Calling TATE! Plamer question

hangemhigh said:
Chris, The cue has me scratching my head,something does not seem right. The colors of the veneers are too vivid for a cue that looks like a very old Palmer. Any thoughts?http://cgi.ebay.com/PALMER-ORIGINAL...102755235QQcategoryZ21212QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Yes, Guycrunch has it right. While he was busy GIVING away a new Dennis Swift 2 X 4 for $202.50, he answered you right. It's an early Palmer Model 6. Looks like one re-made shaft and one Viking mismatched shaft. So bid accordingly. This is a very historic Palmer, way undervalued because it was a historic first with the large window.

Chris
 
hangemhigh said:
Chris, The cue has me scratching my head,something does not seem right. The colors of the veneers are too vivid for a cue that looks like a very old Palmer. Any thoughts?http://cgi.ebay.com/PALMER-ORIGINAL...102755235QQcategoryZ21212QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Hello Chris, I have posted photo's of the cue that I just refininshed. The veneer's on my cue also are Vivid now that I refinished the cue.

It may have been refinished, another thing though the shafts do not match, and the linen looks funny to me.
 
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manwon said:
It may have been refinished, another thing though the shafts do not match, and the linen looks funny to me.
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Craig,

The white with black spec wasn't made until late 1960's. Palmer was the company that convinced Cortland line to start offering different colors. Since they were buying in bulk and re-selling to other cue makers, they had different batches made up. White with black was the first color made after traditional white with green.

This cue was definitely refinished and re-wrapped. The first line cues had two choices for wrap, Cortland line, which is Irish Linen white with green spec, and multi colored dacron. The irish linen is very similar, almost indistinguishable from today's irish linen. I have some very old cues that are completely original and the wrap looks like the newer stuff just not as white, maybe a little more spec in the pattern.

The first line cues are special to me because they were made by Eugene, Peter, and Ilona Balner. Although it looks like a Model D from the second catalog, the Model 6 had a larger window and was very popular. This particular cue is a very early one because the rings above and below the window are pearlized. They did this on large window cues only until about 1966 and switched over to metal after that.

Chris
 
I did'nt even pay attention to the reserve. I thought the bid was a bit high for that cue,evidently not.
 
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