Balabushka Blanks....Yes or No

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I know this has been discussed a lot over the years.....whether or not George did his own point blanks? We all know he used Titlists, Spain/Davis, and later Szamboti blanks.

The other day I stumbled across this in one of Tate's "Blast from the Past" flyers from J. Wright. See cue #27.....clearly states "rare blank by George. B".

Any thoughts as to whether this could be so?

Thanks,
Sean

http://www.palmercollector.com/BlastfromthePast13.html

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I don't now about the Bushka blank, but look at that 8 point Gus! I saw that cue at John's house when I bought that #21 Tibbitts cue... man that was a great playing cue. Wonder where it is now?

These old John Wright photos always bring back great memories. Sorry to hijack your thread. ;)
 
Worminator said:
I don't now about the Bushka blank, but look at that 8 point Gus! I saw that cue at John's house when I bought that #21 Tibbitts cue... man that was a great playing cue. Wonder where it is now?

These old John Wright photos always bring back great memories. Sorry to hijack your thread. ;)
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Stong cue indeed and at only $17k then !! I think it's a 6pt though (even better).....probably in the Cheng collection now.
 
cueaddicts said:
Stong cue indeed and at only $17k then !! I think it's a 6pt though (even better).....probably in the Cheng collection now.
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Wow... you're right, it was a 6 pointer. Holy smokes!!! John offered me that cue for $14K. I couldn't imagine paying that kind of money for a cue back then... hindsight...

When asking where the cue is now, I was specifically asking about the Tibbitts. I traded it back to John for a fancy SW, and once John re-sold it I never saw it surface again. Any ideas on that one?
 
The only issue regarding the forearm is that George was deadset against figured woods. Why would he build a blank that would go against what he felt was an issue...??

JV
 
I think it is just a wording error. Rare blank could mean they don't know who made it. And it is possible John thought George made it since it did not fit the norms from the known providers. We have already had the debates over whether someone other than those already mentioned ever built any blanks that George used. I am convinced there is at least one other provider and probably more and others are convinced that George only bought from one source at a time. Everything I have read about George leads me to believe he was smart enough not risk his livelyhood by keeping all his eggs in one basket. He was also probably smart enough to not tell one source he was buying from another.
 
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George's forearms

He never built a forearm with proings or proings and veneers. He may have done a merry widow or two.
Nick :)
 
cueman said:
I think it is just a wording error. Rare blank could mean they don't know who made it. And it is possible John thought George made it since it did not fit the norms form the known providers. We have already had the debates over whether someone other than those already mentioned ever built any blanks that George used. I am convinced there is at least one other provider and probably more and others are convinced that George only bought from one source at a time. Everything I have read about George leads me to believe he was smart enough not risk his livelyhood by keeping all his eggs in one basket. He was also probably smart enough to not tell one source he was buying from another.
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And he was also smart enough not to show or tell to much about how he made cues. Spain could certainly have verified that fact. So I always wonder why Tasc is sometimes thought of as an apprentice, like in that listing. It takes more than buying someone's equipment to be called an apprentice does it not? Or at least in my field it does...

And to find the answer to the OP all one would have to do is ask Schick his opinion since he authenticated it.
 
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