Grady Season's Cue in "The Color of Money"

@JAM
why is the joint white in the pic from the movie and the joint in the cue you posted is steel?
could you post what the card in the case says as i could not magnify it enough to read it?
thanks
 
Cicerone88 said:
Steve Meeker. Keith gave him that pool cue with an agreement that he was to give Keith $2,000 when he sold it. Steve disappeared on him.
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I was not going to put the man's name out there, but that is not what happened. If Steve Meeker said that to you or anybody else, it is an untruth.

I had the whole story about this cue written out, ready to hit Post Reply, until you posted his name. Now I have to think before I post more.
 
Cicerone88 said:
That Steve Meeker story is from a public post on this forum about that cue from Keith himself. Don’t shoot the messenger.

Keith Quote:

“First of all, I sure would like to know who has that cue stick right now.

Me giving Steve Meeker that pool cue, there was an agreement to that. I gave it to him as a favor, and he was to give me $2,000 when he sold it. That was the stipulation. I haven't heard from Steve about it, and it's funny that now I see it on eBay. :mad:

It was my Schon, and it is a good-playing cue. Actually, it was one of my better playing cues that I've had in my lifetime, and yes, I did use it in the movie.

I would appreciate it if the current holder of this cue contacts me, and I will give him all the information that he may need. I am not too comfortable expressing myself on the Internet.”
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I don't want to shoot you. :)

There really is more to this story, but at this juncture, I'm not comfortable sharing it because of legal ramifications.
 
bbb said:
@JAM
why is the joint white in the pic from the movie and the joint in the cue you posted is steel?
could you post what the card in the case says as i could not magnify it enough to read it?
thanks
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larry, the cue she posted pics of was not in the movie. two different McD's were shown on-screen, a D-17 & a D-19.
 
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JAM said:
Ah, it's the interval at the Saudi Arabia Masters. Ronnie with 3, Wakelin with 1, racing to 6. If Ronnie wins this match, there will be a finals between him and Neil Roberson. It will be epic!

But I digress. :) So I received a message from a friend asking if this is Keith's handwriting because his "cue from The Color of Money" has come up for sale. He was trying to make sure this it was his handwriting and knew I'd recognize it. And he was doing it as a favor for the seller to authenticate it.

It's definitely Keith's handwriting.

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IMHO, I "decode" this as, "this cue was once owned by Keith, who played Grady in the Color of Money movie."

Not as, "this is the cue Keith was filmed playing with in the movie."
 
Jimmy_Betmore said:
If the real one of the real cues used by Tom, Paul, or Keith in the movie popped up with solid provenance, yeah. I'd think Will would be all over it. Cues don't really get much more collectible than those. But being able to prove that a cue is the cue used in a scene would be extremely difficult without an ironclad paper trail. To the best of my knowledge none of those cues were one-off customs so there were many, many cues made just like them.
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The 'AcesHigh' Joss that TC used late in the movie was from a real small run of cues. Dan said getting the inlays right was a major pia. The other TC used Joss is fairly common, they still make it.
 
Sothebys called it the “Fast Eddie” cue

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I have a “Aces” remake from Joss I got from Carl Giuli. It really is the coolest cue I own.


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Jimmy_Betmore said:
Since learning what we have after I made that post, I agree one hundred percent. As far as I'm concerned, now that's just a nice Schon that was owned by Keith at one point.

But if the actual cue used in that scene were to surface with solid and verifiable provenance, I believe it could bring somewhere in the $10K range if sold through a reputable auction house. $10k is nothing in the world of collectibles these days.
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The actual cue(s) used on-screen were McD's. No way either would ever bring 10g's. I found a link to a sale of this Schon from about 15yrs ago. They were asking $5000 and it didn't sell at that time. No pics as the link had expired but it was this cue from the description.
 
JAM said:
I had a path to this thread, but it got detoured. I appreciate all the great replies by the cue masters. :)
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Jenny, here's something interesting for you. I watched Keith and others play the 1986 U.S. Open nine ball tournament at Barry's room in Norfolk. He was using an ivory joint Joss cue. No cue case, he would walk on the street, holding both butt and shaft. That was October, 1986, and the movie I believe came out the same year. I wonder if He owned both the Joss and the Schon at the same time. This is a cool thread for cue junkies with good memories.

All the best,
WW
 
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