Once you break the 5k barrier you think you will never spend more.
Then suddenly your dropping 10k and then 15k and we'll your start seeing things.... differently.
Tascarella Cue questions...for owners and previous owners...
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Then suddenly your dropping 10k and then 15k and we'll your start seeing things.... differently.
Yeah, it's all relative. Its what you're comfortable with. I have found that the higher you go in price, the more difficult it is to find a buyer to resell unless it's perfect shape, no flaws, etc. The group of people buying these cues are the top 1% of the 1% of pool cue collectors. You have to make sure the cue is very desirable.
Why not both?
You, sir are not alone, even if our motivations are different. I am not facing a decision at your level, but only because I am getting back in so many years later. I just don’t have the same connection to cue builder’s or even pool rooms as many here. One thing I found out is I have a cap on what I am willing to spend. I also really can’t see myself waiting for more than 120 days to receive a cue, so many top “tier” builders are out. I asked in another thread what do you play with the most and is that the same as your favorite cue? Would you care to share that?
It's funny to think about how we put certain caps and limitations on ourselves with certain things. It's our subconscious trying to be sensible I think. For the longest time my cap was $1000. Then it starts to move, mainly because it has to. When you get curious about certain cue builders, they demand more money. Then there is the law of economics....supply and demand. Because certain makers are more established and are thought to be better, their cues demand more money. So that scale slides. Right now my cap is $3000 but it will probably change! The reason I started this thread is because my cap isn't $5,250. HAHA!
For your question, I would say that I’m not playing with my favorite cue in my now small collection (I just did a massive purge). My favorite cue is my John Nemec but I purposely got it heavier (21oz) because that’s what I preferred at the time. Now I’m playing with a much lighter cue (18oz), a Guido Orlandi custom. One of my core philosophies to collecting cues is that I will only buy something that I will play with. If I know I won’t play with it or if I don’t particularly like the way it plays, I will sell it. They can be works of art, but I want them to be functional works of art. That’s also why I set a cap on how much I want to spend because sometimes I don’t want to take a really expensive cue to the pool hall.