Vintage hunt & O'byrne Black Plate Snooker cue

[Neil Taperell]

Clean it up and stick it on Ebay with a reserve price , then you can see how much interest there is in it . You can always put a reserve price on it and pull then listing if it doesn't achieve the price you want .

[jrc750]

Only having a 9mm ferrule will hold it back a bit

[billabong]

Clean it up and stick it on Ebay with a reserve price , then you can see how much interest there is in it . You can always put a reserve price on it and pull then listing if it doesn't achieve the price you want .

Yep, what he said. . these things are only worth what someone will pay for it, so can fluctuate greatly.

The only way is to put it up with a reserve set at the minimum you will let it go for. . .

[DeanH]

Edit:

It's a 9 mm Tip.

did you find a micrometre?
if not, don't try to measure with a ruler on the tip, never good
if you don't have a micrometre, you can wrap masking tape to the ferrule right next to the base of the tip, ensure a bit of an exposed overlap, mark across the overlap.
carefully unwrap, don't tire or stretch the tape , lay flat and measure with a ruler.

28.2mm = 9.0mm
29.8mm = 9.5mm

not precise like a micrometre but will give you a better idea.

as has been said put on ebay with a reserve and see how it goes; also check the postage for the weight of cue/case/wrapping and packaging ALL TOGETHER; postage to UK and also state if you will post aboard or not - if you are then ask the prospective buyer to "ask a question" before placing a bid, stating their country and you will check the cost.
Also check out the cost of insurance, for the delivery, normal parcel and recorded, etc.
When wrapping, take date-stamped photos BEFORE, DURING and AFTER.

[DeanH]

I have somewhere a Hunt and OB letter and photographs of cues and the joints used at the time. I think the letter is dated circa 86/87 and they had the stubby Ree's joints that you mentioned earlier. I think the thinner joints in the 3/4 cues were later on, perhaps coinciding with the Hunt adverts when they are advertising machine spliced/hand finished cues circa 1989 onwards. You are right the Aeon cues came after the 1985 date, which makes me think that this cue is maybe later than 1985. Not aware that Hunt used a thinner joint before 1985, but happy to learn something new.

I have a copy of a Hunt & O'Byrne catalogue which I am informed was dated 1990-92(ish) (addressed Elephant & Castle Shopping centre) so probably one of the last before receivership in late 1992; and it shows the same joint as the OP, as well as four others - spiro, short wide stubby spindle, very long thin spindle, and a very short thin spindle (slightly longer than the stubby but much shorter then the OP version).

[leesoraya]

This is all very confusing, I wish my Grandad was alive to tell me what happened, I was 14 when all this took place and its a distant memory.

All I know is it was the best you could buy at the time, traveled to London, posh shop and a few weeks later returned to collect my Cue. I was using a Joe Davis and BCE Cue's before. It's a very powerful Cue, lots of Cue power and feel could be obtained from this Cue.

I would love to put it up for sale, but the details are sketchy, and I am confused with its value.

[leesoraya]

did you find a micrometre?
if not, don't try to measure with a ruler on the tip, never good
if you don't have a micrometre, you can wrap masking tape to the ferrule right next to the base of the tip, ensure a bit of an exposed overlap, mark across the overlap.
carefully unwrap, don't tire or stretch the tape , lay flat and measure with a ruler.

28.2mm = 9.0mm
29.8mm = 9.5mm

not precise like a micrometre but will give you a better idea.

as has been said put on ebay with a reserve and see how it goes; also check the postage for the weight of cue/case/wrapping and packaging ALL TOGETHER; postage to UK and also state if you will post aboard or not - if you are then ask the prospective buyer to "ask a question" before placing a bid, stating their country and you will check the cost.
Also check out the cost of insurance, for the delivery, normal parcel and recorded, etc.
When wrapping, take date-stamped photos BEFORE, DURING and AFTER.

I measured it with a Ruler !! looks like 9 mm to to me

[old school]

If the long thin pin was 5/16 " with 12-14 threads and 1 3/4 " - 1 7/8 " long with a rounded end that would be the Aeon as was the spiroloc . The joint on the cue in the original post is not an Aeon joint , in my opinion , based on a comparison with 2 x Aeons AND 2 x Riley Burwat cues made by Aeon in my collection . Hope this helps.

[ebonynivory]

This is all very confusing, I wish my Grandad was alive to tell me what happened, I was 14 when all this took place and its a distant memory.

All I know is it was the best you could buy at the time, traveled to London, posh shop and a few weeks later returned to collect my Cue. I was using a Joe Davis and BCE Cue's before. It's a very powerful Cue, lots of Cue power and feel could be obtained from this Cue.

I would love to put it up for sale, but the details are sketchy, and I am confused with its value.

If you wish to sell it then the advice the forum members have provided is a good way to go. There is a spiro hunt on eBay at the min and that is for £495 Ono. If it was the stubby Ree's joint then it would be worth a lot more.

[leesoraya]

If you wish to sell it then the advice the forum members have provided is a good way to go. There is a spiro hunt on eBay at the min and that is for £495 Ono. If it was the stubby Ree's joint then it would be worth a lot more.

The one on ebay looks nothing like the joint on mine and its a green plate ??

Here is the link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUNT-OBYRN...0AAOSwM4xXZ8P-

[ebonynivory]

The one on ebay looks nothing like the joint on mine and its a green plate ??

Here is the link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUNT-OBYRN...0AAOSwM4xXZ8P-

I know, I did state it was a spiro joint. I just pointed it out as maybe a price marker to start off with.

But as in Neil's earlier post, chances are it's a later Hunt model when they did the pin type and the spiro around the same time.

I may have missed your earlier post but how do you know yours isn't a green plate?

[leesoraya]

I know, I did state it was a spiro joint. I just pointed it out as maybe a price marker to start off with.

But as in Neil's earlier post, chances are it's a later Hunt model when they did the pin type and the spiro around the same time.

I may have missed your earlier post but how do you know yours isn't a green plate?

I guess its because the print that is left on it, is black