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There is a well-known photo of Greenleaf and a kid who is shooting. Many, including a current ebay seller, describe the boy shown as Mosconi. The photo originally appeared in Billiards Magazine - I used to own the issue. The caption gave the kid's name as Larmer Neil. I would show the ebay link...

I just don't want anyone to be fooled.

Has anyone else noticed that an eBay seller keeps finding old 1800s cabinet card and CDV photos of amish looking dudes and trying to sell them as images of Michael Phelan? The guy is on his third different amish dude photo at this point. Other billiard historians have been to my house and seen...

I have a set you have not seen, 2-1/16" - how do I know? I have the original boxed labeled with the size! And it is not some stamp, it is part of the label design and they were made by Aramith for National Billiards. So apparently there were four sizes.

Boxcar, could you pm me about Centennial balls?

After looking them over, they are clean enough to leave alone. Many old sets can look a million times better by polishing them, but it is risky with clay balls in a machine, cleaning by hand does not improve them enough to balance out the fact that some original patina is gone. Another collector...

I collect pool balls. Some are obvious museum finds, with no question of authenticity. Good luck building your own dangerously flammable celluloid factory just to make fake balls to sell. There is a set that could be, and was, faked. I got this set from Richard H. Lane, of Marathon Key, FL...

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Wondering what is the current value of W1P and SMS in the "bonded leather" editions? I was offered 2k, but as I have not seen them come up for sale in a very long time, it seems like they would go for a bit more as a pair.

I was just wanting to verify that it really was in Charlotte so I could label the back when framed; the press info was from a Charlotte newspaper. If I frame, or even put a mat on a photo for future framing, I color copy the back and glue the copy on the outside so nobody has to tear open the...

Does anyone know of a poolroom in Charlotte, NC, called Rex Billiards? I have two photos, the inside and outside; it had the name REX in huge neon. I will post pics when I can dig it up. Photo looks like mid sixties or so.

The set from Laner's Billiard Supply has provenance, the Stellingas are known for keeping meticulous records, and there are dated photos. Other sets would be more problematic. Some sets still get listed as ivory on eBay, not sure how they slip through. But since they do, especially ones sold...

Not to be argumentative, only informative, but cracking in ivory balls is not necessarily a major factor in value for a full matching set. Some sets only survived because after they developed cracks, the owners in some cases put them away and bought new ones. Stan Laner had a full set in his...

Did you ever find these sets?