Any help identifying this cue

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ThrowingTheBall

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Hey my brothers I've taken a few pics of a cue I was hoping someone can chime in with any thoughts on it, it's got old school vibes, no makers marks or anything. Thanks for your time!
 

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Something like Eckes or Rich Q...I'll get a better look later and look at some pics I have. Maybe someone lese will come up with something in the meantime .

You should probably just sell it to me cheap and get it off your mind.
 
ThrowingTheBall said:
Hey my brothers I've taken a few pics of a cue I was hoping someone can chime in with any thoughts on it, it's got old school vibes, no makers marks or anything. Thanks for your time!
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its a very interesting cue, it’s an Eckes bumper, a forearm and but similar to a 1st Catalog #9 Palmer and a joint and pin of a Rich Q. In addition, it appears to have a Brunswick Titlist forearm.

I believe it is a higher end Abe Rich Q, nice find.
 
Chopdoc said:
Could be Adam made splice...or maybe US, but wrong colors for Titlist.
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You right, it’s certainly not a Titlist, it’s missing the Orange Veneer. The dam thing has the characteristics of a number of cue makers, but I would bet it’s a Rich Q.
 
Chopdoc said:
Adam did screw on tips. They also did pin in shaft cues.
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I knew about the pin, but had never seen an Adam with the screw tip before.

but then again I was surprised when saw an Adam with a leather tennis wrap for the first time.

unless i'm wrong here too. (very possible these days.)
 
I have a 1960s Eckes post card when they were US made. It looks nothing like those. I also have the 1960 catalog when they were made by Adam, and it looks nothing like those. Wish I had more catalogs.

Eckes came to mind first for me and is still high on my list.

I call these "carnival cues". When I was a kid a carnical came to our area. You could win tickets playing games and buy prizes with tickets...you know the drill. The more tickets, the higher the prize was displayed. Up high on the wall was a cue and case. It had pearl rings, points, and a bunch of dot inlays. Sort of like a cue like this but even fancier. I always remember that cue when I see cues like this. It might have been the first two piece cue I ever saw. I was about 8 to 10 years old I think.

cueaddicts said:
Cheapie import 1970ish….
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Obviously that's the first best guess, but I hate leaving it at that. Some of them are in fact US made, and some of them are Adam made. And then, some of them are just nostalgic.

There was a similar unknown that was relisted several times on eBay that I almost bought several times. It ultimately sold in June for $50.

I should have bought it. Why? I dunno. I'm crazy. But, I do have the pictures.


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So, if I figure it out I will post it.
 
curlyscues said:
I knew about the pin, but had never seen an Adam with the screw tip before.

but then again I was surprised when saw an Adam with a leather tennis wrap for the first time.

unless i'm wrong here too. (very possible these days.)
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I am really confident it is not an Adam. I was just tossing that out there so people would see it.

Adam's lower end included ramin wood cues, and cues many would say Adam would never make. They covered the entire market from the very bottom to approaching "high end" customs. Their bottom end included all those features and materials we often see in really crappy Asian made cues.
 
Chopdoc said:
I am really confident it is not an Adam. I was just tossing that out there so people would see it.

Adam's lower end included ramin wood cues, and cues many would say Adam would never make. They covered the entire market from the very bottom to approaching "high end" customs. Their bottom end included all those features and materials we often see in really crappy Asian made cues.
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learn something new every day. but due to lack of space forget something old when I do.
 
Chopdoc said:
I have a 1960s Eckes post card when they were US made. It looks nothing like those. I also have the 1960 catalog when they were made by Adam, and it looks nothing like those. Wish I had more catalogs.

Eckes came to mind first for me and is still high on my list.

I call these "carnival cues". When I was a kid a carnical came to our area. You could win tickets playing games and buy prizes with tickets...you know the drill. The more tickets, the higher the prize was displayed. Up high on the wall was a cue and case. It had pearl rings, points, and a bunch of dot inlays. Sort of like a cue like this but even fancier. I always remember that cue when I see cues like this. It might have been the first two piece cue I ever saw. I was about 8 to 10 years old I think.



Obviously that's the first best guess, but I hate leaving it at that. Some of them are in fact US made, and some of them are Adam made. And then, some of them are just nostalgic.

There was a similar unknown that was relisted several times on eBay that I almost bought several times. It ultimately sold in June for $50.

I should have bought it. Why? I dunno. I'm crazy. But, I do have the pictures.


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So, if I figure it out I will post it. Yes this cue looks very similar! Thanks for sharing those pics.
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