Unknown Custom Cue?

[Benelli]

Benelli - Really? Did it make you feel superior to post the price I paid and where I got it? I just don't get people that have to ridicule others. I liked the cue so I bought it. It has a great hit. I have collected mostly Meucci Originals over the past 30 years. I was just curious about it. Wow, I'm surprised anyone would post a question on this forum with a response like that.

I don't feel I was ridiculing you but maybe your feelings get hurt easily, so I'm sorry if I offended you.

But there are probably 20 to 30 other dudes on this forum that were also looking at that stick and know exactly how much you paid.

But as a big-time Meucci Orginal collector, I'm sure you already knew that.

 

[steveL75121]

A big time Meucci Original collector.... LOL your words not mine (kudos on another dig) I would have said how much I paid, had someone asked - not a big deal but I would never post that information on someone else's purchase - but you do you.

 

[Bavafongoul]

Benelli - Really? Did it make you feel superior to post the price I paid and where I got it? I just don't get people that have to ridicule others. I liked the cue so I bought it. It has a great hit. I have collected mostly Meucci Originals over the past 30 years. I was just curious about it. Wow, I'm surprised anyone would post a question on this forum with a response like that.

What difference is it to mention the price? You’ve already gone all in with your purchase regardless of the amount paid.
If some Azer mentions that the cue was worth a $1,000, you’d be beaming with pride and satisfaction. The fact that it
isn’t a newly discovered gem doesn’t change the fact you liked the cue which is why you bought it. A nice Sneaky Pete
would cost you more than what you paid for this cue. Enjoy the cue & the hell with what others think. If you go looking
for praise or encouragement, just be prepared for the opposite so this way you’re never surprised or unprepared by it.

 

[hang-the-9]

I think the takeaway here is paying $326 bucks for an Asian import cue on shopgoodwill.com is never a recipe for success...

It's probably a $100 or so more than what it's worth to someone as a basic player. Uneven points and inlays, looks like a 70s cue. Those rings are usually a giveaway as to the origins.

 

[fjk]

I'll also lay odds that the case was bought with the cue- Saul Rich sold cue cases along with cues, H Betti certainly had some of those cases when he bought out Saul's partner. They were in the NYC area where Fine Brothers was making those cases for Palmer.

Just a word about H Betti himself- an early owner of bars after prohibition- he was smart enough to realize that putting pool tables in bars made a lot of business sense. His sons ran the firm after him- various gaming machines, etc. in bars- eventually got into pool cues when the Hustler movie exploded the pool scene- and to this day survives as Imperial! Still run by the family! Great American success story related to pool.

I loved finding that H Betti cue= it was a piece of the billiard boom in modern history in America- but I felt that it rightfully belonged to the young man running Imperial today - as he had never owned a cue with H Betti inscription. I offered him the cue as my compliments, and he was very appreciative in return- it is always good to see a cue end up where it really belongs.

Man, you know a lot of stuff related to vintage cues and cases! Thanks for posting all the info, I always enjoy and appreciate your posts.

 

[OldOrvis]

I would guess just a cheap import ....the boxes veneers arent straight and the points are way off and the dashes arent the same...I would say its like a $50-$100 cue at most