1950's Herman Rambow Cue - Need Valuation

Lesh

Lesh

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Please reveiw the images of this 1950's Herman Rambow Cue that a firend of mine had tonite at the Hall. He said he wanted to get a rough idea of what such a cue might be worth these days. It was made custom for his father, whose name appears on the case "STAN MCDOWELL"

Yes, it does have 2 shafts. Didnt find that out until after I got pix

Thank you for your time

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Regards,

Lesh
 

Apparently there was a gallant attempt at weight management bestowed all over that cue. :smile:
 
cuesblues said:
The cue doesn't look like a Rambow to me.
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- Just going by what the fella told me. I wouldn't know a Rambow Cue if I was impaled on it.

I believe the holes all over the butt were filled long ago with MOP inlays

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Lesh said:
- Just going by what the fella told me. I wouldn't know a Rambow Cue if I was impaled on it.

I believe the holes all over the butt were filled long ago with MOP inlays

:smile:
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Maybe this cue was made by a tribe of hippie cuemakers in the 60's.
I don't think LSD was around in the 50's.
Possibly something like an Abe Rich cue, converted by a chemistry major at UCLA in the 60's, after he met Timothy Leary for the first time.
 
who needs LSD?

Wow, just spin that butt on a table under some good light and you might be bedazzled !! :shocked:

Is there any personalization, such as the owner's name, up in the forearm under the joint?
 
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So then this cue is unidentifiable and is 100% absolutely not a Rambow Cue? So valued at around 2-bits and a nod at the bus stop then. Got it.
 
I cannot imagine a cue maker peppering the butt of a cue with random holes like that. I go with the guy that said weight management, because MOP would not ALL fall out like that, and the holes are way too random. Too bad, very nice rosewood(?) it looks like.
 
Are there any marks on the lower portion of the case on the backside or under the flap inside?

No telling who made the cue without better pics...

JV
 
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classiccues said:
Are there any marks on the lower portion of the case on the backside or under the flap inside?

No telling who made the cue without better pics...

JV
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A Photographer, I are not. There are no marks on the case... didn't say who made the case. As far as weight management.... could be. The guy said that he actually had weight added to it after his father passed away because it was way too light. The weight balance is actually closer to the joint than Ive seen on most other cues.

I didnt notice any marks on the butt cap

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Hope these will be better for you guys
and thanks for the Info CueAddicts!
 
Lesh said:
So then this cue is unidentifiable and is 100% absolutely not a Rambow Cue? So valued at around 2-bits and a nod at the bus stop then. Got it.
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I'm still leaning toward Abe Rich, and they inlays were added at Woodstock.
 
cuesblues said:
I'm still leaning toward Abe Rich, and they inlays were added at Woodstock.
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LOL... I think it is like RHatten said, a severely earnest attempt to relieve the cue of weight. Pity, it is a nice hitting cue. The owner was playing one-pocket with me and let me take a few stabs with it. Its got that old-wood 'ping' to it.
 
That cue looks like what they do with seconds of some items to make sure that they don't get used or re-sold as 1st quality, except that someone must have really gotten carried away with using the drill. If one dollar is good, 50 must be better. If one hole is good, 50 must be better as well.

Back when the cue was new I guess it did not much matter what was done with it as it would be used to poke at a round ball not kept as a quality collectible item or as "art".

The ping sound does not come from the wood, it's either from the ferrule or the joint compressing. I read at some point on here that it was probably due to an air pocket somewhere.
 
None of you have got it right yet!

The holes are for "ventilation" and "stability". When you hit that ball with TOI, Perfect Aim, and CTE all at ONCE it heats up a bit too much for comfort around the handle area. Don't be fooled into thinking that all those holes are RANDOMLY bored out....there was some THOUGHT that went into this creation.

The REAL question is "How good did the guy play with it?".
 
HawaiianEye said:
None of you have got it right yet!

The holes are for "ventilation" and "stability". When you hit that ball with TOI, Perfect Aim, and CTE all at ONCE it heats up a bit too much for comfort around the handle area. Don't be fooled into thinking that all those holes are RANDOMLY bored out....there was some THOUGHT that went into this creation.

The REAL question is "How good did the guy play with it?".
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He cleaned my damn clock.

I am about to head out to the Hall again today and get more punishment from this guy. He is a distinguished older gentleman and doesn't really say much to anyone, but he is nice enough to give me some lessons. He says he shoots with that cue once every 6 months or so, I just happened to catch him on the magic day.

Hopefully Paul Rubino will be able to shed some light on this cue. Im just doing this as a favor to this nice man bc he was curious as to the value.

Laters!
 
Lesh...What room do you play out of?

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

Lesh said:
He cleaned my damn clock.

I am about to head out to the Hall again today and get more punishment from this guy. He is a distinguished older gentleman and doesn't really say much to anyone, but he is nice enough to give me some lessons. He says he shoots with that cue once every 6 months or so, I just happened to catch him on the magic day.

Hopefully Paul Rubino will be able to shed some light on this cue. Im just doing this as a favor to this nice man bc he was curious as to the value.

Laters!
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If No One has Mentioned it,,,the cue case was made by ''King Kue Kases'' out of Memphis, TN,,,,,

Cool case,,,,,,I have two,,!!!

Alan.
 
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