Nope they have absolutely no clue what it is, most think it's either a vintage Adam or one of those Chinese Balabushka things.
Honestly I'm ok with this.
Classic Cue Market Dying Off
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Honestly I'm ok with this.
So I use the same Triple 60 CF shaft across all my butts. So it doesn't matter if I swinging a Szamboti, Drexler or a Black the hit is very consistent.
I've always run off the 80/20 rule. The shaft is 80% of the hit and the butt is 20%. The butt is about transmission of the hit to the hand and the control stick for the shaft.
Anyone that has played pool in Las Vegas this month might strongly disagree. All of the league players from Fresno
not still competing returned and their tales about witnessing very expensive custom cues being sold is exciting. Cues priced way over $10k were sold and I’m not talking about just a couple of cues. I just received an offer of $10k for my Prewitt cue and if I could find a Hercek cue with my specs, I’d sell my EP cue in a heart beat. In fact, let me post this one last time since my prior attempts were in vain.
I am interested in a Joel Hercek cue with flat ivory joint, ferrules, radial or 3/8x10 pin, butt weight 14.5 ozs, shafts (min. 4 ozs & 12.5mm to 13m), ebony points, veneers and ebony butt. The cue design should be a Level 6 or higher with ivory or MOP inlays. The cue could be shipped to Baton Rouge, LA so the cue wouldn’t need to ship to CA. I’ll retrieve the cue. In fact, I’ll have money payment sent from Baton Rouge to avoid any legal worries. The purchase will be completed in my daughter’s name but I will make the decision on the cue acceptability and of course, the final price on just in case CA Fish & Wildlife patrols this website. This is completely legal or we could physically meet in Las Vegas if that were easier since once I am not within CA geographical boundaries the ivory ban does not have jurisdiction.
Everything I am hearing is that the expensive custom cue market is faring much better that the tone of so many posts I’ve read. An unsolicited offer of $10k for my Prewitt cue convinces me that there is a market and maybe the time is right to sell.
All I need to make this perfect is to replace my Prewitt cue with a Hercek cue I searched in vain for years to find. When pool players are spending $1200 for just a break cue, $500 for extra shafts, expensive chalks, custom leather cue cases, spending thousands for a custom cue fits right in with this pattern. Send me a PM if you know about a Hercek cue FS with my specs.
not still competing returned and their tales about witnessing very expensive custom cues being sold is exciting. Cues priced way over $10k were sold and I’m not talking about just a couple of cues. I just received an offer of $10k for my Prewitt cue and if I could find a Hercek cue with my specs, I’d sell my EP cue in a heart beat. In fact, let me post this one last time since my prior attempts were in vain.
I am interested in a Joel Hercek cue with flat ivory joint, ferrules, radial or 3/8x10 pin, butt weight 14.5 ozs, shafts (min. 4 ozs & 12.5mm to 13m), ebony points, veneers and ebony butt. The cue design should be a Level 6 or higher with ivory or MOP inlays. The cue could be shipped to Baton Rouge, LA so the cue wouldn’t need to ship to CA. I’ll retrieve the cue. In fact, I’ll have money payment sent from Baton Rouge to avoid any legal worries. The purchase will be completed in my daughter’s name but I will make the decision on the cue acceptability and of course, the final price on just in case CA Fish & Wildlife patrols this website. This is completely legal or we could physically meet in Las Vegas if that were easier since once I am not within CA geographical boundaries the ivory ban does not have jurisdiction.
Everything I am hearing is that the expensive custom cue market is faring much better that the tone of so many posts I’ve read. An unsolicited offer of $10k for my Prewitt cue convinces me that there is a market and maybe the time is right to sell.
All I need to make this perfect is to replace my Prewitt cue with a Hercek cue I searched in vain for years to find. When pool players are spending $1200 for just a break cue, $500 for extra shafts, expensive chalks, custom leather cue cases, spending thousands for a custom cue fits right in with this pattern. Send me a PM if you know about a Hercek cue FS with my specs.
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I am playing with a solid piece of wood with a 3/8 x 10 pin, an extension from another cue in the middle that has a G10 pin
3/8x 10 and a solid maple shaft from another cue (South East). This combo plays better than anything I've ever used.
Very close to a broomstick with a shaft on it.
That must feel good, i would like the fact nobody new. Many years ago i had the privilege of seeing one up close. It was together with a szamboti and a rambow. Not something, you see every day.
Performance (or “perceived” performance, gimmick or not) is currently in higher demand than craftsmanship. Free market, get off my lawn, etc. If you bought it to enjoy, enjoy. If you bought it to flip, whoops
Yeah lots of flippers watching some high dollar cues that they forked out for drop in value every day.
And yes, as was mentioned a few post above, there are a small handful of modern makers whose cues are in high demand and for each one of them there are many many more who's cues are treading water in value or have gone fully under.
Martin's and Rambows are perfect examples of cues that people were buying for 3k to 4k about 12.years ago that now can't sell above 2k. I mean shit, people keep listing them for high 2's to low 3's but they never, ever sell.
At some point these owners are either gonna die with these cues where they will get scrapped by children who have no clue what they are. Or there just going to have to grit their teeth, eat the loss, and let these cues go for $900 to $1200 or whatever the market is willing to pay.
That is if they want to get them into the hands of other collectors vs ShopGoodWill.com