Collectible Chalk

Bob Jewett

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I was looking for something else and ran across this in a BBCCo pricelist from 1913. White chalk?

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Might make a nice poster for someone's man cave.:wink:
 
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wrldpro

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Here is a rare piece of chalk

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How about this piece of chalk. This is a piece of chalk from the Final match used by Wimpy Lassiter when he won the Johnson City 14.1 in 1964.Wimpy gave away a lot of his trophy's but kept the Brunswick balls and chalk from the finals. I placed the chalk on his 5x10 Gandy and took the picture.
 
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wrldpro said:
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How about this piece of chalk. This is a piece of chalk from the Final match used by Wimpy Lassiter when he won the Johnson City 14.1 in 1964.Wimpy gave away a lot of his trophy's but kept the Brunswick balls and chalk from the finals. I placed the chalk on his 5x10 Gandy and took the picture.
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Now that is cool, I have some photos and negatives from the tournament, but no chalk!
 
wigglybridge

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in the recent Snooker World Grand Prix final against Ronnie, Ding Junhui was using either white chalk or had a white cue tip, couldn't quite tell from the video.
 
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Mike Porter said:
Sorry I did not realize the images were so big
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Thanks for the images. I would guess that is Geo(rge) Wright. I imagine the white chalk would have left very visible marks on the table. In a way that's good because the players would be aware of what they were leaving behind.

Here are the images at a smaller size. Also, the ones you posted are on PhotoBucket which might go away.

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wrldpro said:
... How about this piece of chalk. This is a piece of chalk from the Final match used by Wimpy Lassiter when he won the Johnson City 14.1 in 1964.Wimpy gave away a lot of his trophy's but kept the Brunswick balls and chalk from the finals. I placed the chalk on his 5x10 Gandy and took the picture.
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That's got to be some of the rarest chalk in the world. I thought I had scored well with a half-box of IPT chalk.
 
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deanoc

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i wouldenjoy having the poster and one piece of each chalk for display if
anyone comes across it

really nice post
dean
 
The Renfro

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We actually went round because we were going white and wanted to pay homage to the earliest chalks...

Colors were added not because they wanted to blend with the cloth color but because the white turned a nasty yellow quickly in the rooms filled with oil lamps and tobacco smoke....
 
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Bob Jewett said:
If there are any chalk collectors out there, here is an Ebay seller who seems to have dozens of brands, some from the 1800s.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/dino991/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&_dmd=2
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Usually packages some decent pieces with some not so great pieces. I can spot his listings instantly.

Edit. I’ll admit, though, he has some pretty sought after pieces for decent prices right now.

I’ve been collecting for years now. My experience is there’s always somebody with unlimited funds bidding on the same pieces as me, lol.
 
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classiccues

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Even though its an old thread... Original photo from an actual catalog page...

JV
 

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