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A guy came in to to hall today with a cue that looks similar to a willie hoppe but with a Cisero Murphy signature. Any one know anything about these cues?
Cisneros Murphy pool cue ?
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I'm FB friends with Ciscero....why don't don't you reach out to him?
He passed in 1996
sporttoday.org/12_64ec045265b979b3_1.htm
James "Cisero" Murphy, the first black player to enter a world title pocket billiard tournament and the first black player to win one (1965), died April 20, 1996. Born in 1936, Murphy was New York City straight pool champion at age 16 and won the Eastern States 14.1 title every year from 1959 to 1964. He was also Maine State champion
Cisero was a legendary straight pooler who won the World 14.1 Championship in the late 1960's. He was an African American who was denied entry into the top events for years. Among the many who protested on his behalf in the 1960's was the late Steve Mizerak.
Inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 1995, just months before his death in a car accident.
That's what I thought But....
Humm, he responded back, just a few mths ago, must of been a family member? I was surprised, but I friended him and got a response. I'll have to go back and see what's up with that.
Thx
Just ck'd my FB moments ago, read down, it's his son. Thx again.
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Damn Bill I thought you found a time portal.
You could have been rich.
Bought microsoft,facebook,tesla and on.
Could have snagged a couple $150 Buskas just for fun.
There were Cisero Murphy cues produced by either Helmstetter, Adam, or one of those groups that mfg. in Japan and I have seen a few of them , I think some Lou Butera cues were made as well - They had pictures of the players on the buttcap - I think that they were made in the 80s or early 90s. sometimes you may see them on eBay.
Wow, what a great picture! Thanks for sharing.
ADAM cue most likely.
Great photo
I heard a story that Murphy went to a tournament and wanted to get money for his cue. A guy recognized him in the parking lot and asked what he was doing at the tourny, when he said I'm going to auction off my cue and the guy said how much for a ticket and he said ,something that added up to 1000.00 and the guy said I'll just buy it now for 1000.00 Murphy sold him the cue and before the day was over the new owner had an offer for 25 ,000.00 or 50,000.00 I can't remember which because not only was it Murphys playing cue it was the second cue ever made by Balabushka and the number 1 was missing, so it was potentially the first example of his work still left.
that story was in billiard digest late 80's/early 90's. funny thing: i've heard of , i believe, 3 different balabuska's that were cicero's.
Now that’s funny!
