My bad...His name is Tony Conte.
I just found this:
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=448019&highlight=conte
Perhaps Tony Conte, Jr. is your guy.
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Illinois/Tony-Conte_52583d
My bad...His name is Tony Conte.
I just found this:
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=448019&highlight=conte
Perhaps Tony Conte, Jr. is your guy.
https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Illinois/Tony-Conte_52583d
Wow fantastic cue! Thank you for all the great info. This cue plays great. The shaft is straight too. Was it common to have the ebony/maple shaft?
Excellent, thanks so much.Very early 1900s to mid 1920s. Was a weight forward idea. Had to move heavy balls on slow cloth. All the early Brunswick catalogs had these as options on shafts.
Google for the catalogs...very interesting stuff
https://brunswick.pastperfectonline.com/search?utf8=✓&search_criteria=Catalog&searchButton=Search
There's a 1938 2 piece cue with similar shaft. The veneered cue is similar. There were always custom cues not in catalog.
Butt below the wrap sorta looks oddly and marginally more red than the points. Wonder what’s under that wrap. Are the wedge and points veneers the Same width?
Any guess at around how much this cue is worth?
$1000 ish, I'd pay that much depending on if it is straight and solid