cues
Eddie Cohen,and Blackcreek.Rich aka the skunk.
Eddie Cohen,and Blackcreek.Rich aka the skunk.
Leon Sly, not for investment, but for playability
If you want a nicely priced cue that has a very nice ,stiff hit and might go up in value over the years, consider a Woodworth.
Woody always seems to have a good inventory of cues in several pricing categories available, yet they all hit much the same. He pays particular attention to balance point and will change up his pin material based on the wood being used so that his cues have similar feel from cue to cue. He just recently started making full-splice 5-point cues as well. Not sure how many cue makers out there are doing that???
I have a Woodworth in my collection that I picked up last year and it's one of my favorites. A wonderful hitting cue with excellent looks.
After playing with his cue for a while now (and having hit with many others from more famous builders) I find myself wondering why he's not more popular? Then again, if he were more famous I probably would not have been able to afford the cue I got, or it would not have been available.
I bought the cue to use after meeting Woody in person and being impressed by playing with his personal cue a couple of times, I did not buy it as an investment...
Ken Kerner spent a good part of the morning telling me about cues
that I sold for $3000 or so that have changed hands for $10000,$15,000 and around $30,000
over the last 10 or so years
Not good investments?
Of course some are good and some are not,but over the last several years South West,Szamboti and
several others have been great investments
If I were to guess for the future I would pick Cohen,Larry Vigus,and Jake Hulsey
(among the most recent)
honestly I am buying these and have several on order right now,,I still buy Szamboti and South West Cues too,but they can hardly be called up and comers
Another one I really like is Pete Tonken,but he is already recognized as top drawer,i have one of his ordered too
I guess these would be worth investing serious money in.They also play good.
Eddie Cohen
Larry Vigus
Jake Hulsey
Mike Durbin
Josh Treadway
Esoteric
Leon Sly
Or any good mutual fund.
Like for example I ordered a sneaky from Scruggs back in the late 90s , and I think I paid $200 for it. If I would have held on to that cue and taken good care of it, then it would be worth maybe 4 times its original cost. Same thing for lambros. You used to be able to get a fancy sneaky directly from him for $300, and now that same cue would probably cost a $1,000.