Ginacue Box Cue: The First Box Cue Ever Made

Last time I was with eddie Kelly in Las Vegas,he spent some time talking about that
box cue that Ernie made for him

I don't know if he lived to see that you had the cue,but I think he would be happy

Funny but I think I see my old gus Szamboti
ivory butt box cue and I am happy to see that you have it also

I could introduce you to the original owner if you like


Great cues

I wish you would show your Billy stroud cues sometime also

ibuycues said:

A couple more pictures of the cue.........
Left to right in the first picture the cues are:
Josswest
Josswest (pink ivory, Stroud’s personal cue)
Josswest (original owner)
Kersenbrock (only box cue DPK made)
Gus Szamboti (made for Lee Boyer, female player who took Roadrunner photo)
Ginacue (first box cue made)
Barry Szamboti (original owner)
Gus Szamboti
Josswest (made for Richie Florence, first ever cored forearm cue)
Josswest (made for Jim Rempe)

Will Prout

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I saw Bill Stroud play with the pink ivory cue many times in Tulsa. Always wanted to buy it, but out of my league at that time.

Will, you sent me a message when you obtained it and it could not be in better hands or collection.

Thanks for sharing your stunning collection.

Scott

Thanks for sharing Will.

How did the box cue design come about? Did Ernie come up with it or did Ed Kelly play a role in the design?

Ian

I may have told this story before
if so forgive me

I was in Eddie's home and he was signing a couple of pictures exactly like the one will has on this thread

I asked him to sign Champaign eddie kelly,his well known nick name

He agreed to and asked me how to spell Champaign

He went into the back room and brought out a dictionary

Neither one of us knew how and the dictionary offered two
different options

I don't mean to take away from the main subject of the thread

Eddies cue is the one cue I wish i had

I fell in love with Box Cues after seeing his cue

As I understand it so did billy stroud

Billy so admired this cue that he changed his entire phiosophy of pool cue
building.

Billy saw the future as art,wonderful creative beauty and high prices he split fro m Danny who went just the other way.Both were successful

Ernie was out of pool at the time or shortly thereafter and billy deserves credit for what pool became

In my opinion,collectors like will prout deserve an equal amount of the credit

where would pool be if there were no buyers willing to support the hobby
with their talents, dedication and investments

As you enjoy looking at these works of art,remember how much joy you get just looking

Just Beautiful Will.

I don't know how I missed this thread, but it's an absolute treasure chest.

I have no words...

I just noticed that two of the tables being used to display cues in post 28 actually have 8 pockets. Must make for an interesting game!
Wonderful thread and some fantastic cues. Thanks so much for sharing.

Will, I remember you texting me pics of your collection. And I was thinking if you told someone you could pick one and keep it, it would be like an impossible task

Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful cue

ibuycues said:

I have over 20 of these unique tables from the early 1930s, and use them to display cues and other billiard memorabilia.
I love’em, they are perfect for my use. They weigh almost as much as a refrigerator, and are all functioning coin op tables.
They have a unique history, and were the first coin op tables.
Btw, I have a couple (3-4) that have ten pockets!
There were about a dozen different kinds made, and I have all of them.

Will Prout

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Well,

That's really special that you managed to acquire all of those different models/styles of tables and are able to put them to good use. Thanks for the brief history lesson.