Can we talk about Dale Perry cues?

[Paul_#_]

Prices on Dale Perry cues that have been sold on eBay:

 

[Highmiles]

I had an early DP cue in ebony with ivory floating points and a uni-lock joint. It played very well, to the point where a friend traded me a Joss West with two shafts for it. We both ended up happy with the trade.

 

[garczar]

Yeah people are posting them up on eBay at those prices but there not selling.

I've bought two 1/1 cues in the past year and did not pay more than $150 for either. I also purchased one of his pre-retirement cues that supposedly cost $1900 new for $275.

The single greatest driver of price bumps on the cues is people hitting Buy Now without doing any research thinking there getting a great cue and then actually doing their homework afterwards. Talked to one seller on eBay that bought a 1/1 locally for $300 not knowing the history thought he was going to flip it for 1k and sold it to me for after having it listed for a year for $150.

Please don't confuse ask with get....

Yep, people confuse 'asking' and 'getting' ALL the time. Just 'cause a cue is on fleabay for whatever price rarely means it sells for that.

 

[iusedtoberich]

Prices on Dale Perry cues that have been sold on eBay:
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I don't believe the 950 and 1200 for a second!

 

[Paul_#_]

I don't believe the 950 and 1200 for a second!

It used to be and maybe still is that the price sold is listed unless it is a BEST OFFER type of sale AND there is a line through offer price. For example, see the crossed-out price in an eBay posting below of a Predator sale. In that case, there is no knowing what it actually sold for.
I haven't seen that crossed-out marking in more-recent cue sales, however. It seems like the more-recent BEST OFFER sales have a discounted price and, presumably, that is the sale price. Maybe someone can instruct me what the price is on the Best Offer sales.
Here are prices of sold cues in the last few months: