The blue book was/ is mostly for entertainment. A cue is worth what someone is willing to pay when exposed to a bonafide market for a reasonable period of time. Pool cue values are not static. Values vary based on condition, provenance, desirability, scarcity and other market factors.
Very well said and very true.
Pool cues are worth not one penny more than the buyer is willing to give......simple as that.
Bottom line:
99% of the pool world don't give 2 chit about who made the cue, what wood it's made of...etc...etc....
All they care about is:
Do I play well with It?
If it's made of wood, CF.....or whatever.....dont matter.
I know there are the die hard "I will never use anything but maple this or maple that".....but they are the few and I mean VERY few that cannot continue to support the custom cue world all by their selves.
Times are not changing......times have changed.
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