fastfrank23
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Does anyone know the value of an autographed copy of Bet High and Kiss Low (Paperback) by Grady "The Professor" Matthews? It's in good condition.
Bet High and Kiss Low
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Keep it'
It's worth as much as someone's willing to pay.... Or the value you put on it.
Although there might be a pool and billiards historian around here to put a value on it...
Open to offers for a time limit you set, then sell it for the best offer if your interested in selling it.
Best.
Rob.M
Keep it'
It's worth as much as someone's willing to pay.... Or the value you put on it.
Although there might be a pool and billiards historian around here to put a value on it...
Open to offers for a time limit you set, then sell it for the best offer if your interested in selling it.
Best.
Rob.M
Old Nine Baller
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fastfrank23
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Thanks Rob M.
He came up with A great name for a book though:grin-square:
Why is it so bad? The writing? The content?
YES !!!
I've known Grady all his life, since he was a kid...We always got along OK, but I was embarrassed for him, that that was the best he could put forth, in a biographical effort !...It is terribly written, and three fourths of it has nothing to do with ANYTHING at all, much less pool !
SJD
PS..The guy who 'ghost wrote' it (forget his name) was no more an author, than Grady was...He might have done better without the guy ! Couldn't possibly have done any worse.
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Old Nine Baller
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The book is bad because in the middle of telling an interesting story it suddenly devolves to "getting/giving head" or having some type of excruciatingly detailed sex with the latest wonderful girl he'd met. The good stories in the book get ruined by this crap.
He misspells Richie Florence as Ritchie Florence. Puts a "t" in it every time.
He calls Artie Bodendorfer "Artie Duseldorf". AB is German so maybe that's an insult or just laziness to find AB's last name especially since he credits him with being a "Great One Pocket" player.
ONB
This sounds as bad as Through the Eyes of the Lizard which was terrible!!
It wasn't that bad. Many of the stories were great and the sex didn't bother me one bit. One of the first stories about going off time after time to that one pocket player and then getting advice from that old guy and raising it and beating him out of all that money, brought back memories of similar matches I had. The book was very inexpensive and well worth it to me. Had a lot of great pictures too. Grady did so much more for pool than all the knockers put together here would do in several lifetimes. Believe me.....
Jeff would probably pay a little more for it, I am thinking.
Too bad everyone thinks the book is bad. I loved Grady Mathews commentary and instructional tapes, and would love to buy a copy of the book just to find out, but they are like 250 dollars on amazon and I am not paying that for a book people think is terrible. Had it been 50, then maybe it would be worth the gamble. I've not heard a favorable review of this book yet, so maybe it's for the best. I do find it odd that someone who had so many funny stories and remarks in the booth could make a lousy book. Perhaps it would have been awesome with the right co/ghost writer.
Old Nine Baller
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Grady did many things for pool and poolplayers but this doesn't make the book better.
He does call Jay Helfert a "weasel" though
.ONB
Grady did a lot for the game, but it was all in the promotion of his many tournaments. If you thought his book was a literary success, I feel sorry for you...Grady couldn't teach anybody, anything, except how to brag about his sexual conquests..Glad you enjoyed his book...You may be the ONLY one who did ! (Believe me)
SJD
PS..As I said, I always got along with him OK, but that's only because I am a good listener..He was ALL about Grady..ALL THE TIME !..Of the 56 pool books listed in Wikipedia on the subject of pool, his got the lowest rating of them ALL..Check it out ! (and there were some other really bad ones)
PPS..It ain't 'knockin', to speak the truth !
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