remember all the titlest cues were just house cues. found in most of the pool rooms.
same ones were also used in many great cues and brunswick standard ones.

LibraryFool77 said:

If you find a $150 cue that plays the way you desire, I commend you and wish I could. The house cue I loved disappears before I could pull a magic trick and saw it in half.

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Older house cues
Some of 60's Brunswick house cues were very good wood many types of those became Sneaky Petes.
But the OP was addressing some choices, and w/o hitting balls first I wouldn't risk the purchase.
I actually played with a Balabuska that had a horrible hit, the name still sold for about $3,800 in the early 80's.

maha said:

the simpler the cue the less that can go wrong with it.

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100% My view on cues for over 60 years!

BEM cork wrap, Big 3/8" flat face joint!

My preferred solution is: 1.. Get down on the shot and aim to the center of the pocket as normal.
2. Now move your aim so the object ball will hit a little to the right of the pocket. 3. Now move your aim a little of to the left of the pocket. 4. If you feel it is needed, repeat again until you feel you have it on center. The entire process only takes a couple of seconds but you should feel when it is correct. Just give it a try.

I just got my copy yesterday. Looking forward to starting it tonight after work

I'd want one of the movie used CoM "Balabushka" cues.