I don’t know about his collection but I think that it is a changing market for such cues. The target market for these cues is aging out for one. Also, the ability to resell down the road is becoming more questionable - at least from a financial investment standpoint.

The money that such cues were exchanging hands 20 years ago and even longer is actually more money than most are sold for today in comparative real value dollars.

In 1992 a former room owner that I knew sold his GB cue for $5,000 - That cue would never sell for today’s 1992 equivalent of $5,000. If it did - it would be break even at best.

Hard Knock Cues said:

I would love a clearer shot of that please

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Me too, dear fellow!

Alas, I do not have the actual rule sheet itself. That was the only image I could find anywhere online.

Sadly, Southern Billiards closed quite a few years ago when the owner passed.

Ban him.

Mike…..it seems almost elitist to talk about some cue prices unless one is criticizing it.

I cannot say that anything shocks me anymore about cue prices or prices of things today totally unrelated to billiard items. My son called Roto Rooter yesterday for a clogged kitchen drain - the price for a simple drain snake job was $700!!!- he did not go forward thank goodness . Call a plumber, electrician, HVAC, service at a car dealership, etc. etc.- housing prices- Everything is elevated price wise and guys who make pool cues need all these services too and have to pay same as us.
We are now officially a country of haves and have nots- custom cues included!

JohnnyOzone said:

That's interesting. Can they take balls off the table even during the other player's inning? That would be a heck of a spot

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I was thinking only their own group and only on their turn, but other ways could be interesting.

straightline said:

There.
Now picture the World Elite version of you where results are jammed toward the absolute - just like the self fulfilling calculus.
Does your one size fits all solve all?
You of all people should be able to account for the dynamics of "proper" technique. Clearly not one size fits all.

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Nobody should be practicing swoop strokes on purpose. It’s a red herring. That goes for everybody.

That’s all I am trying to say. I can’t condense it further.

I was wondering the same thing! Thanks. The only bank pool that I enjoy is the ring game at Derby