Historic Cues. Do you have any?

[mikeyd88]

I believe the old three veneer holds a spot on this thread. Beautiful cue, it features the exact same splice angle as the 4 veneer cue i posted previously.

 

[skins]

Started a thread about this cue but thought it belonged here too. Early fancy cue from David K.

 

[Lépine]

I hope we can include Larry Lisciotti's Balabushka (1986-1991) that he bought from the widow of his friend Earl Silverman.
It was purchased recently from the Tascarella family.

 

[WildWing]

I hope we can include Larry Lisciotti's Balabushka (1986-1991) that he bought from the widow of his friend Earl Silverman.
It was purchased recently from the Tascarella family.View attachment 838286

Excellent addition to this thread.

All the best,
WW

 

[Chopdoc]

I don't think I posted this here before.

I will add a cue made by HARRY SIMS, USBA NATIONAL CHAMPION

Yes, I chalked and played it, of course.

Legend says Harry ran 11 racks of 9-ball before he became a
serious 3-Cushion player and quit the game of pool, earning 2 National Championships and
1 2nd place as well as earning the title of Grand Master. He said he switched from pool to 3-Cushion because there was no
more challenge left for him in pool.

Sadly, we lost him in 2006. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/sad-news-harry-sims-3-cushion-champ.46931/

I had the privilege of speaking to someone that knew him closely.

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I think I did post somewhere in the forums about this cue. But now it's here, resized, uploaded to AZB, and it will not be lost.

I am so glad to see the additions to this thread.

I will embellish my post about my Harry Sims made cue with this interview I found.

 

[Lépine]

This is a nice TAD that had a professional tournament career spanning 5 decades. Calvin is still Fargo 790 last I checked. I am the caretaker of this rare model that Hawaiian Brian also owned.

Hawaiian Brian's Tad

Jasmin Ouschan vs Calvin and the TAD

 

[Garo 7]

This is a nice TAD that had a professional tournament career spanning 5 decades. Calvin is still Fargo 790 last I checked. I am the caretaker of this rare model that Hawaiian Brian also owned.View attachment 838357

Hawaiian Brian's Tad
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I wonder if Brian was using this cue the time he spanked me lol

 

[brunswick1901]

I took my Szamboti to Ernie to have one of the ferrules replaced with ivory.

Shortly after I left the cue Fish and Game raided his shop for bidding and abetting smuggling ivory.

Ernie was charged with aiding and abetting because he sold cues with ivory to an Asian buyer who was charged with smuggling ivory when he tried to take the cues to Asia.

My cue was taken in the raid and marked as evidence, please see the first two pictures.

Ernie contacted me and I am sure others whose cues were taken and said we should contact Fish and Game to have our cues returned.

Please see the last picture that shows the ferrules, I do not know what the material is but it is not ivory.

I decided not to replace the ferrules because I wanted to keep it in the same condition as it was when it was taken.

I had it listed on eBay for 20k because I didn't care if I sold it.

The cue is now listed on AZB for $15,000.

I also just listed my ebony and ivory Ginacue on AZB.

 

[WildWing]

I took my Szamboti to Ernie to have the ferrules replaced with ivory.

Shortly after I left the cue Fish and Game raided his shop for bidding and abetting smuggling ivory.

Ernie was charged with aiding and abetting because he sold cues with ivory to an Asian buyer who was charged with smuggling ivory when he tried to take the cues to Asia.

My cue was taken in the raid and marked as evidence, please see the first three pictures.

Ernie contacted me and I am sure others whose cues were taken and said we should contact Fish and Game to have our cues returned.

Please see the last picture that shows the ferrules, I do not know what the material is but it is not ivory.

I decided not to replace the ferrules because I wanted to keep it in the same condition as it was when it was taken.

I had it listed on eBay for 20k because I didn't care if I sold it.

I will list the cue on AZB by tomorrow at a lower price.

One of the more interesting stories behind a cue. Thanks for posting.

All the best,
WW

 

[cuesblues]

This is a nice TAD that had a professional tournament career spanning 5 decades. Calvin is still Fargo 790 last I checked. I am the caretaker of this rare model that Hawaiian Brian also owned.View attachment 838357

Hawaiian Brian's Tad
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Jasmin Ouschan vs Calvin and the TAD
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Really cool

 

[brunswick1901]

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[Daves custom cues]

I really enjoy seeing these cues and the styles they are built with. I would love to get a closer look at them and how they were constructed.