Need help with cue identification and appraisal.

[inside_english]

I don't have pics...sorry. I will do my best to describe it.

The cue is about 40 years old.

The butt cap is made of white plastic and can be unscrewed to reveal the shaft tucked neatly inside! So yeah, the cue is hollow!
The base of the shaft is actually screwed to the butt cap.
The shaft can then be screwed onto the cue normally, while the butt cap is put back in place.
The shaft is made of metal, seems to be aluminium.
All parts that can be screwed / attached are made of plastic.

There are no identifying logos, symbols or signatures on the cue except for one ALCOA sticker, which is some big energy company. Maybe the previous owner placed the sticker there, or maybe the stick belonged to that company's break room...who knows?

The stick belonged to this lady's late husband and I told her I will look at the cue to determine if it had any value. She said he had it for about 40 years...and I was hoping she had some high-dollar cue so I could get some decent money for her. Unfortunately the stick seems more like a toy than a decent playing cue with the aluminium and plastic, but I was hoping one of our members could shed some light on this unusual cue.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Beware_of_Dawg]

ALCOA sticker, which is some big energy company..

ALCOA is a big/monsterous aluminum company.

or was. When I was a kid in Cleveland, OH. there was a huge aluminum plant that some of my family worked at.

edit1* just looked it up... ALCOA stands for the Aluminum Company of America and is one of the world's largest producer of aluminum.

edit 2* just looked up a patent involving ALCOA. patent information(6) a pool cue manufactured and sold by Amerola and its predecessors since at least 1966, consisting in part of a swaged aluminum tube fitted with a mushroom-shaped rubber and/or plastic plug in the handle portion of the cue;

 

[corvette1340]

I don't have pics...sorry. I will do my best to describe it.

The cue is about 40 years old.

The butt cap is made of white plastic and can be unscrewed to reveal the shaft tucked neatly inside! So yeah, the cue is hollow!
The base of the shaft is actually screwed to the butt cap.
The shaft can then be screwed onto the cue normally, while the butt cap is put back in place.
The shaft is made of metal, seems to be aluminium.
All parts that can be screwed / attached are made of plastic.

There are no identifying logos, symbols or signatures on the cue except for one ALCOA sticker, which is some big energy company. Maybe the previous owner placed the sticker there, or maybe the stick belonged to that company's break room...who knows?

The stick belonged to this lady's late husband and I told her I will look at the cue to determine if it had any value. She said he had it for about 40 years...and I was hoping she had some high-dollar cue so I could get some decent money for her. Unfortunately the stick seems more like a toy than a decent playing cue with the aluminium and plastic, but I was hoping one of our members could shed some light on this unusual cue.

Thanks in advance.

First....

Sounds like an old Southwest Metallic series, circa 1936. I could be wrong though.

 

[bfdlad]

When the shaft is inside can the stick be used as a walking stick? I have one that is around 80yrs old with a brass ball at the end of the but that unscrews and a brass point at the joint of the butt so it can be used as a walking stick. I am interested to know how yours works out now .

 

[inside_english]

ALCOA is a big/monsterous aluminum company.

or was. When I was a kid in Cleveland, OH. there was a huge aluminum plant that some of my family worked at.

edit1* just looked it up... ALCOA stands for the Aluminum Company of America and is one of the world's largest producer of aluminum.

edit 2* just looked up a patent involving ALCOA. patent information(6) a pool cue manufactured and sold by Amerola and its predecessors since at least 1966, consisting in part of a swaged aluminum tube fitted with a mushroom-shaped rubber and/or plastic plug in the handle portion of the cue;

This is great, thanks!