wanted willie mosconi balabushka auction info

Willie offered me his personal Balabushka for $2800,jn 1986?
but I thought i needed to think about it.I thought it was too much.

Do you think I made the right decision?
 
Willie offered me his personal Balabushka for $2800,jn 1986?
but I thought i needed to think about it.I thought it was too much.

Do you think I made the right decision?

totally. wayyyy too much money. you did good. lol.
 
Not that I have the "wherewithal" to actually bid on anything, but I signed up at SBE to receive information about the auction when it is planned. I haven't gotten anything from them at this point.

Scott
 
I remember the guy at the booth relating that the family just didn't have an interest in his stuff anymore. There were some nice items there: a few of his cues, even a cue made for his son. They're selling Willie's Gold Crown 1 also.
I was told that they're estimating that his personal cue that he played with may bring in over $200,000. I guess we'll see......makes me wish I went to the estate sale at his house in New Jersey. I heard there were some pretty good deals to be had.
 
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Willie offered me his personal Balabushka for $2800,jn 1986?
but I thought i needed to think about it.I thought it was too much.

Do you think I made the right decision?

You made the right decision, i will send you a gun and 1 bullet before the auction ends... :D

MH
HOB Weert
 

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Was this one of the cues in this month's Pool & Billiard magazines. They had a couple of his cues pictured...One Bushka he played with and one that he never played with....His "back up" cue. Great looking cues. Wish I had a link to post of it.
 
Yes, they told me they weren't the best with keeping up the website. They are working on it.

JV
 
Not that I have the "wherewithal" to actually bid on anything, but I signed up at SBE to receive information about the auction when it is planned. I haven't gotten anything from them at this point.

Scott

I got a brochure in the mail today for the auction. It is included with other sports memorabilia. 30 pages of Willie Mosconi memorabilia!!

For baseball, basketball boxing and other sports fans, it is a motherload.

Scott
 
I got a brochure in the mail today for the auction. It is included with other sports memorabilia. 30 pages of Willie Mosconi memorabilia!!

For baseball, basketball boxing and other sports fans, it is a motherload.

Scott

Scott - thanks for the update.

Don't get me wrong - I like Hunt and have won plenty of sports auctions from them in the past, but I'm really surprised that the Mosconi family chose them to auction the Balabushka - that cue would bring a lot more from a more prominent auction house.

Here's an interesting looking 'cue': http://www.huntauctions.com/live/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=32&lot_num=382&lot_qual=
 
The cover of the auction brochure.....

Scott
 

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And the Bushka....

Sorry about the crappy scan.

Scott

p.s. for any Earl Weaver fans, they have a boat load of his stuff, too
 

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