Original Balabushka

[PRED]

Who's on the list of known makers that used Gus Szamboti fronts? You'll find the answer there.

 

[garczar]

After reading this I now care more about who the maker actually was compared to whether or not it was a Balabushka.

If not a genuine my $$ would lean towards a Verl Horn.

 

[skins]

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts George didn't build that cue. Too many things wrong

 

[Buster8001]

Fedunka/Meyer used Szam prongs.

 

[alphadog]

Being in TEXAS it may well be a Richard Black. He made many tribute cues before they were called "tribute cues".

 

[alstl]

OP inherited the cue and wanted to get an idea of a price. My guess is he took the cue to someone to get it valued and whoever he took it to bought it.

Thus the 3 posts and nothing since. Whether or not it's a Balabushka that's a great design and I'd love to own it.

 

[WildWing]

Being in TEXAS it may well be a Richard Black. He made many tribute cues before they were called "tribute cues".

Richard's points were generally on the shorter side, nowhere near as long at these, not that that's conclusive.

Also, Richard used a different bumper than the standard, slightly smaller in diameter. Hard to tell by the pics here. The only way to tell would be getting a much better view of the joint rings, joint pin, bumper, and underneath the bumper. But it seems we're not getting any more pics to look at.

For the possibility of a Bushka, one of the bigger pieces of evidence against it, for what it's worth, are the joint rings. Way too thin.

There are a lot of bushka-like cues out there. This is simply one of them.

All the best,
WW

 

[BushkaGUY]

If the price is right; I'll take it off your hands.

 

[boogieman]

If the price is right; I'll take it off your hands.

This is a 10 year old thread that hasn't been replied to in 4 years... I'm guessing you would have more luck posting a wanted ad in the for sale/wanted section.

 

[Benelli]

This is a 10 year old thread that hasn't been replied to in 4 years... I'm guessing you would have more luck posting a wanted ad in the for sale/wanted section.

Hello, it's the "BushkaGUY" bumping the ancient bushka thread which makes it totally kosher...