Boxed Set of Brunswick Balke Collender Ivory Balls

[Cuebert]

These other two sets appear to be old plastic balls. The set with two spotted cue balls is particularly mismatched. The curly-cracked cue ball might be interesting to a collector as a demonstration of that particular problem with the plastic. If you want to sell them, you should measure the diameters accurately in mm. I doubt you can get more than $10/ball.

Thank you Bob. I appreciate the information.

 

[Logdog]

Hi All, I am new to the forum, so please be gentle. I am a picker from Long Island, NY. I recently purchased these along with two other boxed sets of three balls. I don't think the others are ivory though. The set pictured has the three balls with original oak box with advertising on the cover and a label on the inside of the cover. All balls look to be in very good condition. Looking to determine approximate value and may then be listing for sale here on the appropriate forum. Any help appreciated. Thank you

I have this exact same box with 3 balls that I also cannot identify. The table and balls were purchased used 65 years ago and the Brunswick Billiard table was over 70 years old then so these are old. Here are some pictures for comparison

 

[Logdog]

I have this exact same box with 3 balls that I also cannot identify. The table and balls were purchased used 65 years ago and the Brunswick Billiard table was over 70 years old then so these are old. Here are some pictures for comparison

I will try to dig these out and get some closeup pictures so I can see if they have the lines/markings on them

 

[Cuebert]

Very nice set. Box and labels are similar but not quite the same as mine.

Yes, its all about the Schreger lines.

 

[ibuycues]

Yes. I bought a set of brand new ivory balls in 1980 from A.E. Schmidt which may have been the last company selling newly turned balls. They explained that would probably need to be trued after a few years. I did in fact have them done a few years later. By that time the ball-turning guy was mostly retired and came back in to turn them.

Schmidt also apologized for the purplish red of the red ball. They explained that the traditional red color had been banned.

As I recall, in 1980 the balls were $80 each. By the time I had them trued, it was $80 to turn each ball.

The red balls were achieved by real ox blood dye and muriatic acid.