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Martyne S. (Sue) Bachmen of CHALKERS.COM has been buying, selling, and collecting cues for the past 15 years. She served as M.C. for the 1999 Gallery of American Cue Art showcase in New York, and was one of the collectors invited to exhibit at both the 2002 International Cue Collectors Show in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and at the 2004 ICCS in Park City, Utah. Martyne has been an active participant in the billiard industry for since 1990. She was the co-founder and managing partner of Chalkers, the first upscale billiard room on the West Coast, from 1990 to 2002, and is currently a partner in CHALKERS.COM, an on-line retailer specializing in custom and collectible cues. Over the past twelve years Martyne has written scores of articles for Billiards Digest on business and cue-related topics. Among her stories this past year is Great Innovations in Cuemaking (April, 2005 issue). Martyne regularly tours the U.S., documenting major cue exhibitions and photographing cues from the top collections. With her partner, Hugh Tiernan, she photographed over 800 new cues for the Blue Book of Pool Cues, Third Edition (scheduled for release in late 2005). Her current project is Cue Art, a 240 page coffee table-style book that will be published by Schiffer this November.In addition to cues, Martyne has an extensive collection of billiard memorabilia, particularly pool-related movie posters and lobby cards, and original still photographs from film and television. She also collects photos and posters of the great players of the 20th century. Drawing on images from her collection, she developed Chalkers Billiard Images, a line of billiard-themed post cards and note cards. Martyne has been elected to four terms on the board of the pool industrys trade organization, the Billiard Congress of America (BCA), from 1994 to1997 and 2002-2003. She is a regular presenter at the BCAs Business of Billiards seminars for retailers and proprietors held at the annual Expo. From 1994 to 2000, Sue competed on the Womens Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Tour as a semi-pro. She was an active tournament promoter throughout the 1990s, hosting five pro events, numerous local and regional competitions, and many charity fund-raisers at Chalkers in San Francisco and Emeryville.

 

Address: 1112 San Pedro Dr. NE #185, Albuquerque NM 87110
Telephone: (001) 1-650-361-0340
Fax: (001) 1-510-291-9737
Website: http://www.chalkers.com/