Personally, I like pictures. The three scenarios that I can think of.
1) Someguy is just browsing to look at the cues. If there are no pictures he may or may not read the story, either way, it is very UNLIKELY he would purchase a cue with or without pictures.
2) Someguy is browsing to trade a cue. I'm currently floating that idea in my head and if there are no pictures I may or may not read the story (I have read one or two of the stories but when I saw all the text in the "It's not your kind of cue" post I just kept browsing.),
3) Someone is actively looking to buy a cue. If that's the case I would only imagine they would at least read the description and then ask for pictures.
Ultimately if someone is actively looking to buy a cue I don't think the lack of pictures matter, if they read the description and like what they see then they will ask. If their just browsing, I don't think they'll take the time to read the description. In the end, I don't think it matters if there are pictures or not, the stuff is going to sell.