ok az police- gus?
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that looks like the gus on the cover of snap magazine form may/june 1991. i think fast n loose is making a tribute cue about this cue. there is a matching fellini case that goes with this cue. i had believed it was in the glenn family collection. maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.
guy
guy
I emailed the seller and haven't heard back yet. It looks like they sell a lot of china and silverware so I am afraid it might be a hijacked account. It also says in their description that they charge California sales tax, but ebay lists their location as Louisianna.
My guess is that it is a fake auction, but who knows maybe it is real. I asked if I can inspect the cue before the auction is over and if they would use an escrow service. Their response to these two questions will probably tell me what I need to know.
If anyone has any additional information please let us know.
My guess is that it is a fake auction, but who knows maybe it is real. I asked if I can inspect the cue before the auction is over and if they would use an escrow service. Their response to these two questions will probably tell me what I need to know.
If anyone has any additional information please let us know.
they are a company that sells stuff that ppl drop off at their store. so the fact that they sell china and silverware has nothing to do with whether this cue is authentic or not. they just sell what people ask them to sell.
as for the sales tax, it doesnt matter where they are, everything going into california gets taxed. many other listings say the same thing too. it's at 8.25% i believe and it is quite common to find that stated in many auctions.
neither of those things should have an affect on whether u think the auction is fake or not. if anything u would think that its fake cuz of it's low current price.
as for the sales tax, it doesnt matter where they are, everything going into california gets taxed. many other listings say the same thing too. it's at 8.25% i believe and it is quite common to find that stated in many auctions.
neither of those things should have an affect on whether u think the auction is fake or not. if anything u would think that its fake cuz of it's low current price.
It's The Same Except for The DOTS
This cue looks very similar to the Gus pictured on the May/June '91 cover of SNAP Magazine, but it's not the same one. The one on the cover has small white dots on each side of the diamonds on the forearm and butt.
Doug
guycrunch said:
This cue looks very similar to the Gus pictured on the May/June '91 cover of SNAP Magazine, but it's not the same one. The one on the cover has small white dots on each side of the diamonds on the forearm and butt.
Doug
guycrunch said:
The cue you are speaking of is not the same cue listed on eBay. The cue you are talking about with the matching case is like it but different, and is pictured on page 333 of the Billiard Encyclopedia, second edition.
Hope this helps!!!
there are a couple of things that scare me 10 item location stuck in the freewayinla. the other auctions state sunland cali, 2 ) this is the only auction that does not accept paypal? he has not gotten back with me i emailed to one of his earlier auctions to see if it is the same guy calling back? just a little fishyCueJunkiee said:
cueaddicts said:
Yeah, I agree, cue looks 100% genuine but the auction looks iffy. That is one hell of a cue. I mean, has anyone ever faked shrinkage around the inlays? If yes...that person is an evil genious. I have a Szam with a brown bumper by the way (see below).
...and where have those pics come from? I have never seen this cue before.
Has anyone come across this window Gus in their past?
Pic of brown bumper on my Szam....
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I wondered about the linen rings also, but have no idea if Gus used that type. I also thought the box veneers were mitered on the Snap cue... at least I envisioned it done that way... the veneers on this cue are not mitered.
Can anybody enlighten us regarding these two questions?
If I had the cash, I would gamble on this one.
Can anybody enlighten us regarding these two questions?
If I had the cash, I would gamble on this one.
Mark has a rosewood box cue type Szamboti on his site for 75k. What would a refinish do for this cue? Add to the value or detract? I think, if this is indeed a Szamboti, that the real players will be out in force and on their doorstep at the end of the auction.It should be very entertaining to watch the final few minutes.Mr. mtpocketsforu, do you have your finger on the trigger? Papa Pete would surley want to add this to his stack of Szambotis. The seller is gonna have a heck of a final value fee if it is authenic. The lack of comments by the experts here also speaks volumes.I am not a Szamboti expert,but there are several aspects of this cue that are unmistakeably Szamboti.
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Yup
There is one awesome counterfitter in the south that can do just that and when I saw the pictures I said to myself man this looks familiar.
But I think for the money I would call and see if he did it. I would not buy anything like that until Mr. Barry looked in his fathers order book authinticating the order and the cue by personally inspecting the cue.
Investments should be done with as little speculation as possable!
Nick
There is one awesome counterfitter in the south that can do just that and when I saw the pictures I said to myself man this looks familiar.
But I think for the money I would call and see if he did it. I would not buy anything like that until Mr. Barry looked in his fathers order book authinticating the order and the cue by personally inspecting the cue.
Investments should be done with as little speculation as possable!
Nick
nick serdula said:There is one awesome counterfitter in the south that can do just that and when I saw the pictures I said to myself man this looks familiar.
But I think for the money I would call and see if he did it. I would not buy anything like that until Mr. Barry looked in his fathers order book authinticating the order and the cue by personally inspecting the cue.
Investments should be done with as little speculation as possable!
Nick
Being so enamored with this "awesome counterfitter" and obviously intimately familiar with his "work" begs the question- How many cues by this person have you sold to unsuspecting buyers? If I read this wrong then I am sure you will have no problem alerting all of those here as to the identity of the scoundrel.