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ARIEL CARMELI
15TH ANNIVERSARY SET
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This is a rare opportunity to obtain a cue set that is highly collectible, and at the same time, highly playable. Its collectibility is enhanced by the fact that only FOUR of these sets were made, and each was slightly different. This was the only one made with silver veneers. It has a solid ivory butt sleeve and long ivory points, adding considerable value.
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| There is so much to this set, that it's difficult to know where to start in providing a description. To begin, it is a two cue set, made up of a beautiful playing cue, and a matching, but different, breaking cue. The break cue is not as fancy as the playing cue, but nonetheless, is very fancy. Rather than the ivory butt sleeve and the points, it has a solid ebony nose and sleeve, but still has all the fancy ivory rings at all locations with lots of abalone inlays in each.
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There is an incredible number of abalone inlays in these cues. In fact, the amount of overall work in these cues, combined with the amount of ivory, makes this a great bargain. Simply put, it's a lot of cue(s) for the money.
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| In addition to all the other great things about this set, it has a beatiful set of custom joint protectors with matching ivory and abalone rings.
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Pictures of this set probably do more justice to it that my description ever could, so I'm trying to include quite a few. And, in addition to everything else, it comes with a black leather Whiten case with an engraved brass plate indicating it contains a 15th Anniversary Carmeli set. (The case alone is nearly a $500 value.)
This is a tremendous opportunity for someone to buy a great playing set by a big name cuemaker for an excellent price. At the same time, it's a good investment.
Ariel tells me that if he made this set today he would charge $8,000 for it. I have it available for $?????. I recently sent it back to Ariel to have it refinished and returned to a "new" condition. (These sets originally sold for $5,000 several years ago when they were introduced.)
Each cue comes with two 13mm shafts. The playing cue weighs ---ounces, and the break cue weighs --- ounces. Don't pass this one up - it may be the biggest bargain on the Recollection Cues website.
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