Has anyone seen cue work like this before?

Double-Dave said:
Being brutally honest, the quality level of the inlay work is more then acceptable for furniture, but not even close to the level needed to get any kind of decent money for a cue.
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This is the point I was stuck on when I first looked.

The work is fancy, but really not precise, even for "hand work". It's crooked, uneven, and messy.

There have been and are cue makers that do intricate "hand" inlays that are precise, darn near perfect, some would say perfect.

The cue displayed looks typical of the work from Morocco in both design and execution.

As for furniture, yes it resembles some furniture work, but certainly not anything approaching the finest work.

It's like your buddy with a classic muscle car that is a nice 10 foot or 20 foot car. Looks great at that distance. This would be a 20 foot car.

I would say I would theoretically give $200 for such a cue (no, I do not want one), and at least half that money is going to the shaft, like $150. That leaves $50 for the butt.

So, it's a cool conversations piece but not likely viable to have some made and sell them.

It just can't compete.
 
doesn't fit in with what pool players will even want. and as far as collectors not what they would even consider.

any cue maker could make something similar and dont because they know it will never sell for even a fraction of the work involved.

try turning it into a cane. and maybe some super rich crippled asian person may want it.
 
Sorry if I upset anyone but IMO, these designs are more garish than anything else.
And although they might not be decal cues, the cues have the same appeal to me.

In other words, maybe a garage sale pickup I’d give to my grandson who attends
elementary school but appeal wise, there’s no chance I’d ever buy one for myself.

If they have a Buzz Lightyear cue, or any Toy Story theme cartoon characters, it’s
a design my grandson would like but then again, he’s only going to turn 5 yrs. old.
 
Uuuhhhhhhhh…… no thanks.
Looks like one of those little Moroccan inlay boxes that sell for $5.00.
Sure, lots of work. There’s lots of work mowing the lawn or digging a trench.

Will Prout
 
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Paul Bell said:
Yes, there would be much interest in the cue because of the beauty, the quality, the effort in its manufacture, and its uniqueness. It is not like others I have seen.

Probably the better question is what would it sell for? Of course, you could get double, triple or quadruple what cheaper manufactured cues are sold for but would that be enough for the maker and middleman?

Like another poster wrote, it is ethnic or cultural specific. A reason for its uniqueness is because of that. It is unknown what popularity there is for that style. You are a person with a new product that is hard to match to sold cues necessary to determine possible sale price.

What do I know? I like Character Cues and own a Viper Dia de los Muertos.

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Much interest?

What do you think the price point would be?
 
Chopdoc said:
Much interest?

What do you think the price point would be?
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I take that back. I think there ought to be much interest because cue designs are so similar while this cue is different with a sophisticated, quality approach design. But . . . . . . buyers appear quite comfortable with the limited cue designs now and new design with high quality wouldn't necessarily generate much interest in the cues. Character Cues have quality and interesting design but I don't know that there is much interest in their cues.
 
Paul Bell said:
I take that back. I think there ought to be much interest because cue designs are so similar while this cue is different with a sophisticated, quality approach design. But . . . . . . buyers appear quite comfortable with the limited cue designs now and new design with high quality wouldn't necessarily generate much interest in the cues. Character Cues have quality and interesting design but I don't know that there is much interest in their cues.
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I can definitely agree with that.

People sometimes paint themselves into a box with what's popular.

For instance even if someone really likes this cue, is really excited by it, like the owner, they might not speak up or show their enthusiasm in this crowd. This is especially true if some "experts" chime in.

Nobody is an expert on what someone else likes. Art is purely subjective.

The owner was tapping opinions about a potential market for some of these cues.

I think the honest answer is there is probably not much market.

I like some stuff that others don't. Occasionally I get thrashed for that. Once recently. I'm not bothered by it. Many are. People often buy fancy or expensive cues for the feedback they get. Like rolling up in a hot car.

Personally I'm glad the owner chased after the project. That alone is cool. 😎
 
Paul Bell said:
I take that back. I think there ought to be much interest because cue designs are so similar while this cue is different with a sophisticated, quality approach design. But . . . . . . buyers appear quite comfortable with the limited cue designs now and new design with high quality wouldn't necessarily generate much interest in the cues. Character Cues have quality and interesting design but I don't know that there is much interest in their cues.
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you have no clue how the cue market actually works. there's little to no interest in stuff like this except as curio/oddity buys.
 
Chopdoc said:
Free?

Yes please.

Do with it? Screw a shaft on it and play pool.

It couldn't hurt my game any. I could always just blame
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Couldn’t ruin your game. So it’s not the arrow it’s the indian story?
 
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