Help me ID this E-bay Cue

It's an old (60's) Brunswick made by Schmelke. Used to see quite a few of them on Ebay usually under $100 in good condition. Reputable seller...
 
Cheap imported Brunswick.
However the cue the guy is holding in the last pictures looks to be a Meucci.
 
It is a Brunswick Dart cue. It was catalogged in 1969 and 1970. The 69 version was entirely domestically produced by Schmelke for B'wick. The 70 version was a collaboration between Schmelke - who made the butt and jointed a shaft blank - and (most likely) Adam in Japan - who did the final turning and installed the ferrule and tip on the shaft. The 70 versions have a number stamped above and below the joint, to match-up the butt & shaft when the shafts came back from processing. It was fifth from the top of the line of the catalogged cues. They made it in three different color wraps - red/white, blue/white, yellow-green/white. The 70's had a round sticker on the butt sleeve that said the shaft was processed in Japan (if original labels are still present). Seen them go as low as $25 and as high as $200. HTH.

Adios,

Pizza Bob
 
Pizza Bob said:
It is a Brunswick Dart cue. It was catalogged in 1969 and 1970. The 69 version was entirely domestically produced by Schmelke for B'wick. The 70 version was a collaboration between Schmelke - who made the butt and jointed a shaft blank - and (most likely) Adam in Japan - who did the final turning and installed the ferrule and tip on the shaft. The 70 versions have a number stamped above and below the joint, to match-up the butt & shaft when the shafts came back from processing. It was fifth from the top of the line of the catalogged cues. They made it in three different color wraps - red/white, blue/white, yellow-green/white. The 70's had a round sticker on the butt sleeve that said the shaft was processed in Japan (if original labels are still present). Seen them go as low as $25 and as high as $200. HTH.

Adios,

Pizza Bob
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Good info and good to see you posting Bob!

Chris
 
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Thanks Chris. BTW, I took a closer look at the pictures. This cue is missing a trim ring behind the pearlized butt-sleeve. The green in the pictures is the underlayment to which the ring was glued. The but-cap/bumper is also cracked. Here's a pic of all three colors. The blue is a 69 and the other two are 70's.

Adios,

Pizza Bob
 

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