Billiard collectibles

[Cuebuddy]

Thanks for reviving this thread. Where do you guys find this stuff? I know I could go on eBay and Ive tried yard sales with no luck. Theres one antique store near me that has a bca rules handbook from the 60's that I really want but he won't let it go without selling me the all plastic Brunswick table that goes with it I know alot of the fun is in the hunt but all I've found is a copy of Steve Mizerak's Pocket Billiards Tips and Trick Shots. It was a fun find just sitting there on the shelf though

I have gotten lucky finding some of this stuff but I have also traveled a fair bit and I am always on the watch. Its funny when I go into an antique store or flea market my eye is drawn to long skinny things like pool cues. Many a broom stick and fishing pole has made me double take over the years.

With a wife and four kids who all know I am a pool nut there is not much that escapes us when we go through a store.
Ebay has also been a source of collectibles for me....or at least it used to be, now days some of the sellers actually think this stuff has value.

The old BCA rule books come up often on Ebay and usually go for cheap.
Some things were made for me by my kids like this chalk box.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Thanks for reviving this thread. Where do you guys find this stuff? I know I could go on eBay and Ive tried yard sales with no luck. Theres one antique store near me that has a bca rules handbook from the 60's that I really want but he won't let it go without selling me the all plastic Brunswick table that goes with it I know alot of the fun is in the hunt but all I've found is a copy of Steve Mizerak's Pocket Billiards Tips and Trick Shots. It was a fun find just sitting there on the shelf though

I have some extra books: http://www.sfbilliards.com/books_to_trade.htm
Ignore the "no longer available" comment about the books at the bottom -- most of those are now available.

 

[Cuebuddy]

I found this in San Francisco and bought all they had. I will give them as gifts later.

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

You got some neato stuff here. The valueness of it doesn't matter as much as the nostalgic value.

I'll trade you a partially used Hai Karate for the Avon.
Man, I guess when I turned 15, everyone in the world decided I needed to smell like a man.

 

[cuejoey]

This is a great thread to revive............:thumbup:

 

[steveinflorida]

GREAT THREAD! Thanks for starting.
Man, this is soooo cool.

 

[Cuebuddy]

You got some neato stuff here. The valueness of it doesn't matter as much as the nostalgic value.

I'll trade you a partially used Hai Karate for the Avon.
Man, I guess when I turned 15, everyone in the world decided I needed to smell like a man.

LOL The Avon eight ball is still full of after shave, I unscrewed the lid and gave it a wiff....man I hope that is not what it was supposed to smell like 40 years ago when it was new.:shocked2:

 

[rexus31]

Autographed Cue Ball

I got this cue ball autographed at a pro tournament here in Los Angeles in the early-mid 90's.

I also got these vintage Centennials and old National Tournament Chalk with a vintage AMF table I bought about 25 years ago. Pretty cool.

 

[Mike Porter]

I haven't had much time for the net, but when I do I always check out AZ. Glad to see this thread still alive. You can never have too many collectibles. Here's some tips(obviously).
Mike

 

[cueaddicts]

Fine Woodworking magazine.....

 

[Cuebuddy]

Old thread revisited

I have a few more to add. Sorry for such big pics, when this thread started i did not understand the evil of horizontal scrolling:embarrassed2:.

 

[Nine ... corner]

Here is an advertisement that ran in a 1949 issue of Popular Mechanics.

 

[desi2960]

billiard pallace

when i lived in downey i was about half mile from the billiard palace, [ now hard times billiards ] billiard pallace was upstairs. i had just bought a first edition hardback copy of the hustler. i was going up stairs and ronnie allen was comming down. the book was said to be written after him, i ask him to sign it, he grabbed the pin and without missing a step, he wrote " good luck fast eddie '.
that was in the early 1970's, its been in half dozen bookcases, so it shows a bit of usage.

i have advertisments from magazines of brunswick from the 1900's framed on my pool room wall, small childrens brunswick tables, about 1/2 dozen of them, many old pool cues, and ivory cue balls

 

[Cuebuddy]

Cool book and story desi2960, half a dozen vintage tables is a lot! I have found two or three over the years but never bought one. I do have a few more toy tables like these.

The balls and the cues on the top table are made from iron and coated with plastic.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Here is a pic of matching cues and cue rack.

 

[chuck amos]

Collectables

waiting for frames

 

[chuck amos]

Collectables

my favorite

 

[AtLarge]

Fine Woodworking magazine.....

That article was authored by "Colorado Slim." Any idea who that is or was?

 

[Cuebuddy]

That article was authored by "Colorado Slim." Any idea who that is or was?

I have the same magazine and at the end of the article it states

"Colorado Slim is the pool-hall alias of a retired hustler who now turns wood for a living"

I have asked around a few times and never got an answer.


There is a thread on this site from 06, short.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=40050

 

[ROB.M]

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For you guys that don't want to find your photos on the web else where in use to profit or benefit someone's pocket I suggest you water mark your photos.
Many of others and I have found our photos in use elsewhere.


Rob.M