Counterfeit Cues

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lunchmoney

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I purchased a Pechauer cue from a pawn shop recently for $125.00. I looked it up in the Blue Book of Cues and found it was supposedly worth several hundred dollars. However, the Blue book specified that it was supposed to have six points and the cue actually only has five points. :confused: Other than that it looks exactly like the picture in the book. It even has the JP logo on the butt. The cue hits well, is in excellent condition and looks great. I don't have a picture of it or I would post it. My question is: Is it possible that this cue is not a Pechauer but a fake? Is there a problems out there with high end cues being counterfeited?
 
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lunchmoney said:
I purchased a Pechauer cue from a pawn shop recently for $125.00. I looked it up in the Blue Book of Cues and found it was supposedly worth several hundred dollars. However, the Blue book specified that it was supposed to have six points and the cue actually only has five points. :confused: Other than that it looks exactly like the picture in the book. It even has the JP logo on the butt. The cue hits well, is in excellent condition and looks great. I don't have a picture of it or I would post it. My question is: Is it possible that this cue is not a Pechauer but a fake? Is there a problems out there with high end cues being counterfeited?
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It's highly unlikely your cue is counterfeit. It should either have the Pechauer signature on the forearm or the JP logo. Another source of confusion is that the "JP" logo is often mistaken for Joe Porper's "JP" logo. See the Blue Book page 426. Porper's cues are hand made customs and are usually worth more than a comparable production cue.


Most of the time the Blue Book descriptions are right, but sometimes they're wrong. For example, the Meucci MO 4 on page 358 is a 2 point cue, not 4 points.

However, usually the mistake is in identifying the cue. Pechauer, Meucci, McDermott, and Viking have many similar models which look alike but are not the same. There was one poor guy I accused of lying about the age of his Viking cue. He said he bought it 30 years ago. Well, I identified it as a Q14 sold in 1995. He insisted he had the cue all these years. We checked with Viking, and sure enough, they copied a former model and re-released it 15 years later...ooops.

You got a good deal, enjoy it.

Chris
 
Some high end cues were made as copies of other cue makers work. The most common I can think of is Szamboti. Many good cue makers emulate his style, so far as to be tough to determine who made what. When you pay a great amount of money for a used cue have it verified. And remember you usually get what you pay for.,,,,,,,,,btw, I play with a Barry Szamboti and he is a super nice guy.
 
lunchmoney said:
I purchased a Pechauer cue from a pawn shop recently for $125.00. I looked it up in the Blue Book of Cues and found it was supposedly worth several hundred dollars. However, the Blue book specified that it was supposed to have six points and the cue actually only has five points. :confused: Other than that it looks exactly like the picture in the book. It even has the JP logo on the butt. The cue hits well, is in excellent condition and looks great. I don't have a picture of it or I would post it. My question is: Is it possible that this cue is not a Pechauer but a fake? Is there a problems out there with high end cues being counterfeited?
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Lunchmoney, it wouldn't be the first time that the Blue Book people counted points WRONG. Believe me.
 
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