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Cues n Views is about saving old cues for future generations to enjoy and a service that aims to inform those of you that are interested in old cues about their history, their design peculiarities and their current market value as a collector’s item or for insurance purposes.
David Smith
Cues n Views
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Cues n Views archive
The Cues n Views archive – Badges Those of you that have followed the development of the Cues n Views web site since the beginning have probably wondered, from time to time, what the heck is this site really about?…
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Cigarette Cards In More Detail
Wills Turf Cigarettes Lambert and Butler Photo Park Drive Ogden Churchman Carreras Lambert and Butler Who’s Who Robert Sinclair R and J Hill Gallagher Ogden – Champions Top Flight Senior Service Salmon and Gluickstein Snooker and Billiards related Cigarette CardsA…
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Chalk Collection
More Chalk: Chalk images: This week I made the acquaintance of a couple who mainly collect Billiard chalk and the occasional cue. Look out for articles about these items down the list on the left hand side of this page…
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Eleven years in the making
In 1993 Mike Hallett the former world number five from Grimsby commissioned Glover Cues to make him a matching pair of custom made cues to suit his playing needs. These cues were completed and he selected just one of them,…
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Notable Achievements
In the early part of the 20th century there were many players capable of making huge breaks at English billiards. One of these great players was John Roberts Junior (1847-1919) who dominated professional billiards from about 1870 to 1910. His highest…
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George Chenier
Big break for George Chenier, and the fans I recently received an e-mail asking for a valuation and a little additional historical information concerning a George Chenier cue. For those of you who are unaware of who George Chenier was, well…
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Cue Racks and Stands
More from this author: If you look in the background of many of the photographs of the leading players of the late 19th and early 20th century, you will often see furniture like nothing available today. This Billiard room furniture often contains cues,…
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Make Your Top Ten Choice
More Views: I have been asked on a few occasions by fellow collectors which is my favourite cue, a question to which I have never been able to give a straight answer. I have the problem, (if it is a…
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Twenty Years Ago
More Views: I have recently purchased four quite interesting cues from a small business that was closing down. The little shop sold golfing equipment and snooker and pool cues and was located less than ten miles away from where I…
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Collect or Tinker
More Cues: I recently received an e-mail from a visitor to the site asking what should he collect and where should he start. As I have previously stated, “I am not compiling this site to make money but rather to…
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Fifth Sidney Smith Cue
More Cues: New information comes to light all the time if you are a cue collector it seems. This is one of the pleasures of the hobby as far as I am concerned. Until recently, I was only aware of…
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Dos and Donts
More Cues: Collecting Cues, Do’s and Don’ts One of the best aspects of collecting Billiards and Snooker memorabilia is that occasionally you get the opportunity to get hold of something that someone you know wants. Perhaps I better back track…
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The Lindrum Selection of Cues
More Cues: Walter and Horace Lindrum were Uncle and Nephew cueists from Australia. Between them they won many snooker and billiards tournaments. Walter Lindrum became the best billiards player the game has ever seen while his nephew was amongst the…
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Autographs
Autographs – If you like it, buy it! Collecting can seem like a closed shop to people just getting into it I feel, for example I once knew a chap that had twelve J P Mannock cues. At the time…
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Balls
John Roberts Junior We collectors are a weird breed you know, I have even gathered together a small collection of balls. I have: These various sets of balls all play differently, the Ivories make a much sharper clicking sound when…
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The Big Four
More Views: I am writing this article in response to a comment that I heard in my local club where, two older gentlemen were discussing the record and achievements of Joe Davis. One of them, said that “Joe was the…
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Table Irons
It is not clear as to when the habit of ironing the cloth first started, but the use of the iron is documented in many books of the latter part of the eighteen hundreds. I think it is safe to…
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Auction
Dominic Dale Collection Sale In October 2005 an auction took place which included lots from the collection of Dominic Dale. there was a range of collectable cues that would surely inspire the more serious collector who wished to add to,…
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Burroughes & Watts
Burroughes & Watts are one of the best-known cue makers in the collecting field
