Frank Paradise “The Willie Mosconi Mickey Mantle” Cue
$24,500 Q2168
Harvey Martin “Ivory Handle”
Harvey Martin is the father of custom cue making in America. He produced excellent billiard
instruments from the 1920s until his death in 1983. His specialty was cues for carom
billiards players. Martin was an innovator, both in the materials he used and in the
implementation of the mechanics in his cues. Most of Harvey’s cues included ivory for the
joint, butt plate and ferrules. Of the many cues he produced in the 60 year span only eight
had ivory handles – this is one of those extremely rare cues. Adding to the rarity this cue
the butt section disassembles into three separate parts, an innovation by Harvey Martin so
the weight, weight distribution and balance could be altered. The cue was made for Jim
McFarlane a prominent west coast 3-cushion billiards player. Mr. McFarlane finished second
in the 1976 Nation 3-Cushion Championship held in San Jose, CA. The cue is pristine 100% original condition.
In
1960
Frank
Paradise
was
commissioned
by
Willie
Mosconi
to
create
a
unique
cue
as
a
gift
for
his
friend
#7
Mickey
Mantle
of
the
NY
Yankees.
Frank
Paradise
was
inducted
into
the
ACA
Hall
of
Fame.
Willie
Mosconi
is
considered
to
be
the
greatest
pool
player
of
all
time
and
also
an
inductee
into
the
BCA
Hall
of
Fame.
This
was
Mickey
Mantle's
personal
playing
cue.
You
can
own
one
of
Mickey's
game
used
bats,
gloves
or
jerseys
and
admire
it,
but
to
own
his
cue
and
play
with
it,
is
just
priceless.
This
is
a
unique
piece
of
sport's
history.
The
cue
was
purchased through Sotheby's annual sportsmemorabilia auction and now after many years available for purchase.
Cal Hedden “Titlist”
I must admit I have an addiction – the Brunswick ‘Titlist’ cue. Having owned approximately
200 of them in one form or another, 1 & 2 piece models from Brunswick, Adam, Schmelke,
Joss and conversions from most major and many minor cuemakers. Of all of these fine
Titlist pool sticks, one stands above the rest and it was produced by an obscure cuemaker
– Cal Hedden from Pekin, IL in 1971.
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.Shaft has 9" curly maple bottom end with 40 inlays attached to straight grain
maple front. Rosewood handle is checkered like a gun stock with veneers and interesting
marquetry work spiraling 180* around the cue.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.Quality and
ingenuity and execution with attention to detail is over the top.The checkering is perfect, a good gunsmith would
be proud of this work.He was also influenced by cuemakers of the 19th century, the veneer work and marquetry is
certainly 'old school'. Many world class cuemakers have examined this cue, all were impressed and amazed by the
perfection of machining and attention to detail.
$22,000 Q2215
Jerry Olivier “Functional Work of Art”
The
Corvette
by
Chevrolet
certainly
fits
the
title.
This
Ebony,
ivory
and
silver
billiard
cue
handcrafted
by
world
renowned
cuemaker
Jerry
Olivier
in
collaboration
with
scrimshaw
artist
Sandra
Brady
also
fits
the
title.
These
excellent
representations
of
‘functional
work
of
art’,
when
combined
together,
create
a
unique
masterpiece
to
adorn
the
collection
of
any connoisseur of fine pool cues, Corvette aficionado, art lover or pool player.
Jerry
Olivier
of
Pearland,
Texas
has
been
handcrafting
exceptional
cues
since
1995.
He
personally
creates
a
limited
number
of
fine
instruments
each
year.
Jerry
uses
state
of
the
art
equipment
capable
of
exacting
tolerances
of
fit
and
finish
that
result
in
a
billiard
cue
that
will
be
playable
for
many
generations.
Mr.
Olivier
drives
a
1978
25
th
anniversary
Vette
that
was
previously
on
display
in
the
Corvette
Museum
and
also
owned
a
1997
Corvette.
Sandra
Brady
of
Monclova,
Ohio
has
been
a
scrimshaw
artist
for
more
than
30
years.
She
began
winning
art
awards
and
honors
in
1991.
Sandra’s
work
is
in
private
collections
all
over
the
world
and
on
display in museums.Thanks to Corvette artist Scott Teeters for his input and assistance
Here are the six generations of Corvettes:
C1
-
1957
-
fuelie
-
venetian
red
&
arctic
white
283
cubic
inches
creating
283
fuel-injected
horse
power
C2 - 1967 - tri-carb 427 - greenwood green the last Sting Ray
C3 - 1969 - ZL1 - can-am white Zora Arkus Duntov’s toy
C4 - 1996 - Gran Sport - admiral blue & arctic white tribute to the ’63 Gran Sport
C5 - 2004 - Z51 convertible - magnetic red II 409 c.i.d. - 650 hp - bad to the bone street machine
C6 - 2007 - Z06 - velocity yellow 427 c.i.d - 505 hp - need I say more
$8,800 Q2205
$8,800 Q2186
Adam Custom Cues l George Balabushka | Mark Bear | Brunswick-Balke-Collender l Ricco Cervantes | Frank Coster
Dennis Dieckman l Dufferin | Falcon | Gandy - Ricco Cervantes | Guido Orlandi | Cal Hedden | Joss
Bob Manzino l McDermott l European Marquetry Cues | Bob Meucci | Jerry Olivier | Palmer
Frank Paradise l Craig Petersen | Tom Reed | Rich Q l Russian Pyramid | Salesman Samples | Samsara
Bert Schrager l Bill Schick l Mike Stacey l Gus Szamboti | Viking l Bob Zide
$2,850 Q2313
Model 16 from the third Palmer catalog
Circa late 1970s
Gus Szamboti forearm
4 prongs maple into Macassar ebony with white, green, orange & black veneers
72 mother of pearl inlays
Black Dacron wrap
NOS (new old stock) – cue has never been chalked – 100% original
Original model and weight stickers on the butt plate
Palmer's identification marks on the butt and shaft - handwritten 7 and green ink stripe on both
Cue made by two hall of fame cuemakers
This cue is featured in June 2016 issue of ‘Billiards Digest’ magazine
One shaft 12.9mm
58” 20.9 ounces
