Chalked up at £4000
UK: THE billiard cue as we know it today is a relatively recent addition to the sport: the billiard mace – with a curved and tapered grip and a block tip – was used from the earliest days of the game in the 16th and 17th centuries right up to the turn of the 19th century.
This example in rosewood with an ivory block tip which appeared at Sotheby’s on July 9 was a deluxe …