The collection

[pt109]

How was he able to collect all that ?
That is amazing

Read the article I linked.

So that’s how they did it.
Thanks for that additional information

Back in the day, the pool grapevine was as strong as the internet, it seems.
..I was an under the radar player, rarely gave out my name.....
..I was in a room in Toronto a week after Augustine Szamboti passed....
..one of my road cues was a Szamboti made for Joey Spaeth.
...phone call for me....from Texas..hadn’t been there for a few years...
..it was somebody offering me about twenty times the money I had in the cue...
...I assume it was one of the Glenns....I wouldn’t sell it....the cue was magic to me.

But how the hell did he track me down?
..as I was writing this, I realized...Buddy knew I had the cue...:idea2:

 

[Chopdoc]

Back in the day, the pool grapevine was as strong as the internet, it seems.
..I was an under the radar player, rarely gave out my name.....
..I was in a room in Toronto a week after Augustine Szamboti passed....
..one of my road cues was a Szamboti made for Joey Spaeth.
...phone call for me....from Texas..hadn’t been there for a few years...
..it was somebody offering me about twenty times the money I had in the cue...
...I assume it was one of the Glenns....I wouldn’t sell it....the cue was magic to me.

But how the hell did he track me down?
..as I was writing this, I realized...Buddy knew I had the cue...:idea2:

Cool story. :thumbup::thumbup:

Just a thought but...how far under the radar can someone really be playing with a cue like that? :wink:

 

[pt109]

Cool story. :thumbup::thumbup:

Just a thought but...how far under the radar can someone really be playing with a cue like that? :wink:

I used to pass that cue off as an unknown....lots of people don’t know what they’re looking at.
I was in a little action in Memphis...mid 80s...somebody asked me what kind of cue...
...told him I bought it in a pawn shop for $100....
...there was an old guy called Junior there...asked me if he could look at it....
....he used to be Bob Meucci’s road partner...I knew how he held the cue that he knew...
...he said “Son, you got very lucky...if it’s not a Szamboti, it’s a Balabuska.”
...and he’s lookin’ through his eyebrows at me....

Had a buddy at a snooker tournament borrow my cue and went around the room...
...asking for $50 for it...he came back laughing “Not one lousy offer.”

 

[Dave-Kat]

Thanks for sharing vidio J Schwartz, very interesting article Chopdoc ( says Denny the high end collector "never store cues upright" ) and pt109 for great stories as always.

Keep it rollin'

Love this stuff ...:thumbup:

-Kat,

 

[WildWing]

Here's another article you may like, given this thread. A bit more obscure than the Snap article to cue collectors, but Smithsonian actually did an article way back. My scanner is not the best, hope it comes out ok. Enjoy.

All the best,
WW

 

[PoolBum]

I met Denny Glenn in Louisville in the early 1990's. He was a very friendly guy. I believe he had with him at that time the cue made by John the Baptist that Jesus used to run six racks and out on Pontius Pilate on the night of the Last Supper.

 

[Chopdoc]

Thanks for sharing vidio J Schwartz, very interesting article Chopdoc ( says Denny the high end collector "never store cues upright" ) and pt109 for great stories as always.

Keep it rollin'

Love this stuff ...:thumbup:

-Kat,

I respectfully disagree. I store my cues upright.

But I highly respect their family's cue collecting and follow some of their same philosophies.

.

 

[Chopdoc]

I used to pass that cue off as an unknown....lots of people don’t know what they’re looking at.
I was in a little action in Memphis...mid 80s...somebody asked me what kind of cue...
...told him I bought it in a pawn shop for $100....
...there was an old guy called Junior there...asked me if he could look at it....
....he used to be Bob Meucci’s road partner...I knew how he held the cue that he knew...
...he said “Son, you got very lucky...if it’s not a Szamboti, it’s a Balabuska.”
...and he’s lookin’ through his eyebrows at me....

Had a buddy at a snooker tournament borrow my cue and went around the room...
...asking for $50 for it...he came back laughing “Not one lousy offer.”

Just goes to show most players really don't know cues. And certainly snooker players generally don't know pool cues.

.

 

[Cuebuddy]

I respectfully disagree. I store my cues upright.

But I highly respect their family's cue collecting and follow some of their same philosophies.

.

I am with you on this Doc. I have stored my entire collection upright for decades. I have never had a problem with hundreds of cues. If anything I think a few that were a bit bent have straightened out some:smile:

 

[Dave-Kat]

I ain't going down that rabbit hole haha :deadhorse:

Oh, and thanks for adding @ WW

I respectfully disagree. I store my cues upright.

But I highly respect their family's cue collecting and follow some of their same philosophies.

.

 

[WildWing]

I respectfully disagree. I store my cues upright.

But I highly respect their family's cue collecting and follow some of their same philosophies.

.

Agree. By storing cues upright, mine have stayed straight, and some I acquired pre-owned with shafts slightly off, became straight with use and upright storage. I have a feeling prolific collectors with tables to put their cues on, and maybe not enough cases, like to say lay them flat, but that's not good advice.

All the best,
WW

 

[Chopdoc]

Agree. By storing cues upright, mine have stayed straight, and some I acquired pre-owned with shafts slightly off, became straight with use and upright storage. I have a feeling prolific collectors with tables to put their cues on, and maybe not enough cases, like to say lay them flat, but that's not good advice.

All the best,
WW

I will say it is arguable. But many of us have had good experience with vertical storage.

I actually wince a bit seeing so many wonderful cues stored flat. It contradicts so much that I think I understand.

But in the end, what does it matter?

A miniscule bend in a shaft will vary with seasons of the year unless we are talking strict climate control.

This is about museum quality cues. A millimeter of bend or two would be of little matter in a $20k historic cue.

Looking at that collection, is anybody really asking if those cues were checked for runout on a lathe?

 

[WildWing]

I will say it is arguable. But many of us have had good experience with vertical storage.

I actually wince a bit seeing so many wonderful cues stored flat. It contradicts so much that I think I understand.

But in the end, what does it matter?

A miniscule bend in a shaft will vary with seasons of the year unless we are talking strict climate control.

This is about museum quality cues. A millimeter of bend or two would be of little matter in a $20k historic cue.

Looking at that collection, is anybody really asking if those cues were checked for runout on a lathe?

It's a fair question. With these historic cues, their value has nothing to do with being straight or not.

Having said that, If I had Mosconi's Rambow that ran 526, or his Bushka that he did exhibitions with.......

Well, I'd store them upright, and I'd clean the joint surfaces, take them out and run a few balls with them. And if I could get them straight if they're not, well, that would be all the better... That's my story, and I'm sticking with it.

All the best,
WW

 

[pt109]

I keep mine in O’Neil cases....the salesmen 12 packs.

 

[Chopdoc]

I keep mine in O’Neil cases....the salesmen 12 packs.

Standing on end, or laying flat?

I have several large cases, all stored with cues upright, including my O'Neil 12 cue case. It's standing on end.

 

[pt109]

Standing on end, or laying flat?

I have several large cases, all stored with cues upright, including my O'Neil 12 cue case. It's standing on end.

I’ve been pondering it, Doc.....I might try upright.

That’s the best way for books.....I’ve been told by experts.

 

[deanoc]

denny does store his cues upright as a normal practice

just displayed them like this like dealers do at cue shows temporarily

this display was just a short time

you have to admit the collection is breath taking

i wish some big corporation like budwiser would buy it,display it,
promote it and watch pool take off

imagine having the pool hall of fame,maybe a permanent home for a true world championship,
us open,possibly leagues as well

collector shows on an annual basis
perhaps a big bowling alley,restaurant,pool room
with 64 tables

like the old bronco bowl in Oak Cliff,Dallas, Texas
A bar, restaurant,barber shop,game room with slots,pin ball

Even sports betting in an environment like Vegas

what a great thing it would be

Legitimacy

Class


Imagine a big new hotel in vegas featuring the pool hall of fame
perhaps the poker hall of fame

with a guaranteed influx of pool players from leagues all year long

Imagine a hotel in vegas "GAMBLERS" in neon script

Texas Holdem championships,One pocket championships

Huge tvs where you could actually see the games from the comfort of your own
seat

and over in the corner is the Denny Glenn Pool Hall Of fame for our enjoyment
adding to the uniqueness of the casino,

it might cost a little something BUDSWISERS GAMLERS in big orange neon
would be worth the cost in advertising alone

Or maybe "Will' s 9th Wonder of the WORLD Place" or Griffs Unlimited*

*but not very"

A permanent place for pool,perhaps the showplace of the world


Anybody with a little initiative please call Dean for picture


You have seen the Crucible and what it did for snooker

Lets get Ronnie O Sullivan playing in America,why should a 2 bit country like England
out do us

Turn on the James Brown song "only in the usa or whatever in rocky

Bruce Springstein sings at the opening,