Balabushka on E- Bay

So Do I

TATE said:
In case anybody is wondering, this aucton is legit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:11&item=220130170414

I bought a couple of cues from this seller - he's good people to deal with. It's interesting to see a Balabushka with a Szamboti forearm. I like this cue a lot.

Chris
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We're certainly doing some of the same ebay searches. That's a great cue and a good auction. That forearm looks so similar to the one on the Palmer/Szam you had. What do you think the over/under $$$ is on this auction if the seller lets it run to the end?

Kevin
 
I wanna ask cueaddicts

thepavlos said:
Is this a pool?? 23500.00
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If it is a contest I want to ask with cueaddicts' opinion first. He guessed the Szam I sold on eBay at $52,381 (actual end $55,100) pretty early in the auction, when everyone else was saying 35K.

I originally thought this Balabuska would be in the $18 area (not that I know anything), but that was when the auction was at 5K, it's at 13.5K after less than a day, so that seems low. I think it's a "Level 5" in the BlueBook.

Its a great cue and I hope the auction plays out, although I know from experience that there's pleanty of AZers out there contacting this seller with other plans.
 
kvinbrwr said:
If it is a contest I want to ask with cueaddicts' opinion first. He guessed the Szam I sold on eBay at $52,381 (actual end $55,100) pretty early in the auction, when everyone else was saying 35K.

I originally thought this Balabuska would be in the $18 area (not that I know anything), but that was when the auction was at 5K, it's at 13.5K after less than a day, so that seems low. I think it's a "Level 5" in the BlueBook.

Its a great cue and I hope the auction plays out, although I know from experience that there's pleanty of AZers out there contacting this seller with other plans.
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Kevin, my initial thoughts when I saw the cue this morning was that it would probably go in the range of $24-26k. There are a lot of nice things about the cue....especially the prong, back-end, and # of shafts. Sean
 
kvinbrwr said:
We're certainly doing some of the same ebay searches. That's a great cue and a good auction. That forearm looks so similar to the one on the Palmer/Szam you had. What do you think the over/under $$$ is on this auction if the seller lets it run to the end?

Kevin
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Kevin,

I have not seen too many Szamboti/Bushka's, so I can't say. But this clearly is one, and it's a cue that belongs in a top notch collection. To have a cue like this publicly surface from individual private ownership is an event.

This is the cue I would have built for me by Barry if I had the opportunity, with his own special touches. Looks like the reserve is already met.

Chris
 
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I noticed that the brass inserts shown are slightly different. Two different shapes. Or am I just seeing things?

Anyone know why? I ask this because they are said to be all Balabushka's work although two were made at a later date.

Gene

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Thanks for weighing-in

cueaddicts said:
Kevin, my initial thoughts when I saw the cue this morning was that it would probably go in the range of $24-26k. There are a lot of nice things about the cue....especially the prong, back-end, and # of shafts. Sean
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Sean

There are a lot of nice things about this cue, which made the seller's reserve w/in 10 hours of being posted on eBay. I've seen a very similar
Szam forearm on a Palmer that Christ Tate owned, and it is super attractive. Plus, from my little experience with a Balabuskas, this cue is a little "fancy". Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

Kevin
 
Made reserve in 10 hours.

TATE said:
Kevin,

I have not seen too many Szamboti/Bushka's, so I can't say. But this clearly is one, and it's a cue that belongs in a top notch collection. To have a cue like this publicly surface from individual private ownership is an event.

This is the cue I would have built for me by Barry if I had the opportunity, with his own special touches. Looks like the reserve is already met.

Chris
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Chris

I think this is a great cue. Its a nice looking, straight-looking auction, and I'll be super interested to see how it plays out. Were the cues you bought from the seller also from "Staten Island Dom"'s collection?

Kevin
 
Well, 2 hours and 39 minutes to go.

Will $13,500 take it, or will there be some last minute flurry? Stay tuned...
 
Hindsight is 20/20

TATE said:
Well, 2 hours and 39 minutes to go.

Will $13,500 take it, or will there be some last minute flurry? Stay tuned...
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Chris

Its funny how 6 days of no bids changed my perspective from "go go go", to "we'll see". I don't really know how cue auctions go, (if there's a way they generally go) my cue auction moved 20% in the last 2 hours, that would be $16,200 on this one.

Stay tuned is right.

Kevin
 
feedback?

If you look at the winners feedback, you can see other cues he has purchased lately. Very interesting ;)
 
this is a very nice example of a "clean" Balabushka and the buyer got a steal!!!!!!!!.............if there wasn't a shill..:eek:
 
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