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Looking for the Andrew Ponzi book called "The Fabuolous Mr. Ponzi," which is his career story published in 1948. I was told it was a decent read. If you have it I would like to trade for it, and I have a lot of good new and vintage billiard stuff to trade. Thanks.

according to brunswick catalogs............. One of the old bbc catalogs I have goes into more detail about why these wraps were made. The catalog shown in the link does not. Since a wrap could be nicked in one single place thus allowing the whole wrap to unwind when cut, bbc had this design...

no solartje, i was not referring to you about a cue........ my reply was to the person who put on this thread that he had found a metal-tagged cue from Kling and Allen pool room. An identical one was recently stolen from the owner. Cues from this pool hall are already rare but I have seen only...

Everything Bob Jewett said is right. Also, modern phenolic pool balls turn yellow after being exposed to years of uv/sunlight so many people think they have ivory due to the discoloration. Many times bone nameplates on antique cues are mistaken for ivory, but balls were not made of bone for many...

this table is a Mission B model, not alexandria- john

As far as entertaining players that make me happy I watched, GROUNDHOG in Atlanta is my favorite to watch. In fact, he watched me before I ever watched him. He was clocking me and I did not know it and, after watching me practice, he wanted to buy my cue! My cue is pretty plain, so after...

If you want to become a cue dealer then you will eventually be portrayed as the enemy. Better to trade for what you like than worry about making money. The collectors I know who worry about value/price are not realistic.

The fakest billiard item that comes to mind is the plastic/celluloid ivory colored coin bank that has brunswick balke on it- all the collectors i know think it is a fake item. The guy selling them periodically is always selling items with brunswick on them but I cannot tell his name. If you see...

You probably have the cue that was stolen from raytown rec not that long ago with the metal tag from kling's. you should bring it there and see if it is the stolen one and if so you should return it to Don B. I will let him know you probably have his cue.