1963, eh? You were how old? Well on your way to a misspent youth in any case. Bravo. I would expect that not many have their first cue, because for most of us the first one was junk.Here are pictures of my first cue and case, and the man who sold them to me! I still have them today!
Willie Hoppe cue $19.95 matching case $10.95
Sequoia Billiards 1963
Anyone still have their first cue?
Not my first but my second, a Brunswick Master Stroke. My third was a step up, a Paradise. Wish I still had that one. I also had that Brunswick case you show in your picture.Here are pictures of my first cue and case, and the man who sold them to me! I still have them today!
Willie Hoppe cue $19.95 matching case $10.95
Sequoia Billiards 1963
Anyone still have their first cue?
WOW...Here are pictures of my first cue and case, and the man who sold them to me! I still have them today!
Willie Hoppe cue $19.95 matching case $10.95
Sequoia Billiards 1963
Anyone still have their first cue?
Check your PM.I have that same cue, wish I had the case
I still have my first cue, an inexpensive cue that I bought in 1963. Inexpensive, but I sure liked it. My first Willie Hoppe was purchased a year later for $12.95 (shaky memory). Then a Hiolle also in 1964.Not my first but my second, a Brunswick Master Stroke. My third was a step up, a Paradise. Wish I still had that one. I also had that Brunswick case you show in your picture.
Looking at the picture and can't tell which shop that is. It looks a little like when he was in his brother's shop when he was Florida Cues. But that also looks like the big closet behind him he had full of cues at the Star Cue shop.my second was an abe rich cue
i lived in miami at the time not far from his shop
went to talk to him alot
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You earned about $30-35 a week if you were working? I'm on my 3rd first cue. Bought a Rich...sold for a Doc Frye...sold for a different Doc Frye (my Ava) It's been life time keeper. Around 1968Here are pictures of my first cue and case, and the man who sold them to me! I still have them today!
Willie Hoppe cue $19.95 matching case $10.95
Sequoia Billiards 1963
Anyone still have their first cue?
Thats the Star cue shop in miami beachLooking at the picture and can't tell which shop that is. It looks a little like when he was in his brother's shop when he was Florida Cues. But that also looks like the big closet behind him he had full of cues at the Star Cue shop.