Ever regretted selling a cue?

8onthebreak said:
Once you ship that cue, the history sets in. You will regret selling it. 34 yrs is a lot of history. My advice is keep it if u can. :smile:
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Add a little more history, I got it in trade from Freddy the Beard as he wanted my cue for his son, so I got his almost brand new Spain back when I was just a teenager in Chicago....

But I just don't play with it anymore, as I have other cues, rather let someone that can enjoy it.... so I'd rather have someone else have it to play with or add to their collection. Otherwise it just sits in my case cause after Hercek refenished it 2 years ago, I'm afraid to get a scratch on it :)
 
Hmmm, unfortunately I may be a contender on this one.

In the early 90s I sold a pair of cues for 1000,500 each. One was an omega dpk and the other was a custom 6 point black boar loaded with ivory that was made personally for me.:eek:
 
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Ouch..........

sydbarret said:
hmmm, unfortunately i may be a contender on this one.

In the early 90s i sold a pair of cues for 1000,500 each. One was an omega dpk and the other was a custom 6 point black boar loaded with ivory that was made personally for me.:eek:
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ouch?........
 
interested in my Mottey??

classiccues said:
I regret not getting market value on a few cues.. lol not that I sold them.


I regret not buying one cue and I hope the guy and the cue surfaces...

JV
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Joe, Would you be interested in buying my Paul F.Mottey?? This way if I get buyers remorse I can buy it back?

Oh by the way thanks for the info on Carmens Tournament.
 
Slim Limpy said:
Hah! I ain’t never regretted selling no cue yet! It’s a wonderful life when you have a business selling knock-off cues made in my basement and have nothing but wonderful experiences selling fako Tad’s, Schons, Szam’s and the like to guys on AZBilliards under different aliases and monikers. Got a bunch for sale on there now. And man, they love em’!!!

Sold a Larry Vigas to Maniac, at least 20 – 25 cues to $take Hor$e, a Timmy Scruggs to Kickin’ Chicken, a Schon STL-11 to Tramp Steamer (I turned down a plunger handle to make that shaft--he thought that thing was the shitz!!!), a “real” vintage Joss West to Cuesblues, and when I was just starting out a – get this – a Burton Spain to ChicagoRJ!!!
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You cue flipper you.
It's sounds like a cueflipping free-for-all.
Thanks for the vintage Joss West.
You must of been in a ****ing flipping frenzy when you sold it, under an alias of course...:smile:
 
I don't know the model number but I had an old Palmer with the Titlest forearm,clear window at the butt cap with no name on the foil and no inlays.
I sold it in 1980 with a nice case for $65.00 :shakehead:
 
Regret

Yeah, just One. A 1987 Richard Black Hoppe. Two Shafts, Ivory Ferrules. Unfortunately, it was housed in a Brand New Centennial Case 1x2 in Grey Elephant. Insult to Injury. This was around 1988-1989. Still Sick over it.
 
In 1969, I met Bill Stroud in Aspen Co, we stayed in pretty close contact for a few years, in 1972 Bill opened his shop and I started work for him, he made a beautiful four pointer with meticulous inlays for me. I would use that cue in our after work sessions on the 9 ft golden crown Bill had in the shop. I guess I regret selling that cue most is because of the memories.
 
01rkclassic said:
My first South West...Macasser Ebony w/6 points,payed $175 for it 1986.
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I got ROBBED, on July 1, 87 I had to pay $350 for a 60" Tulip Wood cue AND had wait until May 88 for it. And with delivery it was $374, brutal......


you got a great deal.
 
Never sold a cue before and I don't ever want to unless I have to... All cues are kind of special to me, even if they aren't expensive, great or beautiful custom cues.
 
Fatboy said:
I got ROBBED, on July 1, 87 I had to pay $350 for a 60" Tulip Wood cue AND had wait until May 88 for it. And with delivery it was $374, brutal......


you got a great deal.
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No not really,the cue originally belonged to Joey Speath,I got it right after he passed,kept it for about 4 months then traded it for a Schon.:frown:
 
At least half

I'm thinking that probably half of the guys that responded to this thread cried a little bit before they went to bed.
 
I regret trading a high end 'Kun Fang Lee' Bill McDaniel cue for a fancy Blue Grass cue. Only to turn around and sell the Blue Grass cue within a few months. On the positive side, I took the money from the BG cue and bought a 2003 South West. I wish I still had both of those cues in my collection. I hope to hold on to the 15 or so cues that I've managed to collect so far, because they are all sentimental in some ways. The money made on selling cues seems to be spent in no time and often times you're left with nothing to show for it and that makes you regret it twice as much.
 
All three of my old Chester Krick's...He was a hometown builder from here in E. Peoria~R.I.P.Chester~
A Samsara that was inlaid with wood from a Civil War era family heirloom jewelry box(cool story there)
Pat Diveney I heard still has that one for sale if anyone comes across him~It's Perty! A Huebler EH~7 that fit like a glove and never seen another like it but 1 on E~Bay years ago.
Gonna try my best to hold on to my Carolina cause i don't see being able to buy a big cue anytime soon and it hits as good as the others. I'd make a terrible bank robber! (Guilty conscience I guess) Lol... Live and learn
 
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