Identification and Value of Vintage Brunswick Pool Cue
1/21/2018 12:57:29 PM
Identification and Value of Vintage Brunswick Pool Cue
I purchased this pool cue because I appreciated all the wood inlay and research has left me dry.
I am wondering if anyone can help a girl out with an identification of the cue.
Identification and Value of Vintage Brunswick Pool Cue
Replies & Comments
- billiardsforum on 1/21/2018 2:30:23 PM
How do you know it is a Brunswick pool cue?
- tg7 on 1/21/2018 2:41:47 PM
The handle of the cue stick at the end has black rubber piece that says Brunswick.
- billiardsforum on 1/22/2018 6:12:56 AM
So interesting, I have never seen any Brunswick cues with a rubber bumper like this, and I have literally hundreds of Brunswick cue brochures and catalogs dating from the 1920s to present day.
This cue is also very atypical of a Brunswick cue.
I will keep looking around for you though. And if you find out anything more about the cue in the meanwhile, please do let me know.
- tg7 on 1/22/2018 7:36:09 AM
Thank you so much!
The handle is a square shape with rounded edges if that makes sense and inlaid on all four sides.
I was wondering if it was a custom piece or maybe a commemorative one?
- user1540064571 on 10/20/2018 12:42:52 PM
I have the same stick and was wondering if you found any new info on it?
- Chopdoc on 10/23/2018 5:35:12 AM
That rubber bumper is common, I am surprised you have not seen one.
Most likely it's because catalogs don't show it in pictures, and even pics of cues for sale often don't show it.
I thought of you when I saw this sale. The bumper is missing! LOL! They went to the trouble of a refinish (which looks horrible to me) and probably can't find an original bumper.
Source: ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Brunswick-Personal-Cue-Rare-and-freshly-restored/302925053840
I know you have seen those Brunswick Personal cues like the above. Yup...that bumper.
I am betting you can identify this one! Guess what? Same bumper!
Source: ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-BRUNSWICK-BILLIARDS-POOL-CUE-2-PC-58-18oz/332832706011
Once you know the above cue, the others in the same catalog have the same bumper, then you will realize you have seen a bunch of them and just didn't know they had this bumper.
- billiardsforum on 10/23/2018 5:33:43 PM
Yeah and seeing this post again reminded me of this other cue identification request for a cue from this same style and series that you responded to:
It looks like it is in the 1969 Brunswick catalog, listed as the the Brunswick Sirocco cue (bottom one in the image):
Actually, now that I just wrote this, I remembered that I did identify this cue for someone else in April, 2018:
Identification and Value of Vintage Brunswick Pool Cue
- Title: Identification and Value of Vintage Brunswick Pool Cue
- Author: tg7
- Published: 1/21/2018 12:57:29 PM
- Last Updated: 9/18/2019 4:33:25 PM
- Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)