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"OLD" CUES 5

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REF
Details on Nameplate

CUE DESCRIPTION

       

K144


E. J. RILEY
~~
'George Gray'
~~
CHAMPION CUE







Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ just under 57" Long ~ 10½mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 15½ozs.

I CONSIDER THIS TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THE ' NAMEPLATE MAKERS ART.

THERE ARE FAINT INITIALS PRESUMABLY OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER ON THE BUTT AND IT HAS BEEN CLEANED BEFORE I RECEIVED IT ~~ BUT THIS I FEEL HAS ONLY ENHANCED THE FEEL THROUGH ONES HANDS AS BEING A GREAT ITEM TO OWN.

LOVELY CUE FOR EITHER COLLECTOR OR PLAYER ~ ONE WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER NAMEPLATE EXAMPLE.




 

       

K145


R.S
~~
HAND MADE
~
ENGLAND







Hand Spliced ~ Multi Spliced Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 9¾mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 18¼ozs.

THIS CUE IS “UNIQUE” IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD ~ WHILST NO TWO CUES ARE EVER EXACTLY THE SAME THEY CAN BE SIMILAR BUT WITH THIS THERE IS NO WAY ONE COULD DUPLICATE IT.

HAND MADE IN ENGLAND THE CUE COMBINES THE OLD WITH THE NEW ~ THE ASH SHAFT AND EBONY SPLICINGS WITHIN THIS CUE ARE ORIGINAL ~ THE NAMEPLATE ALSO IS AN OLD ONE THAT HAS BEEN REWORKED ~~ THE MULTI-SPLICINGS ARE ALL NEW ~ MADE FROM “BUBINGA (ROSEWOOD) ~ BURR ELM ~ EBONY~ MAPLE VENEER’S” ~ THE COMBINATION OF “OLD & NEW” HAS MADE THIS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

PLEASE NOTE! ~~ CONTACT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXTRA PHOTOS.

       

K146


HORACE LINDRUM

PICTURE BADGE CUE

SIGNED BY
THE
MAN
HIMSELF







Machine Spliced ~ Rosewood Butt ~ Unusual Front Splice (looks like stained Brown Maple with rings from centre of tree) with Maple Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ 59½" Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ No Ferrule ~ Weight Marked 19ozs but is 18¾ozs.

THIS CUE IS SIGNED BY "HORACE" WHILST IT IS FADED SOMEWHAT - IT IS READABLE AND STATES "HORACE LINDRUM" and underneath SNOOKER 114? (not sure of break but it appears that someone hurriedly removed some of the original lacquer to get Horace to sign it on an exhibition night).

UNUSUAL TO FIND ONE OF THESE IN 'ASH' SOME WEAR AND TEAR ON THE BUTT ~ BUT COLLECTABLE.

WOULD SUIT THE 'TALLER PLAYER' BEING 1½" LONGER THAN NORMAL STANDARD LENGTH.

GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SIGNED CUE ~ THERES AN OLD SAYING "GET ME ANOTHER".

       

K147


RILEY

DIAMOND






Machine Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 16ozs.

NICE CLEAN CUE ~ MOTTLED WITH BROWN ON FRONT SPLICE ~ EASY TO INDENTIFY.

THESE CUES DO NOT APPEAR FOR SALE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

       

K148


BURROUGHS & WATTS

J. P. MANNOCK








Hand Spliced with Paduke & Bubinga with Maccassar Machine Splices in to Shaft ~ Maple Shaft ~ 55¾” Long ~ 10 mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 17¾ozs.

IDEAL FOR A PLAYER REQUIRING A SHORTER CUE.

HARD TO FIND IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS THIS IS

       

K149


POWERGLIDE

MANNOCK

2 PIECE








Machine Spliced ~ Rosewood and Paduke Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 56½” Long ~ 9mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 17ozs. ~ Long Brass Joint with Beige Fibre Ferrule Ring.

THIS CUE IS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION ~ THE CUE HAS NOT BEEN SHORTENED ~ THEY WERE ALWAYS MADE THIS LENGTH ~ NEVER BEEN USED ~ NEAR ENOUGH ‘MINT’.

THIS CUE IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED.