Mystery Cue w/Fellini Case on eBay

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cueman said:
I figured $5000 was plenty to pay for a cue that 1/8 wobble in the butt and non-original inlays. My guess is a inlay or two popped out and some genious stuck diamonds in the place of the dots. He says he has offers over $5000 and he wanted $7500 for the pair. I knew there were problems with the cue but I still think it is real Bushka that had some work done on it later by someone who should have not touched it. But then again quality repairmen were rare 30 years ago.
Sean,I got the information from this post. 1/8 wobble-bent.
 
Cain described his cue as having off set inlay in the points,sounds like a Paradise I saw,but I guess lately everything I look at looks like a Paradise.
 
I was talking about the butt.

Hi all.

When I said (and I quote myself):

"His has only 2 dots in a row, with an offset diamond in the middle. Not 3 dots across like the one that you (Chris Tate) included the photo of."

I was talking about the dots in the butt of the "mystery cue", not in the points.

The "mystery cue" is the exact one that I posted the photos of. I pulled those photos off of the eBay listing. It only has the one square notched diamond and one MOP dot above it in the points.

And speaking of the cue that Chris posted that one photo of...what is that? That's a beautiful a%$...I mean butt. What is it, Chris?

Okay...just wanted to clarify.

Cain
 
caindevore said:
Hi all.


And speaking of the cue that Chris posted that one photo of...what is that? That's a beautiful a%$...I mean butt. What is it, Chris?

Okay...just wanted to clarify.

Cain

Cain,

I would tell you, but I like you too much. I would have to kill you afterwards.

Chris
 
classiccues said:
Jeff,
From these pics yes...
how!

Not saying...
then why ya postin?

But I can only guess at which dealer drove to see the cue.. but that would be like sending me to authenticate a Bugati.

Joe
much less spell it! b u g a t t i

come on joe don't leave us hangin! spill the beans!
 
iconcue said:
much less spell it! b u g a t t i

come on joe don't leave us hangin! spill the beans!

Exactly.. just like the other person cannot spell Balabooshka :D

Anyways.. on my way out I will write a tell all book on id'ing cues...

Joe (---3 cues to go :D
 
A Saga's End

First of all, I want to start out by saying how much I am looking forward to the shocking EXPOSE' on cue ID:

GUANTANAMO

A Billiard's Story

Second...I would like to say that I have been in touch with the seller of the "mystery cue" and I am happy to announce that an end to the "Saga of the Mystery Cue" has come to pass.

Well...actually...it is no less mysterious now. We still don't know what it is...exactly...I mean...we're all pretty sure that it's a Bushka...but we're gonna have to wait for the new and SHOCKING epic of American heroism:

GUANTANAMO

A Billiard's Story

...to find out for sure.

But at least an end of sorts came today when in the dead cold calm of a winter storm, an interloper arrived at the residence of the "mystery cue". This equally mysterious gentleman came ready to step up to the plate of pool cue infamy, and with nary a holiday reticence or hesitation...he bought that "mystery cue".

And tonight, in some dank backroom of a billiard parlor in St. Joe, Missouri...perhaps...men and women raise their glasses in honor of this mysterious cue, and the local hero who brought it home to them.

Children sleep better tonight in old St. Joe. Kittens are warmer. And an old drunk sings Irish hymns on the loading dock where Pearl Beer once ruled supreme over the local economy a lifetime ago.

And in his song, if one listens very closely, the same melody that George Balabushka used to hum in his head when he was preparing an inlay on an ebony drenched point, can be heard.

This is a day we will all long remember, ladies and gentlemen. This is a day to remember...indeed.
 
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caindevore said:
And tonight, in some dank backroom of a billiard parlor in St. Joe, Missouri...perhaps...men and women raise their glasses in honor of this mysterious cue, and the local hero who brought it home to them.
i heard a rumor that while the men and women were raising their glasses in honor someone snatched the cue right out from under their very noses and made off into to the foggy evening never to be seen again!
 
Into the foggy evening....

iconcue said:
i heard a rumor that while the men and women were raising their glasses in honor someone snatched the cue right out from under their very noses and made off into to the foggy evening never to be seen again!

To be used to earn a living by a man they call mumbles. It is rumored that he has a wooden finger, a glass eye and a three legged dog. He'd hustle you with the backside of a broom-handle or putter, whichever you had; only if you had "the money." He doesn't talk much, he never takes off his tattered leather jacket because he's gone before you realize he took your money and your soul. As you wisper to yourself: "ROSEBUD" or "BUSHKA."
 
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