Hey, I was interested in discussing a possible trade for your Nitti... Anyway, I have a custom Jacoby cue from 1998. It has a leather wrap, cocobola wood to wood joint, the two original shafts that it came with (one normal, one slightly thinner), and multiple inlays and veneers (including coral inlays)... This cue retailed for $1295 when I got it, and Jacoby said he would make the same cue today (but not by hand) for $995 when I spoke to him at the National 8 ball championships in Las Vegas this past July. The butt and shafts are dead straight apart and together, and there is no damage other than a slight ripple in the clear coat of the butt around the top of one of the veneers (easy fix, about the size of a finger-tip... just haven't fixed it as it's not anywhere near where you hold the cue, and thus has no effect). I am going to try to include pictures here in a following message (this is too long)