HUNT & OSBOURNE blue plate handmade cue

[markthechippy]

Help and advice please....... I have been told this is a collectors item as is they don't make cues together anymore.
any ideas of price (worth) and wether i should hold onto it or not.

[Neil Taperell]

That is correct but I think the blue plates were machine made . Do you have any pics of the cue ?

The blue plates were the cheaper end of their range .

It went in ores of cost : blue , red , green and then black plate .

[markthechippy]

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[markthechippy]

thanks neil...

not sure how to upload photos lol

[Neil Taperell]

Not a clue either !

Have you had this cue from new ?

Would hazard a guess at about £250 - £300 at the most . But one of the cue dealers on here will give you a better valuation .

[markthechippy]

yes i brought this myself around ten years ago. I will most likely hold onto it but i just wanted to see what it was worth as i hardly ever use it and I'm sure it could go to better use.

[justf]

Fake
Been on here before, total fake. Even asked Osborne himself, send him a email he will confirm this.
Was made by a company called 8ball store.
Steer clear.

[jrc750]

Fake
Been on here before, total fake. Even asked Osborne himself, send him a email he will confirm this.
Was made by a company called 8ball store.
Steer clear.

Ehh ? They used to be on the website? ??

[justf]

Yes website not available anymore.
I had one, checked with Robert and he told me they never made blue plate cues.
A firm started selling them. Been on here a few times about this.

[Neil Taperell]

Ehh ? They used to be on the website? ??

Yes they were on his website ......assume some are real and some are fake then ?

[markthechippy]

I can appreciate thats your opinion but this is no fake, not sure who you spoke to but I went to Osborne shop directly around ten years ago where i purchased this cue from new! machine splice and hand planed and sanded.

Are you seriously trying to tell me HUNT&OSBOURNE didn't have a joint venture just like Hunt&O'bryne, try doing some researchh before you say people are trying to sell fake cues thank you

[Neil Taperell]

He's not saying that Hunt & Osborne never existed , just that he believes the Blue plate cues to be fake .

I know they are not , as i bought a Red Plate Osborne Cue and then he teamed up with Will Hunt .

Was always in and out or his workshop/s over the last 20 years and the Blue Plate cues were made .

[jrc750]

Far too confusing these comments, how can they be fake if sold by Osborne ?
Do you mean they were sold by them but not actually made by them ?

[billabong]

Far too confusing these comments, how can they be fake if sold by Osborne ?
Do you mean they were sold by them but not actually made by them ?

Maybe ADR can re-confirm this info ?

http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...rne-Blue-Plate

[focus]

Far too confusing these comments, how can they be fake if sold by Osborne ?
Do you mean they were sold by them but not actually made by them ?

You tell em Neil!