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How has genealogical DNA not solved this?

It probably is a Viscount. But a Viscount could afford better.

Just going by what I was told after I saw a very clearly different Gold Crown for sale in Mexico about 7 years ago. It was a good looking table. I sent the photo to Shane Johnson at the time so if you know him as a table mechanic he can back up what I saw. But thanks for the info.

Doesn't look like a GC of AMF. But there were Brunswick GC's made in Mexico that had differences.

After hand washing, hands are clean so I hang on to the moist paper towel and finish drying with the door opener towel. Then I take the first one to the table to wipe off chalk. Who's with me?

If ever there was a cue that could be found it seems like yours is it.

Was it yout prototype Predator? That cue hit great.

Sounds great... sorry I didn't realize that you were not the op guy. I probably have more than one molded ball catalog but I have seen several that have no photos.

My catalog is Varela's from Kansas City, I will be on the road for months but other guys with catalogs can verify what I wrote. Many small dealers sold the "molded balls." As much as I respect the effort put into that book, please note how many items are decribed as being from the 1890's such as...

These balls are "speckled," not "agate." Speckled balls look like a Robin's egg, one color like a blue 2 ball with white specks. Your balls to look to have a tiny amount of other color specks as you may notice on your 9 ball. But on most of your balls you need reading glasses to see anything but...

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Charles Ursitti wanted me to meet with Bill Mosconi to discuss how best to sell part of the collection. So I pulled over and got a hotel in PA, Charlie said Bill would buy me breakfast. So we met at 5:30 a.m. or 6:00, he must be a true morning person. We had breakfast, told stories, and then...

Charlie Ursitti told me that there is no extant video footage of Mosconi just running balls like he did in his prime. Does anyone have any that has surfaced? He did not play well in the Caras match we've all seen. He never got "off to the races."

The pre-dart Ivorylene balls had a major flaw - the striped balls would come apart. The center (striped portion) was not mechanically connected to the sides. Their scarcity is probably due to that. For the solid #1-8 balls, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between Ivorylene...

These were Brunswick Compo-Ivory, most likely, and were contemptuously called "shell balls" by competitors. The numbers were pencil-thin and therefore look more antique than other types.