Clients Cues For Sale

 NOTE! 

FROM ~ “THE OLDEST DEALER OF ANTIQUE CUES IN THE UK”

The following items below, whilst being on my site, DO NOT BELONG TO ME.

They are items which past clients/friends/and other collectors are selling.
The asking price for each item is set by the individual owners.

“The Description”  as with my own ~ I have seen and described them.

If you would like to own anything you see but the price is more than you care to pay, I would be pleased to forward your offer to the owner concerned – if however, you do not hear from me within 24hrs you will realise the offer has not been accepted.

Sorry! but as stated, I do not have any control over the prices quoted for items in this section.

Regards,      Ken Walton.

GF1 :   “HUNT & OSBORNE”   THREE QUARTER CUE.

“SOLD” 

GF2 :       “STAMFORD”   THREE QUARTER CUE.

*AS I DON’T USUALLY SELL THIS “AGE & TYPE” OF CUE,  I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS APPROX. TWENTY YEARS OLD.

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58⅜” Long ~ 9¾mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 17ozs. ~ Overlaid with four Rosewood Hand Splices and Maple Veneers.

THE CUE WAS ORIGINALLY A ONE-PIECE WHICH WAS MADE INTO A THREE QUARTER FOR CONVENIENCCE OF CARRYING.  INCLUDES 6″ EXTENSION.

NICE CHEVRON DARTS ALONG THE SHAFT.

GOOD PLAYING CUE. (FEELS NICE).

GF3 :   “ROBERT OSBORNE”   THREE QUARTER CUE.

“SOLD” 

GF4 :   “HUNT & O’BYRNE”   THREE QUARTER CUE.

“SOLD” 

DS1 :       “STEVENS & SONS”    “THE CHAMPION CUE”    LONDON

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft with grain running in line with the nameplate ~ 58″ Long ~ 9mm Tip (Leather) ~ No Ferrule ~ Weigjht marked 16½” but is slightly less.

REASONABLY RARE CUE WITH A VERY CLEAN NAMEPLATE.

THIS CUE HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS.

WHILST TAPERED TO A 9mm TIP IT SHOWS NO SIGN OF RECENT TAPERING THEREFORE I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER DONE FROM THE FACTORY AS A SPECIAL ORDER OR MANY YEARS AGO AND THE COLOUR HAS BLENDED IN NICELY.

NICE COLLECTORS CUE.

JM1 :    “STEVENSON CHAMPION CUE”    RECORD BREAK CUE 1016

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt with Beech Front Splice and Maple Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ just under 57″ Long ~ 9½mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16½ ozs.

THIS CUE MADE TO COMEMMARATE  ‘STEVENSON’S’  FIRST HIGHEST BREAK OVER 1000.

 ‘RARE’ CUE VERY SELDOM COMES ON THE MARKET.

CUE CIRCA 1911/12 ~ NOT BEEN USED IN MANY YEARS.

TH1 :   “JOE DAVIS”   “CHAMPION CUE”  WORLD SNOOKER RECORD 147

 “SOLD”

AB1 :       BARTON – McGILL  “ALL BLACK’S SPECIAL CUE”  AUCKLAND.

“SOLD” 

A1 :       “JOE DAVIS”   “CHAMPION CUE”   BILLIARD RECORD 2501

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ringed Maple Front Splice ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 16ozs.

THIS CUE IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL AND ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN.

GOOD HONEST CUE ~ GRAIN OF SHAFT IN LINE WITH NAMEPLATE AGEING TO A RICH BROWN COLOUR. A2 :        “JOE DAVIS”    “600”  CENTURY CUE   

Machine Spliced ~ Ebony Butt with Maple Veneer and Three Maple Stripes  ~ Hornbeam Shaft ~ 58¼” Long ~ Original leather 11mm Tip ~ Stone Fibre Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

THE NAMEPLATE ON THIS CUE HAS SHRUNK AS YOU WILL SEE, HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ONE.

GOOD COLLECTORS CUE WITH ORIGINAL LACQUER.

A3  :          “WALTER DONALDSON”     “SNOOKER CUE”

A4  :      “MELBOURNE INMAN”    CHAMPION “PICTURE BADGE” CUE.

Machine Spliced ~ Ebony butt ~ Ash Shaft with Beech? Front Splice and Maple Veneer ~ 57¼ Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ No ferrule ~ Weight 17½ozs.

COLLECTORS CUE ONLY ~ NOT 100% STRAIGHT and NOT BEEN ON THE MARKET BEFORE.

DARK ASH GRAIN ~ THICKER THAN THE AVERAGE BUTT.

NAMEPLATE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE ~ THERE IS A 1¼” LONG SPLINTER OUT OF THE BACK OF THE BUTT ~ EASILY RECTIFIED.

A6 :  “BURROUGHS & WATTS”    “YE OLDE ASH CUE”

“SOLD” 

A7:     BURROUGHS & WATTS    “C. HARVERSON”   LONDON

“SOLD”

A8:     BURROUGHS & WATTS    “MASCOT”    LONDON                        

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt with Ebony Front Splice & Green Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ Brass Ferrule ~ No Tip ~ 57¼” Long ~ Weight marked 17oz.

NICE CUE ~ ALWAYS WELL SORT AFTER ~ REASONABLY HARD TO FIND.

NICE GRAIN ON SHAFT.A9:      “THOMAS PADMORE & SONS”    “ROUND DISC MODEL”    BIRMINGHAM.

“SOLD”

A10  :           PADMORE     “TOURNAMENT CUE”     BIRMINGHAM

“SOLD”

A11  :       FRANK COX      ‘MAKER’      SOUTHAMPTON

Machine Spliced ~ Blackwood Butt with Beech Front Splice ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

QUITE A PLAIN CUE BUT A REASONABLY ‘RARE’ ONE THESE DONT SHOW UP EVERYDAY.

THIS CUE ‘MAKER’ NO LONGER AROUND,  HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS STILL A ‘SPORTS RETAILER’ TRADING UNDER THE SAME NAME. 

A12  :      FITZPATRICK & LONGLEY LTD       ‘ESTAB.1843’     SHEFFIELD

Hand Spliced ~ Macassar Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Not Tipped ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

ALWAYS A NICE COMBINATION OF COLOURS IS ‘BLACK & RED’ ON A NAMEPLATE ~ WHILST THIS IS A SMALL ROUND DISC TYPE ITS STILL GOOD ~ THIS CUE IS A STIFF AS A POKER.

GOOD OLD FIRM NO LONGER IN THE PRODUCTION OF CUES.

A13:    “COX’S SPORTS DEPOT”   “SPECIAL” MATCH CUE    SOUTHAMPTON

“SOLD”.

A14  :        DOBSON & ROBINSON         ILKLEY         WEST YORKSHIRE

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft with Ebony Front Splice and thick Maple & Beech Veneers ~ 56½” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ No Ferrule ~ weight marked 15½ozs.

NICE CUE FROM AROUND THE 1930’s.

WHILST THE SHOP THAT SOLD THIS CUE IS STILL OPEN IT IS NOW OWNED BY THE ‘INTERSPORT GROUP’ AND CUES ARE NO LONGER SOLD.

A15  :        PALMER      111, HIGH STREET     BOROUGH     LONDON

 “SOLD”

A16 :     “MURTON”    “MASTER”   NEWCASTLE on TYNE.

“SOLD” 

A18:     WALTER OSBORNE    “ROUND DISC MODEL”   LONDON.

“SOLD”

A19 :       “RAPER & SON LTD”      “MANCHESTER”

“SOLD” 

A20 :     COWDEREY BLAND & CO     LONDON     “THE CB CUE”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Snakewood Front Splice ~ Ash Shaft ~ just over 58″ Long ~ 11½ mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16½oz.

A “RARE” CUE IN GOOD CONDITION – VERY LITTLE WEAR ON BUTT OR SHAFT, WHILST NOT  “100%”  STRAIGHT IT IS AN IDEAL COLLECTORS EXAMPLE ~ NOTE!  PRICE REFLECTS CONDITION.

SLIM BUTT WITH DOUBLE BADGE ~ SMALLEST ONE NOT FITTED CORRECTLY i.e. SLIGHTLY DOWN AT ONE SIDE, MAY HAVE COME OUT AND RE-FITTED ~~ PERHAPS IT WAS LIKE THIS FROM NEW.

COMPANY IN BUSINESS 1890’s – 1910.     

AA11:       “BURROUGHS & WATTS”   “EDWARD DIGGLE”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 56¾” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 15ozs.

THIS CUE HAS HAD THE ‘TIP’ OF ONE SPLICE REPAIRED plus OWING TO THE SHAPE OF THE NAMEPLATE THE CORNERS ON SOME HAVE A SLIGHT GAP BETWEEN IT AND THE CUE ~ 3 OF THEM HAVE SMALL FILLINGS plus BACK SPLICE HAS BEEN RE-GLUED AND A DING FILLED.

FAIRLY SCARCE “COLLETORS CUE” NOT 100% STRAIGHT – BUT NICE NAMEPLATE.

AA12 :    “WILLIE SMITH”    “RECORD CUE”

“SOLD”

AA14 :  “COX & YEMEN”  THE “STEVENSON” CUE.  “195 CANNON BREAK”      

“SOLD”

AA15 :       “FRED DAVIS”      “CHAMPION CUE”

“SOLD”

AA16 :    “BURROUGHS & WATTS”    “WALTER LINDRUM 1929″   

“REC. BREAK CUE”

“SOLD”

AA17 :      “CANNON MATCH CUE”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Hornbeam Shaft with Burr Front Splice and Maple Veneer ~ 57″ Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16½ozs.

THIS CUE HAS BEEN RE-FURBISHED WITH ITS ORIGINAL LACQUER BEING REMOVED FROM THE EBONY.

NOT 100% STRAIGHT BUT GOOD HONEST PLAYING CUE.

AA18 :      “HIXON & SONS”   LEEDS

“SOLD”

AA19 :      “JOE DAVIS”     “CLUB CUE”

“SOLD”

AA20 :        “HIXON & SONS”      LEEDS

“SOLD”

AA21 :             “PERMAC”      “CHAMPION CUE”

“SOLD”

AA22 :         “WILLIE SMITH”       “RECORD CUE”

“SOLD”

AA23 :        “PONTIN PRIZE CUE”       “NEWS OF THE WORLD”

Machine Spliced ~ Macassar Butt with Maple Front Splice and Green Veneer ~ 57½” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16½ozs.

THIS CUE HAS A LOVELY GRAINED ‘MACASSAR’ BUTT WHICH IS RARELY SEEN THESE DAYS.

ISSUED TO THE WEEKLY WINNER OF A COMPETITION HELD AT ‘PONTINS’ HOLIDAY CAMP AGAINST AN APPEARING PROFESSIONAL.

NOT 100% STRAIGHT ~ GOOD COLLECTORS ITEM ~ THEY DON’T CROP UP OFTEN. 

AA24 :           “CANNON MATCH CUE” 

“SOLD”

                        AA25 :   “SYDNEY SMITH”  “TOURNAMENT CUE”                                   

“SOLD”