Newbie from The Province of BC Canada

[rschuster]

Hi All,

Glad to be part of this forum.

I use to own a Snooker Club in Langley BC Canada and had 2 BCE Steel block Westbury tables in the early 90s. A good friend of mine who use to frequent my club for years one day retired and gave me an older hunt o'byrne cue as a gift. Ash and ebony. I'm not sure how old it is and or its history/ background. But he did tell me it originally came from the UK in the mid 80s. I'm wondering what it might be worth? It's in mint condition. Please anyone let me know any and all feedback. Thxs R

[Ramon]

Good question for ADR and all other cue specialists in this forum. :snooker:

Welcome to tsf !!

[Neil Taperell]

Short answer ......a fortune !

[DeanH]

welcome to TSF

Hunt & O'Byrne started in 1983 and folded in 1992.
Just do a Completed Items search on Ebay and you will see some cues have gone for large sums.
If you can look at China, they go for more there as the badge is very well regarded.

Can you post some pictures of the cue Please
We love "cue-porn" pictures here on TSF.

You can use sites like ImgBB and TinyPic to get the display code to paste into your post

[sharkster63]

Welcome to TSF, I was in Navy on west coast my whole career. Really miss B.C., real estate and living expense was a little high for me after I finished my contract so headed back home to Ontario. Where do you play.?

[the lone wolf]

welcome to TSF

Hunt & O'Byrne started in 1983 and folded in 1992.
Just do a Completed Items search on Ebay and you will see some cues have gone for large sums.
If you can look at China, they go for more there as the badge is very well regarded.

Can you post some pictures of the cue Please
We love "cue-porn" pictures here on TSF.

You can use sites like ImgBB and TinyPic to get the display code to paste into your post

Why did they stop making cues TSF?

[DeanH]

Newbie from The Province of BC Canada

O'Byrne was the money man and I believe he retired to Australia (iirc) and the firm ceased trading.
Will Hunt went back on his own. Robert Osborne then joined him to help him out and then they became Hunt & Osborne for sometime before they parted ways.

[the lone wolf]

O'Byrne was the money man and I believe he retired to Australia (iirc) and the firm ceased trading.
Will Hunt went back on his own. Robert Osborne then joined him to help him out and then they became Hunt & Osborne for sometime before they parted ways.

Thanks Dean.
Just learned a little more about the snooker cue family tree.

[DeanH]

Newbie from The Province of BC Canada

There is (was?) a firm called Hunt & O'Byrne cue firm in Shrewsbury who bought the name but has nothing to do with Will Hunt. Heard they are nice cues but probably imports from Far East

[rschuster]

Hi Dean H,

Thank you all kindly for the replies.Sorry for the delay to respond. Just got home from work.... lovely.... not ....lol
I will post some picts once i figure out how to do it.

Can I post picts directly on this forum?

[rschuster]

Thxs Ramon,
Pleasure to meet all.

I'm going to try to post picts tonight... If I can figure out how to.

[rschuster]

Sharkster, thxs for the kind words. I haven't played in years, no clubs or tables in my neck of the woods.... no pun intended.
I live in the South Okanagan area of BC now. 4 hours east of Vancouver BC. Would love to play again soon.

[Ramon]

Thxs Ramon,
Pleasure to meet all.

I'm going to try to post picts tonight... If I can figure out how to.

well, I see you got enough info from others.
I did contact my uncle for you. He's a collector and has 2 of them .
He said if the cue is in a good condition than between 1700 and 2.5 k.
That's lots of cash.
of cours , what he says is from a collectors point of view . You might get a diff price from a cue agent ? ( i do'nt know ).

post few pictuers my friend , I'm sure these guys here can give u some idea about the price !!

[rschuster]

Hi All

Please find links to picture of HB Cue. Hope this works. Please let me know. Thxs again for all your welcomes. Rob S

[Ramon]

yeah , it works .

Nice looking cue !!