Gus or Richard on the Ebay??? Would you gamble?

no matter what... the seller wins.

i think the seller knows more about cues than what he claims. the auction became even more worth gambling when Mr G. Szam's name was mentioned. Good luck to the winning bidder.
 
ribdoner said:
LOL:D :D :D .....
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ribdoner - you have the detecter - even though you have either redisgned it or are not using it- but please tell me why are people biding up this cue?
is there (in the words of the famous pool player Rod Stewert) a reason to believe? I don't get it
 
I was bidding on it as a black...but since it a 5/16-14 thread..chance are is not one of his..but the pin and collar doesn't look right. It's could be a Szamboti blank made by someone but doesn't look like a gus to me...maybe the guy bidding knows the difference. Either way, the bidder is committed and can't backout....the guys even mentioned that the owner only had low end cues...repeatly. So I guess he's safe.

Duc.
 
The points are not Szam points

It definitely isn't a Gus and I doubt it is a Black.

The point veneers meet at an angle with overlap of one side over another. If I am not mistaken, then Szam points meet evenly together like Motteys where the line betwheen the points travels straight up the cue. Also not much birdseye. My guess it is one of the newer Adam remakes of a Balabushka.
 
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I don't know if that's true...look at some szamboti close up and his point are not all perfect straight...check cornerstone site....and look at some of the pics.

Regards,
Duc.
 
congratulations!

winner with 5 total feedback and 2 of them from the seller, third one is a charm. :D :rolleyes:


guess it's not a G.S.
 
Yeah, I check it out as well to see who this guy was to see if he was a collector that i know. Somehow, it's not definitely not a GS but I sure wouldn't mind owning it for $600.00 :). It's was a nice cue...worst case it could be an really nice adam replica. Some of their replica cues are beautiful!!

Duc.
 
not for sure

i'm not for sure, but i have seen 3 gus's with the exact same butt configuration and the same veneer combo with that butt, this would be # 4 ...if it is a gus
 
gesan said:
ribdoner - you have the detecter - even though you have either redisgned it or are not using it- but please tell me why are people biding up this cue?
is there (in the words of the famous pool player Rod Stewert) a reason to believe? I don't get it
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There is more to "like" about the cue than "dislike". It's VERY hard to determine origin based on pics but I would send this cue to B. SZAM pronto.

Could be.........:)
 
Could Be Alot Of Things, But I Can Say.... It Is Identical To The Richard Black Six Window Cue That I Have Here. The Collars Don't Look Right To Be Gus. But Then Again, I Don't Have Any Here Right Now To Compare It To.
 
No way is that a Gus. The windows in the butt are sleeved on, you can see the join. It screams Richard Black.
 
Nice looking cue. Hard to believe it's a el cheapo. If you could see it in person I imagine that would clear up the mystery. I wouldn't have risked the money on it though.
 
Its clear to me its not a cheap cue, it looks well made and the points are crisp.

I think it was the right money at $1700.
 
I know I wouldn't bet on it!

I consider myself a gambling man;) :D , but no way would I have pulled the trigger on that one.

As mentioned earlier, the points are wrong, so this is not even a gus blank. At about $600-$700, I might have considered it for a Black, but $1700+ is crazy IMHO.
 
Thats rough pricing, Mike:D I don't collect Richard Black's cues but fairly sure if this is one, its worth more than $700.
 
This is not a Gus Szamboti pool cue. Gus did not miter his veneers .. He wrapped his veneers. The veneers in this cue are mitered. The maple windows and dashes in the butt are sleeved on and you can see the glue lines where they come together and that is just like a Richard Black.,, Also the Gus's that I have seen have a noticeable taper in the top few threads of the joint pin. This cue does not..
 
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