I like that PFD.
But I have an actual question. Are you saying Tim only made 6 - 8 wrapless cues ever? I would think that number seems kind of low. Am I wrong?
EDITED: Cause of death is, in truth, none of our concern. What matters is we lost someone who was a good, honest, fun, funny, genuine person.
May she rest in peace and may those who were closest to her find some peace of their own.
And there's a reason for this. The APA is ultimately meant to be a recreational league for people to have FUN and compete at a game they enjoy.
But the vast majority of APA players treat the league, the session, each match, etc. like they're playing in some major competitive event like a World...
With all due respect, you keep coming back to the notion that league operators should be properly ranking (HONEST) people beforehand.
First, how do you propose they do this? Do you expect league operators to hire 2-3 dozen more folks PER REGION who's sole purpose would be to go around, watch...
The system is flawed because it's designed to rate players based on their week-in, week-out competition in a small region. The player performance during any given session helps determine their rating. But remember... they are playing folks in and around a select, small region.
Go to any APA...
Congrats! That's a pretty stellar lineup. I'm stunned that anyone would have ever SOLD La Finestra but I suppose it's lucky for you that they did! :-)
Thanks for sharing!
I think it's really, really... REALLY time to move on. No amount of thread-bumping or attempting to rally troops in your favor is ever going to tarnish Bill's well-deserved reputation as one of the all-time great cuemakers. All it does is make you look like a man who, years later, STILL...
Mike Fedunka was an NY/NJ area cuemaker back in the Paradise era. I think he worked with Frank Paradise for a while but don't recall details.
I sold a conversion of his about 10+ years ago. Gorgeous cue and played great too.
While what you say above may be true to a certain extent, it's pretty clear the OP is looking for "fair market value" as opposed to what the cue might be personally "worth" to him.
And I'm sure (at least I hope) you'd agree that "fair market value" is not ever "whatever (the seller) thinks...