Looking for value of what I think is a Brunswick ebony merry window?

rvan

rvan

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As you can see in the picture this is an antique cue I think it might be a Brunswick it does have a 22 stamped at the bottom of the butt.
It has the ebony spliced shaft with iv ferrule and joint. It looks like the joint pin is aluminum.
I'm not sure what the wrap is it could be linen but it is almost gone.
Any idea of time frame or value would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you Rick
 

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rvan said:
It is only 55 in.
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I don’t think you have much value there unless you want a cool ebony nosed cue. Or plain Jane ebony cue w a maple handle. Could have potential depending on measurements but unless someone wants the shaft and it’s straight, very unlikely, you got a piece of ebony wood most likely and that’s about it.
 
It appears to be an old Brunswick shaft from a Brunswick Merry Widow cue or a model 204 Brunswick cue- however, those shafts from the turn of the 20th century had the joint pin in the shaft. The joint on your cue butt looks to be ivory- but, again, the antique Brunswick cue s with that matching shaft did not have the joint pin in the cue butt section.
I would say that you have some sort of hybrid cue from about 1910 or so to about 1930s. Someone may have altered both shaft and cue butt for some reason- who is to know?
Your cue shaft may have value for a person looking for that era shaft to match that era cue butt that they now own- the shaft would need to be plugged, and a new joint screw inserted into the shaft to match one's existing antique Brunswick cue butt from this era.

Alternately, a new cue butt could be constructed to match the shaft, perhaps that ivory cue butt joint could be re- purposed - but doing all this only if the shaft is reasonably straight, and someone just wanted a semblance of a playable shaft- antique era cue- not much market for that if any at all - bc it would be nowhere near a true antique Brunswick cue at that point.

Bottom line is the straightness of the shaft that someone might want to acquire as a match to one that they already own, which this one would need a cue makers hand to reconstruct the joint pin - a cost of about $150 or so from those cue maker that I know. So I see the value here, possibly, in the shaft- one to be reworked, a shaft that may sell for a $100 to $200 as is- if reasonably straight.
 
mikemosconi said:
It appears to be an old Brunswick shaft from a Brunswick Merry Widow cue or a model 204 Brunswick cue- however, those shafts from the turn of the 20th century had the joint pin in the shaft. The joint on your cue butt looks to be ivory- but, again, the antique Brunswick cue s with that matching shaft did not have the joint pin in the cue butt section.
I would say that you have some sort of hybrid cue from about 1910 or so to about 1930s. Someone may have altered both shaft and cue butt for some reason- who is to know?
Your cue shaft may have value for a person looking for that era shaft to match that era cue butt that they now own- the shaft would need to be plugged, and a new joint screw inserted into the shaft to match one's existing antique Brunswick cue butt from this era.

Alternately, a new cue butt could be constructed to match the shaft, perhaps that ivory cue butt joint could be re- purposed - but doing all this only if the shaft is reasonably straight, and someone just wanted a semblance of a playable shaft- antique era cue- not much market for that if any at all - bc it would be nowhere near a true antique Brunswick cue at that point.

Bottom line is the straightness of the shaft that someone might want to acquire as a match to one that they already own, which this one would need a cue makers hand to reconstruct the joint pin - a cost of about $150 or so from those cue maker that I know. So I see the value here, possibly, in the shaft- one to be reworked, a shaft that may sell for a $100 to $200 as is- if reasonably straight.
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The tip doesn't leave the table but it definitely has some taper roll I guess you could call it, It's definitely not straight.
Thank you very much for the information.
 
Is the butt an old fatty?
If so, you could have someone splice it under the wrap to get it back out to your preferred length, and have a nice "solid" ebony cue.
Put a modern shaft on it if you want a player. In those days they did not know (or maybe did not care?) that heavy fronts on a shaft were high deflection. Sort of got the impression they might even have though mass toward the front helped "pull" or lead the stroke straight. Sell the shaft to someone who needs if for a completion item. Or hang on the wall - they are cool looking.
 
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