Barry Szamboti on eBay for $50,000

[CueCaps]

I thought so!!!

I seen this cue in the early mid 90's.
I knew it looked familar, then, I saw the cue is in Pearl City, Hawaii, when Stanford had it.
It has a "BS" hand scratched/etched in the Butt Cap's Counterbore.
They have been in business for a long time here in Hawaii.
Stan, are you in Cali now?? ^^

 

[Iowa Mike]

I get a kick out of this part too:

guaranteed to be as advertised but is SOLD AS IS, without warranty

What does that even mean?

That means it is exactly as advertised, can't you see that it is perfect in those remarkably detailed high quality pictures.

Also he adds this line

All items look excellent

What that means is if you stand back at a distance of 4 feet and look at the cue it looks perfect. This is kind of the same way that a dude or chick looks hot from across the room but when you make that fateful trek over there you find them to be a slug donkey.

He says nothing about the hit or that it even rolls straight, even though it is a Szamboti I doubt Barry used his highly coveted "unbreakable & unbendable & undentable & unknickable & unwarpable" sauce on this particular cue. OH CRAP I forgot the secret code!!!! This must tell him that Barry took this cue to Shaolin temple and had it blessed by the fighting monks during their festival of wood love, this will definitely have made it super durable too.

I found some info in here on the secret code, but I can't disclose it. Sorry.

Damn you we need this information, argh secret secret secret, I need the answer NOW!

 

[Iowa Mike]

a bit high but in all honesty it is one of barrys first cues. started in 1991

Dave I don't really agree with that. This looks to be a pretty standard cue. From what I have seen Gus's cues (average like this one) don't even bring near that.

Now I could see this price for only a couple reasons.
1. it was made with tons of exotic materials and pooped rare gems.
2. it was something super cool like the 1st cue Barry made with his dad and had the docs to back it up or some other similar special circumstances.

I can go buy a Gus or Barry right now off this forum and other places, conservatively starting for 8-10k and super detailed ones for maybe in the 20's this includes their earliest work. I'm no expert but this seems correct. You are saying 50k is a bit high because it was one of his earlier cues?

That "secret code" better double as the winning lottery numbers!

 

[HighEndCues]

Hey Ken, hopefully you haven't had your "daily call" with Barry yet, but when you do, can you ask him about this cue? See if he remembers it? Hell, maybe when you're over at his house this week again maybe you can just pull it up on the computer....

Just curious about it, thanks...

Hey Roscoe,
I see you watched the my interview at the ICCS on TAR. I do talk to Barry alot and visit when I can, not quite that much. We were having fun on the interview..
Next time I speak with Barry I will ask him about this cue..
That cue has been on EBAY so many times, it should pay rent..
Best,
Ken

 

[LittleMonster]

Hey Ken, hopefully you haven't had your "daily call" with Barry yet, but when you do, can you ask him about this cue? See if he remembers it? Hell, maybe when you're over at his house this week again maybe you can just pull it up on the computer....

Just curious about it, thanks...

I saw that video on the action report site. I couldn't help myself but to laugh out loud. Now that I see it was all done in jest, it seems a little less humorous (ironic as that may seem) that when I thought the interviewee was serious.

But funny, just the same.

Guess I confused 'tongue in cheek' with 'nose in butt'.

 

[SCCues]

I was looking on eBay for more stuff I can't afford and found this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280268007947

He is selling it for $50,000. Does anyone know this cue, or the seller?

Seems steep. :frown:

EDIT: he found Barry's "secret code" hahaha

I looked at the cue on ebay and this statement caught my eye immediately:

"has basically been stored in our warehouse and recently discovered."

How in the world do you lose track of something that's worth $50K!

James

 

[dave sutton]

Dave I don't really agree with that. This looks to be a pretty standard cue. From what I have seen Gus's cues (average like this one) don't even bring near that.

Now I could see this price for only a couple reasons.
1. it was made with tons of exotic materials and pooped rare gems.
2. it was something super cool like the 1st cue Barry made with his dad and had the docs to back it up or some other similar special circumstances.

I can go buy a Gus or Barry right now off this forum and other places, conservatively starting for 8-10k and super detailed ones for maybe in the 20's this includes their earliest work. I'm no expert but this seems correct. You are saying 50k is a bit high because it was one of his earlier cues?

That "secret code" better double as the winning lottery numbers!

i wasnt really commenting on the price. obv its 5x too much

i was more interested in the date