Probably right....I know that when Dufferin cues closed, the name went to China...
...the physical part was auctioned off in my area...I bought the last 1,500 house cues.
 
pt109 said:
Probably right....I know that when Dufferin cues closed, the name went to China...
...the physical part was auctioned off in my area...I bought the last 1,500 house cues.
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Do you still have them or did you sell them already?

Just curious.
 
Chili Palmer said:
Do you still have them or did you sell them already?

Just curious.
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The majority sold like hot cakes....the ones with ebony or Purple Heart butts....
...i didn’t sell so freely...but they’re all long gone.
 
ChrisinNC said:
I was a Mali cloth dealer for many years, and purchased cloth for home tables directly through Mali. Didn't Mali go out of business around +/- 10 years ago, which is what I was told by my Mali contact at that time? I see on the news page here that Imperial International has now become the exclusive distributor of Mali cloth, which is why I'm now confused?
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The last update to the malicloth.com website was about 2012. It is now a non-domain. Fred Mali who ran the company for a long time died in 2007, and I suspect the family was not interested in carrying on. Fred got "Henry W.T. Mali & Co." into the custom cue business about 1970.

FTR, here is a related page: https://professorqball.com/2010/02/4107/
 
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pt109 said:
The majority sold like hot cakes....the ones with ebony or Purple Heart butts....
...i didn’t sell so freely...but they’re all long gone.
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:thumbup: Roger, I plan on picking some up some day. There's a set for sale near me now for $200, I figure if I procrastinate long enough the price will go down or they'll get sold, either way it will save me money!
 
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