Cue Sports Memorabilia

Welcome to my display of cue sports memorabilia. To minimize confusion I try to use the words "cue sports" rather than "billiards" as an umbrella term comprising the pool games, carom billiards, snooker and pin billiards, since saying "Let's play billiards" may result in a game of 9-ball, three-cushion or English billiards depending on the country the invitation is issued in.

I collect cards, advertisements and matchbooks from all cue sports. The card collection includes trading cards (packaged with tobacco, tea, margarine, candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cereal, etc.), Victorian era trade (advertising) cards, thin paper issues (typically from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands), telephone cards, collectible stickers and postcards (see Billiards and Snooker: The Postcard Album by Roger Lee for an extensive assortment of snooker and English billiards postcards). The advertisements include vintage billiard equipment ads and any general ads with billiards themes; general interest magazines with billiards covers are also included. The matchbook and matchbox label collection has mostly American and Canadian matchbooks, with a mix of recent and 1930-1960 vintage matchcovers. With postcards I concentrate on those that feature a billiard parlor or product.

I also collect snooker books and all categories of tournament programs, with a concentration on snooker. My book collection now includes some early English billiards titles and rule books as well. The tournament programs are an excellent source of historical data, photographs and interesting ads.

Recent additions to the collection include poster stamps, philatelic material, beer mats and late ninetenth and early twentieth century graphics from Punch, the British magazine of humor and politics.

The collections are arranged in Epson PhotoCenter albums that may be reached by following the directions below. Once in an album, click on any thumbnail to see a larger image and its caption.

Thanks to Karl Goddard for crucial technical assistance, and thanks to you for your interest.

	Click on Willie Mosconi to view North American cards.
	Click on Joe Davis to view British cards issued before 1940.
	Click on Alex Higgins to view British cards issued after 1940.
	Click on Maurice Vignaux to view cards issued by The Rest of the World.
	Click on Parris Cues to view cue towels.
	Click on the Dobbelmann's Ibis Shag tobacco ad to view cue sports advertisements.
	Click on The Smokehouse to view cue sports matchbooks.
	Click on Billiards Kazuc to view cue sports matchbox labels.
	Click on the Embassy World Championship program to view snooker and pool tournament programs.
	Click on Billiards and Snooker by Arthur F. Peall to view books about snooker and English billiards.
	Click on Coral UK 1985 to view snooker tournament ticket order forms.
	Click on the Alloa Liberal Club to view postcards of pool rooms and snooker clubs.
	Click on Cafe Gisela to view poster stamps.
	Click on the Jameson Whiskey mat to view beer mats.
	Click on Sincol to view telephone calling cards.
	Click on Walter Lindrum to view philatelic items.
	Click on The Marble Table to view graphics from Punch and other sources.
	Click on Melbourne Inman to view billiards cartoons by Tom Webster.
	Click on The Warbirds to view Commando comics covers with snooker players.
	Click on Eric Bristow to view my collection of beer mats and advertisements with darts themes.
	Click on John Roberts to send me questions or comments.

This website is dedicated to the memory of my brother,
Charles Allen Young (1953-1978).
Rest peacefully, gentle soul.