Help Identifying My Fathers Pool Cue, No Markings
12/23/2023 8:55:01 PM
Help Identifying My Fathers Pool Cue, No Markings
I am looking for some help to identify this pool cue.
I am now the keeper of my father’s pool cue. It has no markings I can see but someone I know said it looked like it may be a very old Helmstetter cue.
I was told my father had it made for him when he was in his late teens for $65. That would place it's date of manufacture in the early 1960s, give or take a few years.
My father lived in Brooklyn, NY and then in Garden City Park on Long Island, NY, around those times.
Any insight anyone can offer would be appreciated!
Help Identifying My Fathers Pool Cue, No Markings
Replies & Comments
KCCC on 12/24/2023 9:37:31 AMIt looks like a "Rich Cue" to me.
More knowledgeable folks than I may come behind me with different information.
EJ23 on 12/24/2023 11:21:27 AM
Thank you for the feedback!
billiardsforum on 12/28/2023 1:35:21 PM@KCCC - Good call on the Rich Cue identification.
Could it be a Rich Cue "Model B" (a.k.a. Rich Cue "Champion" model) from their earlier "Imperial Series" brochures?
The 1960s era mentioned in the original question lines up with the time frame in which these lines came out.
The MSRP was $14.90, with wrap, at that time, and around $12.00 without a wrap.
Here it is from two different Rich Cue brochures from that era:
Help Identifying My Fathers Pool Cue, No Markings
- Title: Help Identifying My Fathers Pool Cue, No Markings
- Author: EJ23 (E. Gluck)
- Published: 12/23/2023 8:55:01 PM
- Last Updated: 12/28/2023 1:15:28 PM
- Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)
