Horn sp - what's it worth?

[ronhudson]

I agree. From my understanding, Verl Horn was a cue assembler and not really a cue maker. The reason why his cues are going so high is because he passed away. He had some beautiful cues with a lot of ivory, but this is the first sneaky I've ever seen. Sorry if this seemed negative, good luck on a future sale.

Verl Horn was a cuemaker and a real gentleman. As someone mentioned, he taught others how to make cues. He taught Prather. Verl made his points with a tablesaw in a jig on his lathe in an old service station beside his home. He made components such as buttsleeves and forearms, and sold them to other cuemakers, and you can see a lot of Verl's work in other cuemakers' products today.

I have a sneaky pete just like the one in the picture. I think I paid about $150 for mine just a few months before Verl died. I bought it from Verl in his living room. The room was filled with chests of drawers and dressers that were loaded with pre-made cue parts. Verl certainly made my sneaky pete and all the other cues with the Horn name on them.

 

[Snapshot9]

Verl Horn

was a very good cuemaker. He also taught Jack Shurtz to make cues originally.

 

[Charlie Edwards]

$250-$300, imo.

 

[dave sutton]

lol. i didnt notice the taper. that was verl's 27'' pro taper. still a neat cue.

btw. this is my favorite cue of all time. ive had about 10 versions of this cue over the years including my current player from skip weston.

if anyone knows where i can get this cue it would deff make my day!

http://www.proficientbilliards.com/cues/verl_horn/traditional/index.htm

 

[half fast bankr]

I hear ya, Dave. I've always loved that Bushka/Horn. Classic! I saw one for sale somewhere recently.