Cue Dealing, Swapping, Buying? AZbr's
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There are a few high-end dealers....The Connoisseur Of Cues comes to mind, as well as a few others. Jacoby, Viking, Southeast, Mike Gulyassy, Brianna Products, Jerry Olivier, Shurtz Cues...that's all I can remember (lack of sleep).
Just a note about the Shurtz Cues booth. I stopped and talked with Bob Owen for a good 45-minutes about his cues and cues in general. A very nice guy who makes a very nice cue for a very affordable price. If you're down there this week, give his cues a look. Where else can you get a 4 inlay point cored cue for $300.00? They worked for Gabe up until he got his McDermott sponsorship deal. Bob's got one U.S. Open to his cues' credit.
Just a note about the Shurtz Cues booth. I stopped and talked with Bob Owen for a good 45-minutes about his cues and cues in general. A very nice guy who makes a very nice cue for a very affordable price. If you're down there this week, give his cues a look. Where else can you get a 4 inlay point cored cue for $300.00? They worked for Gabe up until he got his McDermott sponsorship deal. Bob's got one U.S. Open to his cues' credit.
I have been trying ...
To tell people on here about Shurtz cues. They need to stop by and see for themselves, especially the balance, feel, and hit. You get a lot for your
money with Shurtz's cues, in design too. Bob's a good guy. Known him
30 years.
ragbug74 said:
To tell people on here about Shurtz cues. They need to stop by and see for themselves, especially the balance, feel, and hit. You get a lot for your
money with Shurtz's cues, in design too. Bob's a good guy. Known him
30 years.
ragbug74 said:
Gabe's sponsor is Mueller, not McDermott: http://www.poolndarts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Catalog.Category/categoryID/1.cfm. The cue he uses today is made by Troy Downey & they're really nice looking. I never hit a ball with one so I can't speak of how they play, but Gabe's playing great with them.
does anyone know what website is connoseur of cues is?
OldHasBeen
Tom Ferry
I Know One Thing For Sure.
No one is selling a case with wheels. BUMMER!
TY & GL
No one is selling a case with wheels. BUMMER!
TY & GL
Cornerman said:
And, he's got playing privileges in the AZB room if you want to play him for a cue.
Rumor Mill Has It
That one of Indiana's finest , The current reigning 2 time Nascar Nextel Cup champion Mr. Tony (don't make me have to use my chrome horn) Stewart dropped into the Cornerstone booth and then dropped the cool sum of 50 GRAND (thats $50,000 smackers) to purchase a handfull of some mighty fine cues ! I dont know any more about this transaction but Mr. Stewart and his entourage retired to the pool table in the room next to ours for a pit stop so he could actually play with them with out a hunderd or so onlookers .... I have his autograph and also had his ear for a few moments and was enthralled to hear him just talk about his love for the game with never a mention about his
profession ....all I can say about Tony is that Heee's Grrrrrrreattt !
with my apologies to both of those famous tigers
Ratchet - If any one knows which cues he bought I would be interested
to hear the details about them and why they were that expensive ???
JG-in-KY said:
That one of Indiana's finest , The current reigning 2 time Nascar Nextel Cup champion Mr. Tony (don't make me have to use my chrome horn) Stewart dropped into the Cornerstone booth and then dropped the cool sum of 50 GRAND (thats $50,000 smackers) to purchase a handfull of some mighty fine cues ! I dont know any more about this transaction but Mr. Stewart and his entourage retired to the pool table in the room next to ours for a pit stop so he could actually play with them with out a hunderd or so onlookers .... I have his autograph and also had his ear for a few moments and was enthralled to hear him just talk about his love for the game with never a mention about his
profession ....all I can say about Tony is that Heee's Grrrrrrreattt !
with my apologies to both of those famous tigers
Ratchet - If any one knows which cues he bought I would be interested
to hear the details about them and why they were that expensive ???
Ratchet said:That one of Indiana's finest , The current reigning 2 time Nascar Nextel Cup champion Mr. Tony (don't make me have to use my chrome horn) Stewart dropped into the Cornerstone booth and then dropped the cool sum of 50 GRAND (thats $50,000 smackers) to purchase a handfull of some mighty fine cues ! I dont know any more about this transaction but Mr. Stewart and his entourage retired to the pool table in the room next to ours for a pit stop so he could actually play with them with out a hunderd or so onlookers .... I have his autograph and also had his ear for a few moments and was enthralled to hear him just talk about his love for the game with never a mention about his
profession ....all I can say about Tony is that Heee's Grrrrrrreattt !
with my apologies to both of those famous tigers
Ratchet - If any one knows which cues he bought I would be interested
to hear the details about them and why they were that expensive ???
I hope he bought a couple of dealer cases too or that is gonna get
real heavy. Man, instant cue collector ... lol
Tony's a Player too
It was either on Nascar 360 ,Nascar Nation or another such show where they interviewed him and he gave a tour of his boyhood home which is in Columbia Indiana .If I remember correctly it came up on the market he bought it, fixed
it up into a proper bachelor pad ,pool table and all ! I think he said something about liking to relax shooting pool and hanging with some of his buds from back in the day, He has a nice looking pool room from what little I saw in the interview ......
We need someone like Viking Cues or some other big time cuemaker to sponsor him just enough to get their logo and other stickers on the car and to have him after a win throw a bone our way by mentioning the sport/event/sponsor responsible .... Maybe Home Depot could provide the wood to a cue maker or two to promote the "fine quality" of their lumber or other such ploy.....
Ratchet - Tony also races Go Karts maybe we could even get an AZB charity
pool / go kart race going ,There is nothing like having a world champ promoting your cause !
Snapshot9 said:
It was either on Nascar 360 ,Nascar Nation or another such show where they interviewed him and he gave a tour of his boyhood home which is in Columbia Indiana .If I remember correctly it came up on the market he bought it, fixed
it up into a proper bachelor pad ,pool table and all ! I think he said something about liking to relax shooting pool and hanging with some of his buds from back in the day, He has a nice looking pool room from what little I saw in the interview ......
We need someone like Viking Cues or some other big time cuemaker to sponsor him just enough to get their logo and other stickers on the car and to have him after a win throw a bone our way by mentioning the sport/event/sponsor responsible .... Maybe Home Depot could provide the wood to a cue maker or two to promote the "fine quality" of their lumber or other such ploy.....
Ratchet - Tony also races Go Karts maybe we could even get an AZB charity
pool / go kart race going ,There is nothing like having a world champ promoting your cause !
JG-in-KY said:
The $44,000 collection was a Mcwhorter(sp?) collection.
Here's a pic.
http://www.azbilliards.com/gallery/showpicture.cfm?eventnum=126&photographernum=1&picnum=7477
Tracy joe
here you go he's on the home page of AZ
http://www.azbilliards.com/rarecues/
johnrp2005 said:
here you go he's on the home page of AZ
http://www.azbilliards.com/rarecues/
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if you are looking for the dealer type with wheels 12x24 i have one i dont use i'd sell.OldHasBeen said:
here is a link to some bigger pics of the mcworter cues. they're called "the amboyna collection" and even have ivory pins!sliprock said:
http://www.mcwortercues.com/pg_amboyna_collection.html#
just roll over the small pics to enlarge
Cue dealers seem a little cash poor and cue rich..
I have friends who are dealers and some I just know. I have been trying to trade some cues as well.
One of the things that is very, very apparent is the dealers seem very cash poor and cue rich. That being said, I think the prices are little higher, and not wanting to trade but more want a cash deal (imagine that!).
I normally like to trade and add cash boot. That way I am always trading up.
That has been pretty easy in the past but pretty tough this year.
My buddy however, did do some trading on a Tim Scruggs sneaky pete, Joss cue (very nice, only one shaft) and a case.
Thats my input. If you are wanting to make a cash purchase without trade, I think there may be some deals to be had.
Ken
I have friends who are dealers and some I just know. I have been trying to trade some cues as well.
One of the things that is very, very apparent is the dealers seem very cash poor and cue rich. That being said, I think the prices are little higher, and not wanting to trade but more want a cash deal (imagine that!).
I normally like to trade and add cash boot. That way I am always trading up.
That has been pretty easy in the past but pretty tough this year.
My buddy however, did do some trading on a Tim Scruggs sneaky pete, Joss cue (very nice, only one shaft) and a case.
Thats my input. If you are wanting to make a cash purchase without trade, I think there may be some deals to be had.
Ken