Cues For Sale

“PLAYER’S” and “COLLECTOR’S” CUES

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We have an excellent selection of much sought after classic cues.

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K103     “BURROUGHS & WATTS”     “EUREKA”    Hand Spiced ~ Jet Black Ebony and Tulipwood Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ fitted with ‘Ivory’ Ferrule ~10½dmm Tip ~ 57½” Long ~ Weight marked 16ozs.

MUCH SORT AFTER ~ AGING TO A LOVELY DARK PETINA.THIS CUE HAS ONE OF THE NICEST NAMEPLATES THAT “B & W” PRODUCED.   NOTE!  THIS HOWEVER HAS A REPLACEMENT NAMEPLATE BY “TONY GLOVER”  IT DOES NOT DISTRACT FROM THE FACT THIS CUE IS A FIRST EDITION ~ JET BLACK EBONY BUTT.

NOT BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR MANY YEARS ~ USED UP TO A FEW YEARS AGO.

THE GRAIN OF THE SHAFT RUNS TRUE WITH NAMEPLATE.

SMALL WHITE MARK ON THE TIP OF THE NAMEPLATE BUT DOES NOT DETRACT IN ANY WAY – what the mark is I am not sure (paint?), level with immediate area – smooth, no ridge or lip         

*Please Note!  – any good cue maker be able to eliminate this to match its surroundings.

K104    “HORACE LINDRUM”      “CHAMPION CUE”   

“SOLD” (within ” 5 min. of placing on site)

K105 :     “ORME & SONS LTD.”   “MATCH CUE”    LONDON

Hand Spliced ~ Macassar Ebony Butt and Front Splice with Thura Burr Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 15½ ozs.

THIS CUE HAS A 1½” DIA. BUTT AND IS MORE LIKELY TO SUIT THE OLDER PLAYER,  ESPECIALLY FOR BILLIARDS.

RARE EARLY CUE AND GOOD COLLECTORS ITEM ~ NOT MANY OF THESE ON THE MARKET – AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAS AN EARLY ATTEMPT (HAND CUT) AT A “TRAPEZOID” SHAPE later PERFECTED BY ‘RILEYS’.~ ( SEE K113 )

NOT BEEN USED IN YEARS ~ FADED NAMEPLATE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LETTERING CAN BE RE-DONE BY SEVERAL OUTLETS IF REQUIRED.    (Larger picture of the nameplate if required)

K106:     “WILLIE SMITH”   “RECORD CUE”   

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Cocobolo Front Splice  ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 10½mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17½ ozs.

WHILST THE NAMEPLATE HAS FADED ON THIS CUE IT IS ONE OF THE BEST OF ITS SORT THAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS ~ EASILY READABLE.

LOVELY STRAIGHT GRAIN FROM NAMEPLATE TO TIP ~ CHEVRONS RUN BOTH SIDES OF THE CUE ~ COLOUR AGING NICELY TO A RICH BROWN.

GOOD COLLECTORS ITEM ~ NOT BEEN ON THE MARKET BEFORE AND NOT USED IN YEARS.   I DO HAVE THE ORIGINAL FORMULA FOR THE FILLER THAT USED TO BE IN THE NAMEPLATE OF THIS CUE – WILL SUPPLY THE BUYER WITH THIS WITH PURCHASE.

K107 :     “JOHN BENNETT” & Co”    LONDON

“SOLD”

K108 :        “PADMORE”   “ANNIVERSERY CUE”

Machine Spliced ~ Rosewood Butt ~ Maple Shaft ~ 58″ Long ~ 9mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

NOT MANY MADE OF THIS CUE – REASONABLY RARE ITEM.

ORIGINAL LACQUER ON THE BUTT ~ SHAFT TURNING A LOVELY GOLDEN COLOUR.

K109 :          “NO NAME”  CUE

Hand Splice ~ Ebony Butt with secondry Hand Splices with Green Veneers ~ just under 57½” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

DEAD STRAIGHT GRAIN ~ WITH ‘CHEVRON/DARTS’ RUNNING DOWN EACH SIDE OF CUE.

NICE CLEAN CUE WITH ROUND CREAM COLOURED DISC ~ YOU CAN EASILY PLACE YOUR OWN INITIALS ON THIS AT A GOOD TROPHY SHOP.

K110 :      “NO NAME”   CUE

Machine Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ with Ebony & Maple Veneers ~ Ash Shaft ~ 55 Long ~ Brass Ferrule ~ 8½ mm Tip ~ Original Bone Round Nameplate for your Initials ~ Weight 15½ ozs.

THIS CUE WILL MAKE AN IDEAL POOL CUE ~ IT HAS A THICK BUTT WHICH IS USUAL AS THIS CUE STEMS FROM CIRCA 1900.
K111:        “BURROUGHS & WATTS”      “WILLIE SMITH”     “CHAMPION CUE”

Hand Spliced ~ Macassar Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ just over 57″ Long ~ 10¼mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 17½ozs.

THIS CUE IS OVERALL THE BEST ONE I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS.

THE SHAFT HAS A BEAUTIFUL STRAIGHT GRAIN.

DEFINATELY  A COLLECTORS ITEM.

K112:      “E. J. RILEY”       “ACCRINGTON”        “OVAL”  NAMEPLATE

Hand Spliced ~ Rosewood Butt ~ Maple Shaft ~ 57½” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 15½ozs.

TOTALLY ORIGINAL THIS CUE WITH THE NAMEPLATE BEING COMPLETELY FLUSH WITH CUE ~ ABLE TO READ EASILY.

THERE IS AN UNUSAL STAMP ON THE CUE IT BEING “7.2” JUST ABOVE ONE OF THE SPLICINGS – NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS – SOMEBODY MAY?

PICTURE TO FOLLOW

K113:       “E. J. RILEY”      “ACCRINGTON”       “THE TRAPEZOID CUE”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Maple Shaft ~ 56¼ Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Bras Ferrule ~ marked 16½ ozs.

JUST UNDER NAMEPLATE IS A REPAIR WHICH HAS TO HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO AS IT HAS WORN THE SAME SHAPE AS THE BUTT.

NICE COLLECTORS ITEM.

K128:           “CRAFTSMAN CUES”      “YORKSHIRE ROSE”     LEEDS – ENGLAND     

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ with Snakewood Front Splice and Green Veneer ~ 57½” Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass  Ferrule ~ Weight 17½ozs. approx.

THIS CUE HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT – WHILST BEING A RELATIVELY MODERN CUE THIS CUE IS AN EARLY MODEL FROM A GOOD YORKSHIRE COMPANY.

THE CUE HAS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF SNAKEWOOD THAT I HAVE SEEN ~ THE ASH SHAFT IS ‘DEAD IN LINE’ WITH THE BUTT.

WHOM-SO-EVER BUYS THIS CUE WILL BE BUYING A “ONE-OFF” AND A CUE FOR LIFE.

WOULD MAKE AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

GREAT COLLECTORS ITEM.

K138 :      “NO NAME”     CUE

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Amboyna Type Burr ~ Green Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ touch under 58″ Long ~ 10¾mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight just under 17ozs.

THIS CUE CAME INTO ME WITH A DAMAGED BUTT IT HAS BEEN REFURBISHED TO A HIGH STANDARD WITH AN “AMBOYNA BURR” FRONT SPLICE.

NICE SOLID ‘STIFF SHAFT’ ON THIS CUE.

K147 :     “ORME & SONS”    MANCHESTER  

Machine Spliced ~ Jet Black Ebony Butt  ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58″ Long ~ Original 11¼mm Tip ~ No Ferrule ~ Weight marked 14½ ozs.

THIS IS A CRACKING CUE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR BEING NEAR ENOUGH TO ‘MINT’ CONDITION.

DEAD STRAIGHT GRAIN DOWN FROM ‘STAMPED NAMEPLATE’ SHOWING COMPANY AND ‘PRINCE OF WALES’ FEATHERS ~ THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THEY WERE SUPPLIERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY ~ CHEVRONS RUN DOWN BOTH SIDES OF CUE.

AS STATED AN “ABSOLUTE MUST” FOR A COLLECTOR WANTING THE BEST POSSIBLE.    THE BEST OF ITS SORT THAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS ~ EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS CONDITION.

K158 :     “BURROUGHS & WATTS”    “CLUB CUE”  

K164 :      “SPORTS & PASTIMES”      BRADFORD

Machine Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Maple Shaft ~ 58″ Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ No Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16oz. but is 16½ozs.

RARE CUE WITH THIS BADGE ~ IDEAL FOR A COLLECTOR.

NICE CLEAN CUE ~ THIS HAS BEEN IN SAME OWNERS HANDS SINCE BEING BOUGHT NEW.

K165 :     “GEORGE NELSON”    “SELECTED CUE”    LEEDS

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt  ~ Maple Shaft ~ 55½” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight 15½ozs. but marked 17ozs ~ shortening will have caused discrepancy.

WHILST SHORT THIS IS STILL A CRACKING CUE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR OR A “LEEDS LOINER” POOL PLAYER.

ROUND DISC NAMEPLATE ISSUED BEFORE ‘GEORGE’ TEAMED UP WITH WILLIE SMITH TO BECOME “SMITH & NELSON OF LEEDS” .

HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS IN ANY CONDITION NEVER MIND ‘GOOD’.

K166 :    “SIDNEY SMITH”  “PIC. BADGE”   “TOURNAMENT SNOOKER CUE”

“SOLD”

K168 :        “NO NAME”    CUE

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt fitted with new Ebony Front Splice & Red Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58″ Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 17ozs.

THIS CUE HAD A DAMAGED BUTT WHEN IT CAME IN ~ SINCE BEING REFURBISHED IT HAS MADE A GOOD PLAYING CUE.

AGEING NICELY TO A RICH DARK BROWN.

K179 :      “BURROUGHS & WATTS”     “EDWARD DIGGLE”      LONDON

 “SOLD”

K180 :     “A. W. CHICK LTD”    “MATCH CUE No5”    BIRMINGHAM

 “SOLD”

K182 :     “TOM NEWMAN”   “CHAMPION CUE”   WORLD RECORD BREAK 1370

“SOLD”

*  Please Note!      there was some doubt that this cue having the nameplate it has, was made to deceive – however, it appears that this is not the case as other collectors have told me they have one and one has just been bought from a gentleman in Morecambe who had it from when he a young man.

However, with this one, the Morecambe one and a couple of collectors who have phoned me this makes it rather a “RARE” cue and a great collector’s item.

 

K183 :       “BURROUGHS & WATTS”      STEVENSON CHAMPION CUE

Hand Spliced ~ Maccassar Butt with Mahogany Front Splice ~ Ash Shaft ~ 57¼” Long ~ Brass Ferrule ~ 10mm Tip ~ Weight 16½ozs.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE THE NAMEPLATE ON THIS CUE HAS BEEN REPAIRED – THIS WAS DONE ACCORDING TO THE GRANDSON OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER USING A RESIN ( it won’t move now ) ~ “RARE” CUE IN ANY CONDITION.

K188 :       “BARRACUDA”     GOLD MEDAL CUE

 “SOLD” K190 :       “JOE DAVIS”     “CHAMPION CUE”     RECORD BREAK 100.

 “SOLD”

K191 :       “BURROUGHS & WATTS”      “MASCOT”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt with green Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ 9½mm tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ 56½” long ~ Weight 16ozs.

CUE AGEING NICELY ~ TINY TIP OFF FRONT SPLICE.

CHEVRON GRAIN ON SHAFT IN LINE WITH NAMEPLATE.

K194 :       “J. E. BEALE LTD”     “SPORTS DEPOT”     BOURNEMOUTH

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ Bubinga Front Splice with Ebony, Green and Bubinga thick Veneers ~ 58″ Long ~ Brass Ferrule ~ 10mm Tip ~ Weight marked 15ozs.

PLEASE NOTE! ~ THIS CUE YEARS AGO MUST HAVE BEEN DAMAGED ON ONE SPLICE TO THE RIGHT OF THE NAMEPLATE, IT HAS BEEN HAD A NEW PIECE FITTED AND WHILST VISABLE DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE CUE IN ANY WAY.

NICE COLOURED SPLICINGS WITH THE GRAIN RUNNING TRUE TO THE NAMEPLATE ~ GOOD COLLECTORS CUE.

K201 :      “GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND”     “1st QUALITY HAND MADE CUE”

Hand Spliced ~ Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ Rosewood Front Splice with Maple Veneer ~ 58″ Long ~ 10mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight Marked 16ozs.

NICE CLEAN CUE ~ GRAIN ON SHAFT FOLLOWS THE NAMEPLATE.

THIS CUE HAS BEEN CLEANED OVERALL AT SOMETIME OTHER WISE TOTALLY ORIGINAL.

K202 :       “BURROUGHS & WATTS”     “BLACKWOOD SPECIAL CUE”

 “SOLD” 

K205 :        “SYDNEY LEE”  M/S   “BILLIARD & SNOOKER CUE” 

Machine Spliced ~ Macassar Butt with Birds Eye Maple front splice and Green Veneer ~ Ash Shaft ~ 56 ½” long ~ Brass Ferrule ~ 11mm Tip ~ Weight 16½ ozs.

THIS CUE IS IN GOOD CONDITION SHOWING LITTLE USE OVER THE YEARS, THE SHAFT NEEDS FEEDING WITH CUE OIL OR BEESWAX.

I BELIEVE THIS CUE WAS MADE TO ORDER THE ‘MARKED & ACTUAL’ WEIGHT BEING BANG THE SAME.

K206:         “SYDNEY LEE”   H/S   “SNOOKER CUE”     * Note “PROVISIONALLY SOLD”

Hand Spliced ~ Macassar Ebony Butt ~ Ash Shaft ~ 58” Long ~ 11mm Tip ~ Brass Ferrule ~ Weight marked 16½ozs.

THIS IS A NICE OLD CUE IN GREAT CONDITION ( it has a sliver out of the front splice which I believe slipped the production inspection when made by the manufacturer ~ it does not detract from the cue ~ picture available if required )

GRAIN ON SHAFT RUNS TRUE WITH A REALLY NICE NAMEPLATE.

GREAT  CONDITION.

K207 :      “WALTER DONALDSON”     “SNOOKER CUE”

“SOLD”