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what do you guys know about his leather wraps it is the finest
what do you guys know about his leather wraps it is the finest
Balabushka what do you think?
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this one has a szamboti points in it! Rare!
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I personally think the cue is all that you say it is and more. The fact that this cue has stayed in this condition for all these years is kinda amazing.
First does the cue have an Oil finish?
Second, I would love to hear the story behind this cue, I suspect that the story is as good or better than the cue itself.
Thanks for sharing.
the shafts are 12.9 and 12.5 old dark sugar wood! ivory ferrells
Wrap may not be original but my knee jerk response is it is genuine. If I was handed that cue in a pool room and asked what I thought my heart may start to race little.
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A question for the cue experts out there that deal in high end cues. Just out of curosity, the seller is asking $21,000.00 for the cue. Assuming the cue is actually for sale, is this a realistic price? What could he expect to get as a real world offer? Is there any data on recent sales of Balabushka cues to establish any kind of bence marks?
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There are i just sold this one to another dealer for 29,000 last http://cornerstonecues.com/cue311.htm
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The blue book starts this off at aprox 18,000 then 25% for original also add 1000 for wrap and also ad for szamboti and 2 full shafts! Add also for letter from tascarella! Wich books it at about 26,000
The value is a willing buyer and a willing seller just wondering what they go for in today's market. Would you say your last deal was an exception or a good representation of current values? I am referring only to Balabushkas.
The recent cues that Bill has been listing are selling for what we would expect them to sell for in todays market. Bill has had some exceptional pieces and if their is a shortage of any cues, it's Bushkas. Especially mint cues, with work in them. When they pop out of a closet, after sitting for 25 or 30 years they should be as they went in.
Bushkas, to those who know, get judged on quite a bit of criteria. There are a lot of things to consider when you are looking for a Bushka. The first obviously is condition. If its all original and mint, that is the nuts. After that, the buyer may have preferences that dictate the cue that is ideal to them. For instance, a Szamboti forearm. Now these alone are really rare. Or a 5 veneer Spain blank, again rare. Inlays in the prongs, in order of rarity, 7,6,5,4,3,2,1. Normally these are a slotted MOP diamond with a dot pattern. They can be all dots, or multiple diamonds. The work in the butt sleeve varies greatly, certain patterns bring more than others. Eye appeal, and rarity again are the determining factor. The cue Bill is showing here is a 74 ish cue and the backend was a design he did in the mid-1960's.
George was like any other cuemaker. His early cues, very different from his later cues. But he got better as he progressed, and his cues really showcase that. You can really learn a lot from having a 1961 ish cue, a 65 ish cue a 69 and a 73-74 cue in a line. His eye for design was always keen, but as he got into the late 60's and early 70's we was masterful at clean inlay combinations.
Wraps, he might have been the best leatherman in the buisness. He didn't have a Deangelo jig, he used a razor. His linen was pressed to perfection, of course he had Cortland, that alone is cheating, almost nothing presses better.
JV
The blue pattern is off a titlist and the silver pattern is off a Szamboti forearm cue....
Bushkas, to those who know, get judged on quite a bit of criteria. There are a lot of things to consider when you are looking for a Bushka. The first obviously is condition. If its all original and mint, that is the nuts. After that, the buyer may have preferences that dictate the cue that is ideal to them. For instance, a Szamboti forearm. Now these alone are really rare. Or a 5 veneer Spain blank, again rare. Inlays in the prongs, in order of rarity, 7,6,5,4,3,2,1. Normally these are a slotted MOP diamond with a dot pattern. They can be all dots, or multiple diamonds. The work in the butt sleeve varies greatly, certain patterns bring more than others. Eye appeal, and rarity again are the determining factor. The cue Bill is showing here is a 74 ish cue and the backend was a design he did in the mid-1960's.
George was like any other cuemaker. His early cues, very different from his later cues. But he got better as he progressed, and his cues really showcase that. You can really learn a lot from having a 1961 ish cue, a 65 ish cue a 69 and a 73-74 cue in a line. His eye for design was always keen, but as he got into the late 60's and early 70's we was masterful at clean inlay combinations.
Wraps, he might have been the best leatherman in the buisness. He didn't have a Deangelo jig, he used a razor. His linen was pressed to perfection, of course he had Cortland, that alone is cheating, almost nothing presses better.
JV
The blue pattern is off a titlist and the silver pattern is off a Szamboti forearm cue....
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Joe and mark are truly the experts in this area and have had more come across there hands than i have by more than 500% but i know when i do get them they are easy sells at over 20,000