To answer some of your questions:
1. The height of the points had me wondering about the blank since other Palmers I have seen had shorter points and I had read the Szamboti points on Palmers came up higher than others. I also thought that Szamboti used those veneer colors for Palmer cues at times. Also, this cue plays different ( better than other Palmers from my experience- a crisper hit- maybe the ebony? Also, this cue was from early in the third catalog by the imprint on the buttcap, did not know Adam contributed to early 70s Palmers.
2. By most older cues not being perfect- I was referring to the straightness of the cue- especially the shafts. I have never seen 50 year old cues with perfectly straight original shafts- maybe they do exist. These shafts are very clean, like new clean, full 13mm and 12 inch pro taper, but slight wobble.
3. As for price paid- I mentioned that I am keeping this cue- not for sale- but I do sell cues at times, what does what I paid for it have to do with showing a garage sale find? I once paid $3 at a garage sale for a mint Palmer custom cue from the PB catalog, a $400 billiard chair, and a $300 billiard cue rack - about $1200 worth of billiard equipment. I have had other similar finds in cues, watches, golf equip. cameras, ivory tusks, antiques clocks, musical instruments; you name it- Garage sales have been a hobby and sometimes side business for me for 25 years. I have never paid more than $100 for any item. Some I KEEP AND SOME I SELL - but I DO think that if I attempt to sell something worth $1000 and someone knows I paid $5 for it - they would be inclined to offer a lower price- I know that I would.
I thank you for your response and i will post some close ups on the points today.