Chalk
Collecting
chalk is serious business for several collectors throughout the world.
Some individual cubes of chalk have sold for amounts greater than $100.
Those are few and far between and most collectible chalk is worth much
less. Pictured below is a box of the much sought after Manhattan Club
Billiard Chalk by Brunswick-Balke-Collender & Co. Full boxes of
this chalk brand are very rare and are usually built by several random
pieces of chalk until the box is filled. This box came out of a home
from the original owner of the chalk. They never really played much,
so this was the only box of chalk he ever had. Three pieces are not
used and you can still see the circual marks on the top of the chalk
from their initial machine shaping. Most pieces are somewhat to different
degrees. Overall, the set is in excellent condition. Shown in the pciture
below are the box top, the worst side of the cube and in one case it
is the bottom, the logos facing forward, and the tops of the cubes. |
Another popular Brunswick Chalk is Clik, which demands $250-$300 per box (cubes never used) like the ones below at auction. This brand name was popular in the middle of the 20th century.
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