Most Expensive Josswest

candyman

candyman

Matt Heath
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What is the most expensive Josswest that you have seen? The reason for my question, is I will be posting some pictures of one for sale. It is a very unique cue I have never seen anything like it.
 
> Back when John Wright was doing his mailers with actual photos of various cues,there was a ebony/ivory JW for sale for 6500,this was in 1992-3. This cue was made in the late 70's/early 80's,and for those non-CNC advocates out there,the cue had 172 hand-carved ivory inlays,most residing in 6 sets of small ivory diamond inlays indexed around the rings. Both shafts had rings,so there are 2 sets,the ones at the butt joint,both sides of the wrap and above the butt cap,all in proper scale and number to match up perfect. The butt sleeve had 6 large ivory diamonds,inset with a ebony diamond which was inset with a smaller scale ivory,simulating a thin black veneer inside a large ivory diamond and dividing it into 3 parts. The cue also had 6 very large ivory points in the hi-lo format,all capped with ivory clovers. There is NO telling what that cue would sell for now,considering the staggering amount of hand-work that went into it,plus the sheer volume of totally pristine snow-white ivory. Tommy D.
 
I Got The Fancy Josswest Cue!!! Again!!!

candyman said:
What is the most expensive Josswest that you have seen? The reason for my question, is I will be posting some pictures of one for sale. It is a very unique cue I have never seen anything like it.
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Hi Matt,

This is a belated follow-up to let you know I did buy the fancy Josswest that Mark came to your room last spring to sell. It was indeed the original cue that I had designed and ordered from Bill Stroud in 1973.

After I re-acquired the cue, Bill Stroud totally refinished it for me, and it is in like-new condition. I took it with me to the recent ICCS show that Bill Stroud hosted in Las Vegas, and showed the cue as part of my collection. At the show, I told the story of ordering, playing with, selling, losing, finding, reacquiring 31 years later, and displaying the cue, to a large crowd at the general session.

You may recall that after I sold the cue in 1975, 2 weeks later I regretted selling and tried to buy the cue back, but it was long gone. I had been told it was left on top of a car as the driver left a pool room at 3am after a long night of action, and the cue was lost. It was the only one built like this. 31 years later the cue re-surfaced on AZ, and I was able to buy the cue again!!

There is a lot more to this entire saga, but, at the end of the day, I now am rejoined with my first Josswest box cue. Although I currently own about 20 Josswest box cues this is my most revered. It is like being able to buy back your first car, with all the sentimentality that goes with it. I remember some serious action I took this cue through in the 70`s (Varner, Don Willis, Bill Stigall, Steve Cook etc.).

I want to let you know that you played a part in this rare and precious reunion.

Also, a special thanks to AZ for being the forum through which this special series of events took place.

(As a side note, I also purchased this year the first box cue ever made, by Ginacue for Eddie Kelly in 1969... documented in the Blue Book).

Thanks again,

Will
 
Will,
Do you have any idea who has the pink ivory and ivory box cue that Bill used as his personal cue in the late 70's? I can't find out who John Wright sold it to in the late 90's. Thanks.
 
ibuycues said:
Hi Matt,

This is a belated follow-up to let you know I did buy the fancy Josswest that Mark came to your room last spring to sell. It was indeed the original cue that I had designed and ordered from Bill Stroud in 1973.

After I re-acquired the cue, Bill Stroud totally refinished it for me, and it is in like-new condition. I took it with me to the recent ICCS show that Bill Stroud hosted in Las Vegas, and showed the cue as part of my collection. At the show, I told the story of ordering, playing with, selling, losing, finding, reacquiring 31 years later, and displaying the cue, to a large crowd at the general session.

You may recall that after I sold the cue in 1975, 2 weeks later I regretted selling and tried to buy the cue back, but it was long gone. I had been told it was left on top of a car as the driver left a pool room at 3am after a long night of action, and the cue was lost. It was the only one built like this. 31 years later the cue re-surfaced on AZ, and I was able to buy the cue again!!

There is a lot more to this entire saga, but, at the end of the day, I now am rejoined with my first Josswest box cue. Although I currently own about 20 Josswest box cues this is my most revered. It is like being able to buy back your first car, with all the sentimentality that goes with it. I remember some serious action I took this cue through in the 70`s (Varner, Don Willis, Bill Stigall, Steve Cook etc.).

I want to let you know that you played a part in this rare and precious reunion.

Also, a special thanks to AZ for being the forum through which this special series of events took place.

(As a side note, I also purchased this year the first box cue ever made, by Ginacue for Eddie Kelly in 1969... documented in the Blue Book).

Thanks again,

Will
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stigall also had a nice box cue, rip
 
I grew up in the Mansfield, Ohio area, and knew Bill since the early 60`s. His family still lives in the area. His box cue was similar to my second one from Bill Stroud. Thanks for the comment.

Will
 
I can`t remember his name off-hand ( first name Jesse? ), but he lives in Michigan, owns a pool room and drives a Lamborghini. There may have been two of the pink ivory box cues, but Jesse has one ( last I knew ).

Will
 
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