Having a Pro autograph your cue

robsnotes4u

robsnotes4u

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This isn't about right or wrong, because everyone's opinion is right in their mind. So I would love to hear your opinion. Here is the scenario.

You have a top ranked pool player playing in your pool hall and you ask him to autograph your cue. You have two cues. The first is a well known, Custom, Cue, and the second a production cue. Which do you have him sign?

My opinion is the the production cue. I think the only signature on a custom should be one that is put on by the cuemaker
 
Buy a house cue off the wall from the room for sigs.

When the Seminole tour came to RI, I took my son with me to meet/watch all the pros as there are pretty much 0 tournaments that attract top players in the N.E. area.

A year before he played in a league with me, which he ended up winning (he was 11, about half the age of the next youngest), the owner gave him as a gift the house cue he used in the finals. We brought that cue with us, and got it signed by everyone there, Archer, SVB, Strickland, etc....

He now has a great memento from several places in one cue.

Try to find something similar to use.
 
i have a few cues when i go to big tourmaments i bring one with me for autographs ,i now have 3 cues signed top players the cues i sanded down then cleared after .
 
robsnotes4u said:
This isn't about right or wrong, because everyone's opinion is right in their mind. So I would love to hear your opinion. Here is the scenario.

You have a top ranked pool player playing in your pool hall and you ask him to autograph your cue. You have two cues. The first is a well known, Custom, Cue, and the second a production cue. Which do you have him sign?

My opinion is the the production cue. I think the only signature on a custom should be one that is put on by the cuemaker
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I always took my Cuetec Cues to Valley Forge just to have Allison sign them for me...since Cuetec was her sponsor.

I wouldn't have the Custom Cue signed by anyone except the cue maker.
 
To me, having anyone but the cue maker of a custom cue sign it, just diminishes the value, no matter who it is signing it.
I would rather have the pro sign a ball as that is something that is easy to display. Just my opinion!
 
I'd never have anyone autograph my cue. I once had Johnny Archer autograph one of those mini-cues but that's as close as I'd ever come. About 20 years ago I started to carry around a white T-shirt from the pool hall I frequented and a sharpie and I bring it in whenever I think I might run into some of the pros. when it's not being signed it stays in an air tight zip lock bag. Got some great memories and signatures on it
 
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+ 1 for a ball... or a case perhaps.

I think the buying of a house cue for such a purpose is a good idea.

I would only ever let a pro sign a custom or production cue if I knew that that's what that pro played with, ie: Cuetec/Fisher-Massey-Strickland.

I Agree, depending on the cue and the autograph, you may not want to play with that cue again. I would believe certain sig's on certain cues could raise, lower, or stabilize a cues value. ie: Cuetec/Fisher.
 
depends if they play with the same thing you have. If I played an R360 I'd have Shane sign it. OB I'd have Alex or Corey sign it. etc.


other wise a picture, house cue, I have the first dollar i ever won from a couple of different guys signed by them. that's my personal favorite...



Justin
 
robsnotes4u said:
This isn't about right or wrong, because everyone's opinion is right in their mind. So I would love to hear your opinion. Here is the scenario.

You have a top ranked pool player playing in your pool hall and you ask him to autograph your cue. You have two cues. The first is a well known, Custom, Cue, and the second a production cue. Which do you have him sign?

My opinion is the the production cue. I think the only signature on a custom should be one that is put on by the cuemaker
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To each his or her own. I had Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, and Ronnie Wiseman sign my custom cue. I rarely play with it anyway. I have to have it clear coated so the names will not come off. I play with a house cue most of the time. An 18 oz. Don't laugh. It works for me. I have several cues if I want to play with another cue.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Neither.

"IF" I was after a signature (big if) I'd have something signed that's easy to carry, easy to display and is virtually worthless on it's own.

Cue ball... Photo... Coaster maybe...
 
Production cue ... provided it is a current model. Can always buy a new production that is the same cue after you sell the signed production cue for twice the cash.
 
I'm all for getting a cue signed. I'm against getting a cue signed just to profit from it. I've got a butt signed by efren, mika, Appleton and duele and wouldn't sell it. I play with it regularly and as I don't intend on selling it I'm not gonna have it sat at home gathering dust.
 
I was lucky and put CJ out of a local handicap tournament. Wish I would have had him sign the cue I was playing with. It would have been priceless to me. Instead I donated it to a charity auction. Should I ever get that lucky again, you better believe I will be getting an autograph on my cue.

Larry
 
I've collected pro autographs on cue balls, 8 & 9 balls, and magazine covers. But the biggest portion of my pro autographs are all on a Palmer Custom hustler cue which I have had since my days in college in the 80's. I dont play the cue. But I have over 30 autographs on it that I collected at events in Las Vegas. When I get opportunities in the future I will add autographs to that cue. But it is a cue that will never leave my collection, because it represents so many memories of when I have met the various pro players. I can't see getting autographs on any high end custom cue, but certain production cues I see no problem with getting autographs on.
 
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