Frank paradise trio for sale

I've got a BIT coin around here somewhere :thumbup:

really like the ebony one

Frank Paradise

Frank Paradise cues are rare and play exceptional. These are great examples and very fairly priced to move. I have had Pete tascarella have a shaft for mine to go with my Rubino shafts. Great offering Randy, someone will be pleased.

I always admire the old Palmer and Paradise window cues that were top of the line in their catalogs. When I see names such as Bosone and Schnitzer in the windows of the top models I imagine some guys who were top of the line players in their respective rooms or regions in the mid 60s to mid 70s. As a 12 year old in the mid 60s with older brothers; I remember that someone spending $75+ on a cue was a lot of money back then. usually only the top guys were laying out that money on a cue. I remember a Jimmy Marino Palmer window cue for sale on eBay many years ago- he was a national force in gambling games at one time! An interesting project and book would be a pool biography of surviving window names In Paradise and Palmer cues- it would have to be done soon- many who would know the names are already gone- sadly.

Is number 2 a full splice? Any way to tell that?

bobalouiecda said:

Can anyone tell me how early in the 60s Paradise cues were made. I bought a slightly used cue very similar to the top cue in about 1964-65. I paid about $150 for it and a very luxurious hard case. A lot of money, but a great playing and looking cue at the time most had never seen. I was living in Kansas City and the owner not out East. I was told it was part Brunswick and another maker. Not a Rambow.

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Frank Paradise began making cues in 1948 and made them until his death in 1968.