Nice looking cue. I can corroborate the OP here, Bill Trimble does great work. One of the few I would let work on my cue. In fact, I'm on his schedule. Whomever ends up with this cue will be pleased.

In addition to a rare Louie Roberts video, it is quite a trip watching a 21 year old Johnny Archer. This was the beginning of his ascension to becoming player of the decade. Pretty fun that this video captured the All Stars event put on by Danny Biley (sorry Danny, Im sure I butchered the spelling). This tournament was in Lexington KY, my home town. I was in 8th grade at the time and to me, pool was an activity that involved water . I talk to Danny every time I see him. He staked a lot of players back in the day including Earl. Of course, he would also stake himself. I didn't really get into pool until about 2001, around the end of his series of All Star tournaments.

Also, the banter of Billy Incardona, Grady and Jeff Carter is pretty great in its own right.

Almost no correlation between how much a cue costs or how "well made" it is and how well it will play, IMO.