Mickey Mantle / Willie Mosconi

Mickey Mantle's personal cue presented to him by his friend Willie Mosconi ~ the cue is a Frank Paradise Titlist conversion custom cue.

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Mickey Mantle #7 center fielder played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams. Mantle played on 12 pennant winners and 7 World Championship clubs. He still holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123).

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Willie Mosconi arguably the greatest pool player of all time, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame member won the BCA World Championship an unprecedented fifteen times from 1941 to 1957.

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Frank Paradise ~ maker of pool cues from 1948 to 1958 in Brooklyn, NY ~ 1958 to 1968 in Little Falls, NJ ~ Frank made "the Space Age" a cue with a solid acrylic clear forearm ~ Frank Paradise was inducted into the American Cuemakers Association hall of fame in 1998 and the International Cuemakers Association hall of fame in 2004 ~ Paradise cues continue to appreciate in value and are scarce ~ excellent investments

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