Couldn't resist this cue on Ebay since I wanted to pick up a few of George's cues. I spoke with the guy that had it authenticated in 2004 and he was the owner of Tech Billiards in New York many years ago and bought the cue from his friend who bought it new from George. He had Pete refinish the butt in early 1980 and played maybe 10 games of pool with it over the next 25 years of his ownwership and then sold it and now it has wound up with me. It is nice to know the history of a cue like this especially when there are so mant fakes out there. This cue looks fantastic and is dead straight together and apart with the original shafts, Enjoy