Most famous pool cue in history?
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It is just a Joss production cue. I don't know about the particular one in the movie, which I kind of wonder about too. Good question....anybody....anybody.
I think Paul Newman still has that cue.
Joss was the fake Buska in The Color of Money.
Joss was the fake Buska in The Color of Money.
RunoutalloverU said:
Runnin8 talk about The Hustler, not the Color of the Money.... And I think that the cue Dan Janes made for the Color of the Money was not a production model. He surely make an one-of-a-kind. After the succes of the film, he certainly introduced the same design for a model in his production series...
JoeyInCali said:I think Paul Newman still has that cue.
I'd be surprised if it was a BUSHKA. The "hot" names then were PARADISE,RAMBOW and MARTIN.
Was it even referred to as a BUSHKA in the book or movie?
Can't remember..........
Joss was the fake Buska in The Color of Money.
YEP..................
I think Paul Newman used a Rambow in The Hustler.
And Gleason's cue was sold at Billiardcue.comfan-tum said:
Ahhh crap. Ill read threads a little more closely before I type something stupid lol.
JoeyInCali said:
Thanks Joey.
As I read the info from the site:
"~ from ~ Willie Mosconi ~ to ~ Jackie Gleason ~
a gift from Willie Mosconi to Jackie Gleason for appreciation of their friendship and the movie "The Hustler" ~ consider that this cue was commissioned by the most famous pool player of all time, from the innovator of modern cue making, as a gift for the legendary movie actor that portrayed the character 'Minnesota Fats' in the most well known of all pool related movies
click to view provenance [1] [2] ~ SOLD ~ $40,000 ~ Q1148"
It doesn't say that the cue was what he used in the movie. What do ya'll think?
fan-tum said:
Yes they certainly did, and both cues were autographed from Willie Mosconi to Jacki Gleason and from Willie Mosconi to Paul Newman. They were gifts from Mosconi to them, Willie was the choreographer for the move, and he also made a number of the shots. During the movie, whenever, you could only see a hands during a shot Willie was shooting it.
Back to the cues, Willies favorite cue was a Rambow, and Herman and Willie were good friends, so getting the cues made was not a problem. The only thing that Willie most likely regretted about the movie was that during a conference with the press he made the statement the movie involved a Hustler from his younger days named New York Fat's. This one statement allowed New York fats to legitimize that the move was about him, so he changed his name to Minnesota Fats, and that is the rest of the story!!!!!!
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Manwon wrote:
> Willie was the choreographer for the move, and he also made a
> number of the shots. During the movie, whenever, you could
> only see a hands during a shot Willie was shooting it.
You are so right -- and there's also a small cameo (actually just a few frames) of Willie as he racks the balls.
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> Willie was the choreographer for the move, and he also made a
> number of the shots. During the movie, whenever, you could
> only see a hands during a shot Willie was shooting it.
You are so right -- and there's also a small cameo (actually just a few frames) of Willie as he racks the balls.
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Found this info on a Seybert archive
"SteveStanley08-13-2007, 03:05 AM
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Eventually I found my way to Rambow?s workshop and display room on North Wabash. He was very gracious and enjoyed telling me and my friend Richard about the many cue sticks he had in his cabinets and was in the process of making. He had an assistant who complained that little work was done as Mr. Rambow spent so much time talking. He was very old, probably over eighty, and simply did as he choose.
He was particularly proud of the picture he had of Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman in his shop when they visited to have cue sticks made for the movie, The Hustler. I can?t remember if Willie Mosconi was in the photo, but he had visited the shop with Newman and Gleason. "
Freeze frame and zoom definitely matches up the "Gleason Cue" with the same style used by Fats in the movie. Maybe in high def we could even see if it is inscribed!
Assuming Joey's right about Newman still having his cue, what would it bring if it came up for sale? $75K?
The case is interesting too... why would it be separated from the cue?
"SteveStanley08-13-2007, 03:05 AM
...
Eventually I found my way to Rambow?s workshop and display room on North Wabash. He was very gracious and enjoyed telling me and my friend Richard about the many cue sticks he had in his cabinets and was in the process of making. He had an assistant who complained that little work was done as Mr. Rambow spent so much time talking. He was very old, probably over eighty, and simply did as he choose.
He was particularly proud of the picture he had of Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman in his shop when they visited to have cue sticks made for the movie, The Hustler. I can?t remember if Willie Mosconi was in the photo, but he had visited the shop with Newman and Gleason. "
Freeze frame and zoom definitely matches up the "Gleason Cue" with the same style used by Fats in the movie. Maybe in high def we could even see if it is inscribed!
Assuming Joey's right about Newman still having his cue, what would it bring if it came up for sale? $75K?
The case is interesting too... why would it be separated from the cue?
gopi-1 said:I thought this was about the $13 Jessie cue Efren had!
you know Sometimes some of the cheaper cues feel as good to me as the high dollar ones...
Efren could play with a broom stick, and beat anybody..one day, I hope to get some lessons from Efren, mainly just to watch him play... Id challenge him to a Stroke Masters Duel...lol Id loose but Damn it would be fun..
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