Are Huebler (sp?) cues expensive/valuable?

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sorry, i know the name, but have no idea what the going rate for one is. the cue in question is about 25 years old or so and belongs to a player on my tap team.
 
I cant give u a dollar amount,but the one I played with cost over 400 in the 70s,but it burned in a poolroom fire 8 yrs ago and I would not have changed cues if it had not burned,I would think its pretty valuable now and they hit great :smile:
 
huebler cues

If you are looking for a possible value, I would send PM to Bobalouiecda, he is probably the best expert on Hueblers.
 
Heublers are a very well constructed cue. I've always thought they were a little pricier than some of their competition for what you got, as far as aesthetics.

My appreciation for cue art started in the early ninetys, when I saw several Joss and Schon cues around my area. The Heublers just didn't look as nice to me.

I know a cues looks have nothing to do with its ability to perform it's functional role. However, if I have a choice between two fine playing cues and one is pretty and one is ugly to me, I'm going to go with the nice looking cue.
 
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I don't think they get the respect that they deserve. That and the market is soft. Huebler made the best production cues on the market besides Schon for years, very very consistent product. The players that do use them are in my experience very fond of them, even after going on to higher end customs.

Every time I show off my old ebony/ivory 4pt/4veneer huebler with all the ringwork, everyone always love the thing, myself included.

They are not very expensive for his general cues, a great huebler can be had for $500 or under....many for half that. His customs can go as high as about 10-12k.

In general I would say a huebler production cue is valued at around 250-300 all models considered and averaging what i see for sale on the market. At the same time you don't see a million of them for sale either as is with say meucci, mcdermott, viking.

I honestly think that one day Pauls work will be considered somewhat of a Palmer like company of his era. I have even heard that Bob Meucci trained under him, but don't know it that is true, but it would explain some of the slight design similarities. To me a Huebler is what every Meucci dreamed of aspiring to be.
 
You can use the search feature here for the forsale section, and also check the closed auction prices on ebay to get a picture of the current market prices. Another resource is the 3rd edition of the Blue Book of Pool Cues.
 
Great post! I too, have often seen similarities in some Meucci and Huebler designs, and have also felt that Paul's work was superior to Bob's, at least on the majority of their cues. Here's a funny story, about my first cue...a Meucci I bought for $90 new in 1971. The plastic part of the joint cracked, and I sent it back to Bob to be repaired/replaced. He called me, saying it was a Huebler, not a Meucci (this was before either cuemaker put their names on their cues). I had the original receipt from the billiards store I bought the cue from, and sent a copy to Bob, whereupon he replaced the joint collar and sent the cue back, to me at no charge. I still have that first cue, almost 40 years later! LOL

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

greyghost said:
I don't think they get the respect that they deserve. That and the market is soft. Huebler made the best production cues on the market besides Schon for years, very very consistent product. The players that do use them are in my experience very fond of them, even after going on to higher end customs.

Every time I show off my old ebony/ivory 4pt/4veneer huebler with all the ringwork, everyone always love the thing, myself included.

They are not very expensive for his general cues, a great huebler can be had for $500 or under....many for half that. His customs can go as high as about 10-12k.

In general I would say a huebler production cue is valued at around 250-300 all models considered and averaging what i see for sale on the market. At the same time you don't see a million of them for sale either as is with say meucci, mcdermott, viking.

I honestly think that one day Pauls work will be considered somewhat of a Palmer like company of his era. I have even heard that Bob Meucci trained under him, but don't know it that is true, but it would explain some of the slight design similarities. To me a Huebler is what every Meucci dreamed of aspiring to be.
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Scott Lee said:
Great post! I too, have often seen similarities in some Meucci and Huebler designs, and have also felt that Paul's work was superior to Bob's, at least on the majority of their cues. Here's a funny story, about my first cue...a Meucci I bought for $90 new in 1971. The plastic part of the joint cracked, and I sent it back to Bob to be repaired/replaced. He called me, saying it was a Huebler, not a Meucci (this was before either cuemaker put their names on their cues). I had the original receipt from the billiards store I bought the cue from, and sent a copy to Bob, whereupon he replaced the joint collar and sent the cue back, to me at no charge. I still have that first cue, almost 40 years later! LOL

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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glad to hear the cue is still with you scott, and a fitting story to boot!
 
Keeb...and here's the upshot. The same thing happened again about 5 years later. This time I just kept the cue and didn't want to argue about it's lineage. Seems that the plastic used in Meucci cues even back then was suspect, and prone to breakage.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

greyghost said:
glad to hear the cue is still with you scott, and a fitting story to boot!
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