Brunswick Willie Hoppe Cue-Ebay

a9ballbr8k

a9ballbr8k

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Look what this cue sold for. It was listed as an auction but then when I checked (saved in watch list) it was relisted and sold as a buy it now. I think this is an ebony. Jkmarshall just have one finished by Jerry -R- and I was looking to bid on this but damn that price was a little high for me. The guy who bought it seems to be buying up some of the higher priced billiards stuff on ebay and he has recently purchased a restored hoppe from koinkid. His name is mbear47. Is he a member on here?
 
a9ballbr8k said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Brunswi...ryZ21212QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Look what this cue sold for. It was listed as an auction but then when I checked (saved in watch list) it was relisted and sold as a buy it now. I think this is an ebony. Jkmarshall just have one finished by Jerry -R- and I was looking to bid on this but damn that price was a little high for me. The guy who bought it seems to be buying up some of the higher priced billiards stuff on ebay and he has recently purchased a restored hoppe from koinkid. His name is mbear47. Is he a member on here?
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I don't know, I looked at the supersized pics.
IMHO - it isn't Ebony, tho I wouldn't bet much on it.

Dale
 
Crappy pics made it hard to tell. Ebony is rare, but hey who knows maybe it was.
 
doesn't look like Ebony,but you never know.it might be Mark Bear,but i wouldn't think he would pay that much for one,especially one that looks like Rosewood instead of Ebony.
 
I agree that it doesn't look like ebony, but the pictures are not that great. The base wood on some of these can get very very dark with age, but I have a couple ebony examples, and this one doesn't look that dark. Just a nice example of the second series label that someone really, really wanted.
 
a9ballbr8k said:
Crappy pics made it hard to tell. Ebony is rare, but hey who knows maybe it was.
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Not that hard to tell.

The chance it's Ebony is about .1%

It's most likely purpleheart - which makes the price
just about right. If it is Brazilian Rosewood. It was cheap.
Could even be Coocobola. Most all Tropical Exotic hardwoods
go to dark brown over time if not sealed in an adequate finish.
YMMV

Dale
 
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