Just curious. The make & model of the cups weren't given, but obviously some knew what they were. I 'watched' the auction and was wowed by the final price. Just curious what they were, and thought some here may have seen them. Anyone know?

Link? I'm thinking Gary Animal or Danny Dew/Paul Fox cups. Possibly cups that were sold by Jeff Busby.

Tried posting a link but post was deleted - or, I thought I posted but didn't click (probably the latter).

They were 'traditional' in shape, so not PF or similar.

UPDATE: I still have the auction page 'watched' so I'll try to post a pic later tonight.

I saw and answered your original post. The cups were made by P&L.

Thank you, Harry. When I went back to check the topic, it was gone.

I found the listing. Down at the bottom of the listing it says:

"On Jan-13-24 at 06:23:58 PST, seller added the following information:
Petrie & Lewis"

My comment -- Those are not the original balls. I wish I'd seen the listing. I would have passed that along. Also, there should have been instructions included. I suspect that someone acquired a recent set of P&L cups, located a matching box, and put the set together. I don't know if David Haversat has spun any in copper, but there are clues to the age of the cups that are somewhat telling. About the time I was working at the Florida Renaissance Festival in Largo (1980), someone who had acquired the P&L trademark, dies, etc. was making small lotas and some other copper props.

Thanks, Bill. Per your post I went to the item page and found the P&L reference. What a horrible place to have to ad info...after the shipping info & scripture reference I guess after a certain point/bids you can't simply edit the text.