Any good cues here?

I have one of those things hanging on the wall to the right of the cue rack.
When I was younger my grandma used to hang rugs over a clothesline and
beat the dust out of 'em with it.
 
Chopdoc said:
That's funny. I bought a cue out of a group with a cane cue in it. Others thought it was a cheap Taiwan cue because of the "gawdy cheap plastics". It was a Karl Mayer cue. As it happens, I didn't have to buy the group, but I certainly would have.

I have, up to this point, avoided owning a cane cue.
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I have one I bought cheap and restored it, it was complete with the rubber bumper housed in the brass knob.

Funny thing, the shaft is Ramin wood and has a Ivory ferrule. After years of collecting, I have a few oddities that just don't make sense.
 
PhilosopherKing said:
The first cue on the left is a Players.
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Chopdoc said:
I do occasionally use a cane. But I prefer one with a blade concealed in it. :)

I am only 59 but I have bilateral congenital hip defects, and torn cartilage in both knees from motorcycle misadventures.
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You're a young buck.
 
Chopdoc said:
That's funny. I bought a cue out of a group with a cane cue in it. Others thought it was a cheap Taiwan cue because of the "gawdy cheap plastics". It was a Karl Mayer cue. As it happens, I didn't have to buy the group, but I certainly would have.

I have, up to this point, avoided owning a cane cue.
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Wait are you saying I got duped?

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Chopdoc said:
Are you going to let us in on anything or is this the end of the matter?
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It's an estate sale and the hours are short. I couldn't get there today but will try tomorrow. It'll be the end of the sale so everything might be gone. I'll post back if I get anything.
 
So I drive 35 minutes to get to the sale 20 minutes before closing. Everything in the basement was dirty and just old old old. The pool table was an old Brunswick furniture style. It had a sign on it that said $5000 including pool cues. I thought that's insane but okay whatever I'm just here for the cues.

Cue 1 was, in fact, a Players. Cue 3 had a big "Wilson" printed on the butt. Several of the other cues had one of those little oval gold stickers on the butt, which I think identifies them as junk.

The full splice house cues were actually pretty nice considering the environment.

The chair was nowhere to be found. Some lucky bastard jumped on it.

Cue 5 was a Brunswick Master Stroke and was in pretty good condition so I grabbed it and went upstairs to offer the sales lady $5 or $10. "Sorry, the cues and the table are a package deal ($5000, remember?)." Baffled, I said, "Are you serious?" Apparently, she didn't make the rule, she just follows what the seller tells her. I go to lean the cue on the wall before I leave and I see the Players cue right there. I got a chuckle because I wasn't the first chump to get blocked from buying something at a place specifically set up to liquidate inventory. The guy is going to be begging someone to take that table for free soon enough!

There's always next time


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Dan White said:
So I drive 35 minutes to get to the sale 20 minutes before closing. Everything in the basement was dirty and just old old old. The pool table was an old Brunswick furniture style. It had a sign on it that said $5000 including pool cues. I thought that's insane but okay whatever I'm just here for the cues.

Cue 1 was, in fact, a Players. Cue 3 had a big "Wilson" printed on the butt. Several of the other cues had one of those little oval gold stickers on the butt, which I think identifies them as junk.

The full splice house cues were actually pretty nice considering the environment.

The chair was nowhere to be found. Some lucky bastard jumped on it.

Cue 5 was a Brunswick Master Stroke and was in pretty good condition so I grabbed it and went upstairs to offer the sales lady $5 or $10. "Sorry, the cues and the table are a package deal ($5000, remember?)." Baffled, I said, "Are you serious?" Apparently, she didn't make the rule, she just follows what the seller tells her. I go to lean the cue on the wall before I leave and I see the Players cue right there. I got a chuckle because I wasn't the first chump to get blocked from buying something at a place specifically set up to liquidate inventory. The guy is going to be begging someone to take that table for free soon enough!

There's always next time


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Wow, sorry it did not work out. That is a sweetheart.
 
Dan White said:
So I drive 35 minutes to get to the sale 20 minutes before closing. Everything in the basement was dirty and just old old old. The pool table was an old Brunswick furniture style. It had a sign on it that said $5000 including pool cues. I thought that's insane but okay whatever I'm just here for the cues.

Cue 1 was, in fact, a Players. Cue 3 had a big "Wilson" printed on the butt. Several of the other cues had one of those little oval gold stickers on the butt, which I think identifies them as junk.

The full splice house cues were actually pretty nice considering the environment.

The chair was nowhere to be found. Some lucky bastard jumped on it.

Cue 5 was a Brunswick Master Stroke and was in pretty good condition so I grabbed it and went upstairs to offer the sales lady $5 or $10. "Sorry, the cues and the table are a package deal ($5000, remember?)." Baffled, I said, "Are you serious?" Apparently, she didn't make the rule, she just follows what the seller tells her. I go to lean the cue on the wall before I leave and I see the Players cue right there. I got a chuckle because I wasn't the first chump to get blocked from buying something at a place specifically set up to liquidate inventory. The guy is going to be begging someone to take that table for free soon enough!

There's always next time


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I was serious about the chair, but without being there I have no idea either. It looked good from the picture though.
Think of coin values, you see an old coin and it looks like every other coin, if it has the correct date and mint mark ,it can be worth a fortune to someone with the knowledge. I have found treasure in some of the biggest junk piles imaginable,
 
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