Billiard collectibles
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Love it ... great collectible. Thanks for sharing.
Love it ... great collectible. Thanks for sharing.
Yea and there printed on the wrong side of the paper!
Jim...Pretty sure the "retired hustler" is Bill Stroud. He did another cool article for Smithsonian Magazine as well.
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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I have the same magazine and at the end of the article it states
"Colorado Slim is the pool-hall alias of a retired hustler who now turns wood for a living"
I have asked around a few times and never got an answer.
There is a thread on this site from 06, short.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=40050
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Jim...The 3rd cue from the right, on the wall rack, appears to have some serious warpage. LOL Does it come with a "lifetime warranty"?
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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Scott the cool thing about this rack is it was given to me by a elderly lady who ran a antique store in Aptos Ca. She felt bad that their store had nothing billiard related for my collection. Then she remembered her doll house collection and reached in a open doll house and pulled this off the wall, She would not let me pay for it
.I did not complain about the warped cue:grin:
What an awesome thread, Mr C. Bravo, sir!
I'm not sure if it's classed as a collectible but this snooker cue was crafted by the renowned luthier, Roger Bucknall, in the mid 1980s as a prototype. It is genuinely unique, no other telescopic cue in the world comes even close to its quality. Bucknall's client list today reads like music royalty: Keith Richards, Sting, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger etc are among those using his bespoke guitars.
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To give a further example of Mr Bucknall's supreme craftmanship, take a look at the sublime work of art he created for the cover of a cue company's brochure. To carve such a beautiful and anatomically correct human hand is an admirable skill in itself, but when one learns that the cue is part of the same piece of wood you recognise a true master of his craft. The cue was not simply placed into the palm afterwards; note how its splices carry on through the knuckles. Imagine starting with a single block of timber and having the insight, not only to envisage what might be possible, but to then execute those thoughts with such clarity and perfection.
Thanks RC. I resurrect this thread every few years and add a few new pics. The thread is cool but even better with your contributions.
The telescopic cue is peachy but that Union Jack case is badass
Thanks for sharing your pictures and info.
Yes pt!
Many of these items would be difficult to replace but the rock is truly one of a kind!
I would say that post 38 is a close 2nd.
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