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Cues:
 Barry Szamboti

"The Gambler"

2000 

    • 'The Gambler'
    • One of a kind
    • Cue made for Gus DeStafano ~ Gus' casino buddy
    • Hard 8's were Gus' favorite craps bet
    • Ebony and ivory masterpiece
    • A great collectible with a history
    • Fancy ivory & ebony joint protectors
    • Custom Whitten case
    • Three shafts w/ Moori tips & ivory ferrules
    • 58"  ~  20.5 ounces
    • Cue in my personal collection

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $35,000  ~ Q1997   

 Harvey Martin

'Ivory Handle'

circa 1970 

'Ivory Handle'  Custom Pool Cue
    • Ivory handle Harvey Martin
    • Made for billiard player Jim McFarlane
    • One of eight known to exist
    • One of two that separates into three butt pieces
    • Pristine 100% original condition
    • Extremely rare and desirable
    • Probably the finest example in existence
    • High end cue collector's dream come true
    • Click provenance [1] for detailed information

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $32,000  ~ Q2215   

 Frank Paradise

'Mickey Mantle'

circa 1960 

'Mickey Mantle'  Custom Pool Cue

~  from Willie Mosconi  ~

~  to Mickey Mantle  ~

 

    • Frank Paradise Titlist conversion presentation cue
    • A gift from Willie Mosconi, the greatest pool player of all time, to his friend Mickey Mantle, #7 center fielder and home run king of the 1950s and 1960s NY Yankees
    • Own a unique piece of baseball and billiard history

click to view provenance [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]   ~  Buy It Now!   $30,000  ~ Q2168   

 George Balabushka

circa 1967 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Burton Spain full splice blank
    • Four points ebony w/ black, orange, green, natural veneers & mother of pearl diamonds into straight grain maple forearm
    • Ebony butt sleeve w/ mother of pearl diamonds & name plate
    • Stainless steel joint w/ black phenolic and nickel silver trim rings
    • Cortland white w/ green speck Irish linen wrap
    • 100% original
    • Two shafts 12.5mm w/ ivory ferrules & Champion tips
    • 57"  ~  19.8 ounces
    • I've won a bar table 8 ball tournament with this cue

Buy It Now!   $28,000  ~ Q2198   

 Frank Coster

"Meatloaf"

circa 1984 

    • Mr. Coster's first inlaid cue
    • 'Gambler' theme
    • Cue was made in trade for meatloaf dinners
    • 40+ mother of pearl and wood inlays
    • Rosewood, mother of pearl inlays, wood inlays & veneer strips were supplied by Martin Guitar Co.
    • White w/ double black speck Irish linen wrap
    • Flat face stainless steel joint w/ 5/16" x 18 pin
    • Two shafts 12.85mm & 12.9mm 3.9 oz w/ ivory ferrules
    • 58.25"  ~  19.3 ounces  ~  18.5" balance point
    • Excellent original condition
    • Cue is in my personal collection
    • I've won a few bar table 8 ball tournaments with this cue

Buy It Now!   $19,500  ~ Q2229   

 Frank Coster

"Road Player"

1984 

    • Mr. Coster's second inlaid cue
    • 'Roadplayer' theme
    • Bird's eye maple front & back
    • 50 mother of pearl inlays
    • Mother of pearl inlays were supplied by Martin Guitar Co.
    • White w/ double black speck Irish linen wrap
    • Flat faced stainless steel joint w/ 5/16" x 18 pin
    • Two shafts  ~  13.1 mm & 13 mm  ~  one w/ ivory ferrule
    • 58.25"  ~  19.3 ounces  ~  18.5" balance point
    • Excellent original condition
    • Cue is in my personal collection

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $18,500  ~ Q2232   

 Frank Coster

circa 1980s 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Very rare Coster cue with points and inlays
    • Four points rosewood w/ black, natural, blue, orange veneers & mother of pearl dots into straight grain mapleforearm
    • Rosewood butt sleeve divided into four windows w/ barbell inlays & mother of pearl rings
    • Stainless steel flat faced joint w/ 5/16" x 18 pin
    • Maple stitch rings @ joint
    • White w/ green speck Irish linen wrap
    • Very good original condition
    • Includes original Coster joint protectors
    • One shaft  ~  12.7mm
    • 58"  ~  19.6 ounces

Buy It Now!   $17,000  ~ Q1960   

 Cal Hedden

'Titlist'

circa 1971 

'Titlist'  Custom Pool Cue
    • Cal Hedden ~ circa 1971 ~ cuemaker from Pekin, IL

 

    • Titlist conversion with more work into it than any other Titlist conversion I've ever seen

 

    • Cue was made for his daughter Linda aka "Punky Punk", she was aspiring to become a pro player

 

    • Interesting double threaded joint, 5/16" x 18 brass joint screw plus stainless steel shaft collar is male threaded and the inside of the stainless steel butt joint collar is female threaded

 

    • Shaft has 9" curly maple bottom end with 40 inlays attached to straight grain maple front. The shaft is 12.25mm at the ferrule and remains so for 15"

 

    • Rosewood handle is checkered like a gun stock with veneers and interesting marquetry work spiraling 180* around

 

    • The forearm is gun drilled 3", there is a 3" tenon on the handle with a 5/16" screw to attach it to the forearm

 

    • This has to be one of the first examples of coring a cue

 

    • Cue in my personal collection

Buy It Now!   $15,550  ~ Q2205   

 Cal Hedden

'Titlist'

circa 1971 

'Titlist'  Custom Pool Cue
    • Quality and ingenuity and execution with attention to detail is over the top

 

    • All this and consider it was done 38 years ago, a ton of time was put into this cue

 

    • The checkering is perfect, a good gunsmith would be proud of this work

 

    • Cal was certainly influenced by the top cuemakers of the day

 

    • He owned 'Cue Paradise' a pool hall in Pekin, IL from 1967 to 1972 and put on 14.1 tournaments so he was sure to see all of the great cues, there was a time when pool players played with great cues

 

    • He was also influenced by cuemakers of the 19th century, the veneer work and marquetry is certainly 'old school'

Buy It Now!   $15,550  ~ Q2205   

 Cal Hedden

'Titlist'

circa 1971 

'Titlist'  Custom Pool Cue
    • This photo shows the double threading on the joint and the tenon on the handle

 

    • Two shafts  ~  one with a curly maple splice and many inlays

 

    • Cored forearm ~ way ahead of his time ~ notice how thin the Titlist is under the ring

 

    • Center drilled joint pin

 

    • Inscribed ~ 'Designed & Handmade 1971 by Daddy' & 'For Punky Punk'

 

    • Cue in my personal collection

 

 

Buy It Now!   $15,550  ~ Q2205   

 George Balabushka

circa 1960s 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Rosewood Titlist conversion
    • Brass piloted joint w/ walrus ivory decor rings
    • Walrus ivory butt plate
    • Brown leather wrap
    • 58"  ~  20.1 ounces
    • Balance point from bottom  ~  18.5"
    • One shaft 12.6 mm ivory ferrule
    • Cue in my personal collection

Buy It Now!   $15,000  ~ Q2135   

 Jerry Olivier

Sandra Brady

2007 

Sandra Brady  Custom Pool Cue
    • 'Tribute to the six generations of Corvette'
    • Ebony, ivory & silver masterpiece
    • Ringtail lizard wrap
    • Scrimshawed by world class scrimshaw artist Sandra Brady
    • Cue is featured in the 3rd edition of the Billiard Encyclopedia
    • Depicted are six Vettes, one from each generation
    • C1 1957 feulie  ~  venetian red & arctic white
    • C2 1967 tri-carb 427  ~  greenwood green
    • C3 1969 ZL1  ~  can-am white
    • C4 1996 grand sport  ~  admiral blue & arctic white
    • C5 2004 Z51 convertible  ~  magnetic red II
    • C6 2007 ZO6  ~  velocity yellow
    • Two shafts  ~  13mm with ivory ferrules
    • Custom joint protectors
    • Ron Thomas custom case of black Italian kid skin, white leather Chevy 'bowtie' insert & scrimshawed ivory

click to view provenance [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]   ~  Buy It Now!   $11,500  ~ Q2186   

 George Balabushka

circa mid 1960s 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Full Splice Titlist conversion
    • Four points rosewood with purple, green, mahogany and maple veneers 
    • Rosewood afterwrap with 16 mother of pearl inlays
    • Black leather wrap
    • Stainless steel piloted joint with 5/16" x 14 pin
    • One shaft 12.1mm with linen phenolic ferrule
    • Cue is all original
    • Very good condition

Buy It Now!   $11,500  ~ Q2252   

 George Balabushka

circa 1959 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Rosewood full splice house cue conversion
    • Curly maple forearm
    • Brass joint w/ stainless steel 5/16" x 14 pin
    • White and black joint collar rings
    • Smooth black leather wrap
    • 57.25"  ~  19.75 ounces
    • Two shafts  ~  13mm  ~  ivory ferrules
    • One of George Balabushka's earliest cues
    • Restored by Pete Tascarella
    • Plays fantastic

click to view provenance [1] [2]   ~  Buy It Now!   $10,500  ~ Q2211   

 Barry Szamboti

1998 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Four points Hawaiian koa wood into fiddle back maple forearm
    • Purple, mahogany, green & maple veneers
    • Hawaiian koa wood butt sleeve
    • Hoppe style butt plate
    • Butt cap and rubber bumper from Gus' inventory
    • Penn white w/ green speck Irish linen wrap
    • Piloted ivory joint w/ 5/16" x 14 pin
    • Ivory decor ring @ joint collars
    • Six shafts:
    • 4 Barry Szamboti  ~  2 x 29" & 2 x 30" w/ ivory ferrules Moori tips
    • 1 Predator 314  ~  30" by PFD w/ ivory ferrule Moori tip
    • 1 OB1  ~  29" by Samsara Moori tip
    • Hawaiian koa wood given to Gus by 'Hawaiian Brian'
    • One of three cues made from this wood
    • Cue in my personal collection
    • I've won numerous bar table 8 ball tournaments with this cue

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $9,999  ~ Q0055   

 Gus Szamboti

"Jump cue"

circa mid 1980s 

    • This may not be the fanciest Szamboti but it may be the rarest
    • Authenticated by Barry Szamboti as the only jump cue Gus ever made
    • Four point rosewood full splice house cue
    • 3/8" x 10 flat face joint
    • Penn white w/ green speck Irish linen wrap
    • Hoppe style butt plate
    • 100% original including the tip
    • Very good condition
    • One shaft  ~  13.6mm  ~  very stiff taper  ~  ivory ferrule
    • 42.4"  ~  12.9 ounces

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $9,000  ~ Q1636   

 Gus Szamboti

circa 1976 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Four rosewood points w/ double black, mahogany, natural veneers into bird's eye maple forearm
    • Rosewood butt sleeve
    • Black leather wrap
    • Maple stitch decor rings at joint
    • Stainless steel piloted joint w/ 5/16" x 14 pin
    • Two shafts 12.9mm w/ ivory ferrules & Moori tips
    • 59"  ~  20.2 ounces
    • Very good original condition
    • I've won a bar table 8 ball tournament with this cue

Buy It Now!   $9,000  ~ Q2250   

 Marquetry Cue

circa mid 1800s 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • European made
    • Approximately 150 years old
    • Very elaborate marquetry
    • Faturing girl skipping rope
    • Two points w/ four veneers
    • Points transform into butterflys at bottom
    • Ivory joint
    • Ivory butt plate w/ leather pad

Buy It Now!   $8,800  ~ Q2216   

 Joel Hercek

'Greek Goddess'

1999 

'Greek Goddess'  Custom Pool Cue
    • 'Greek Goddess'

 

    • Four full splice cocobolo points w/ black, brown, natural veneers & engraved ivory inlays into fiddleback maple forearm

 

    • Cocobolo afterwrap w/ engraved ivory inlays & ivory bars

 

    • Short ivory butt plate

 

    • Piloted ivory joint w/ 5/16" x 14 pin

 

    • Ivory dash rings @ abde

 

    • Smooth black leather wrap

 

    • Custom ivory & cocobolo joint protectors by Skip Tasker

 

    • two shafts  ~  12.9mm w/ ivory ferrules & Moori tips

 

    • Cue has been on the cover of 'Billiard's Digest' & 'American Cueist' magazines

 

    • Cue in my personal collection

       

    • I've won a few bar table 8 ball tournaments with this cue

Buy It Now!   $7,700  ~ Q0555   

 Paul Dayton

Sandra Brady

2008 

Sandra Brady  Custom Pool Cue
    • ‘Catittude'  ~  great name for a great cue
    • From smallest to largest, their attitude is undeniable! Nine wild cats are on the alert and ready to attack.
    • Paul Dayton created an extremely nice palette with the attention to detail for which Paul is well known.
    • Veneered ivory prongs into a wild piece of Wildwood maple burl and beautiful grain pattern that is enhanced by the Wildwood treatment.
    • Chatoyancy comparable to mother of pearl, some of the grain appears ¼” deep.
    • The multi-hued wood gleams with the colors of their habitats, from deep jungle to open grasslands.
    • Three of the points show detail of the some of the big cats strikingly marked fur.
    • The prong and veneer work is sharp and exact.
    • Tasteful ring work, matching joint protectors and cordovan leather wrap top off the cue.
    • Two shafts.
    • New cue.
    • One of a kind artistic masterpiece.

Buy It Now!   $7,700  ~ Q2258   

 David Paul

Kersenbrock

circa mid 1970s 

Kersenbrock  Custom Pool Cue
    • Very early & rare DPK
    • Three points bloodwood with ebony veneer into tulipwood forearm
    • Tulipwood butt sleeve with three bloodwood windows, one window inlaid with a British lion
    • White linen based phenolic butt cap
    • White linen based phenolic joint w/ 3/8 x 11 brass pin
    • Decor rings also @ abcde
    • White w/ brown speck Irish linen wrap
    • Good original condition
    • Three shafts 11.8mm ~ 13.2mm ~ 13.3mm
    • 58.5"  ~  20.1 ounces

Buy It Now!   $7,500  ~ Q2083   

 Salesman's Sample

circa early 1900s 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • Extremely rare salesman's sample set of eight highly detailed miniature cues
    • Approximately 15" long
    • Four of the cues are jointed with brass joints
    • Ivory ferrules & rings
    • Leather tips
    • True full butterfly and pointed splices

Buy It Now!   $6,600  ~ Q2085   

 Frank Coster

circa 1982 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • 'Merry Widow' straight grain maple
    • rare white delrin butt sleeve w/ black delrin butt cap
    • Stainless steel flat face joint
    • Black leather wrap
    • Very good original condition
    • Two shafts  ~  13mm & 12.3mm
    • 58.25"  ~  19.9 ounces

Buy It Now!   $5,700  ~ Q1859   

 Frank Coster

circa 1987 

  Custom Pool Cue
    • 'Merry Widow' bird's eye maple w/ honey colored stain
    • White w/ black speck Irish linen wrap
    • Stainless steel joint
    • Great playing cue
    • Very good original condition
    • Don't pass up an opportunity to own a Frank Coster cue 
    • Two shafts  ~  12.7mm & 12.9mm
    • 58"  ~  19.25 ounces

click to view provenance [1]   ~  Buy It Now!   $5,200  ~ Q2057   

 Libra

Sanchez & Potter

circa early 1990s 

Sanchez & Potter  Custom Pool Cue
    • Johnny Sanchez & Jack Potter  ~  Libra cuemakers
    • Eight ivory points w/ ebony veneers & silver inlays into fiddleback maple forearm
    • Ebony butt sleeve w/ ivory windows & notched ivory diamonds
    • Total of 40 ivory & silver inlays
    • Fancy ivory & silver decor rings @ abcde
    • Black Irish linen wrap
    • Flat faced joint w/ 3/8" brass pin
    • Probably the finest known example of the highly collectible Libra cue
    • Test played only 
    • Two shafts  ~  13mm
    • 58"  ~  19.4 ounces

Buy It Now!   $4,900  ~ Q1833   

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