2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
MOSCONI, Willie (1913-1983) U.S. professional billiard player. After a brief period as a child prodigy he did not take up the game again until 1931. He won his first world championship in 1941, and defended it successfully through 1955 in all years except 1943 and 1949. Beginning in the mid-1950s, Mosconi gave numerous exhibitions and helped to popularize the game. He wrote Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards (1954). A terrific Mosconi item, his personally owned and used bridge stick. The bridge, used to make difficult or trick pool shots, measures 56 1/2" long with aluminum end, and shows some signs of use. Sold with a 1995 letter of provenance signed by Mosconi's widow, Flora Mosconi, picturing the stick and attesting to the fact that her husband had personally owned and used it. A terrific relic worthy of prominent display! And it might just have a little luck still attached to it.
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