3 Most Likely Cues To Go Up In Value/$?
- Thread starter Bill Yerd
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Haley
Mobley
Tonkin
Mobley
Tonkin
I agree with you on Runde. I am always shocked when I see what his work sells (or doesn't sell for).
I'm in agreement with the Balabushka and Gus Szamboti crowd, but in the current maker names, I think Scott Gracio cues will gain in popularity and value as he continues to build cues.
Anything old.
Bushka, Szam, old and collectable Brunswicks, Paradise, ect...
The cues that are extremely collectable now will continue to be collectable in the future and that $20,000 Bushka is only going to be more valuable in the future.
New cue makers and anything modern are a tough call and will likely never be as collectable as the old school stuff that came out when the idea of "cue collecting" was not really the point.
This type of question reminds me of comics. The most expensive comics you can buy came out when comics were not actually meant to be collected. Action Comics #1 with the first appearence of spiderman will always be the most expensive comic. New comics coming out as #1's trying to be collectable are a joke because half of the people buying them are taking them and throwing them into storage in mint condition and litterly millions of them are being stored. That kills the collectability when that many are being hoarded and kept in mint condition. The reason Action Comics #1 is worth so much money is not because it is old, it is because 99.99% of those comics were bought by kids who read them, threw then around their room, lost them, threw them away. Not alot of them survived and for one from back then before comic bags and boards even existed to still be in near mint condition is exceedingly rare.
Southwest cues as such will never be as collectable, they are not going to soar in price like a Bushka, because so many people are actually collecting them and EXPECTING them to be valuable in the future. There will be tons of Southwest cues 50 years from now still around, there will still be very few Balabushka's.
Bushka, Szam, old and collectable Brunswicks, Paradise, ect...
The cues that are extremely collectable now will continue to be collectable in the future and that $20,000 Bushka is only going to be more valuable in the future.
New cue makers and anything modern are a tough call and will likely never be as collectable as the old school stuff that came out when the idea of "cue collecting" was not really the point.
This type of question reminds me of comics. The most expensive comics you can buy came out when comics were not actually meant to be collected. Action Comics #1 with the first appearence of spiderman will always be the most expensive comic. New comics coming out as #1's trying to be collectable are a joke because half of the people buying them are taking them and throwing them into storage in mint condition and litterly millions of them are being stored. That kills the collectability when that many are being hoarded and kept in mint condition. The reason Action Comics #1 is worth so much money is not because it is old, it is because 99.99% of those comics were bought by kids who read them, threw then around their room, lost them, threw them away. Not alot of them survived and for one from back then before comic bags and boards even existed to still be in near mint condition is exceedingly rare.
Southwest cues as such will never be as collectable, they are not going to soar in price like a Bushka, because so many people are actually collecting them and EXPECTING them to be valuable in the future. There will be tons of Southwest cues 50 years from now still around, there will still be very few Balabushka's.
To the original point of the thread, (Most likely to go up in value), I feel Bushka's and Gus has reached sort of a top imo. Bushka's were once worth more.
So, without a doubt about it (in my mind anyways):
Steve Klein
Tim Scruggs
Mike Cochran
Two of those not making any cues anymore certainly will have an effect eventually...
So, without a doubt about it (in my mind anyways):
Steve Klein
Tim Scruggs
Mike Cochran
Two of those not making any cues anymore certainly will have an effect eventually...
Funny, not one person mentioned "Joss West" cues...wonder what their pricing will do....since Bill isn't building his cues any longer...there WON'T be any NEW ones coming out anymore
Glen
Glen
Funny, not one person mentioned "Joss West" cues...wonder what their pricing will do....since Bill isn't building his cues any longer...there WON'T be any NEW ones coming out anymore
Glen
For my money, his cues went down the pooper when he did not deliver a cue to the rightful design your cue winner, nor responded to requests. This probably has no effect on the value of his older cues, but it does to me. Others may feel different. To many other great cue makers out there...
I did not see Searing mentioned here.......with the price those cues go for when you find one available.......?
As for the classic's, as mentioned, they will always increase.
As for the classic's, as mentioned, they will always increase.
My 2 cents
Joel Hercek
Steve Klien
Mottey/White
Joel Hercek
Steve Klien
Mottey/White
Sorry, I'm not defending Bill, but 1 last cue don't take away the last 50 years or so of a mans work building great playing cues in my book. How many other cue makers have built cues for as long as Bill has? No, his cues will go up in value that's for sure, and if you don't already own one of his cues by now, chances are you never would have anyway
Glen
