this is the most i know about petersen
Craig Petersen started making cues as a teenager around 1963. He had learned to play pool at the YMCA in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He soon became fascinated with cues, and started doing repairs in a local pool room. Soon, he had a full service shop in that room, but later ended up working in the cue department at Brunswick.
In 1967, Craig got married and moved to California. He was away from cuemaking for the next eight years, returning to Chicago in 1975. For the next ten years, Craig worked off and on for some of the top Chicago area cuemakers.
In 1985, he opened a shop of his own in Bartlett, Illinois. This shop relocated to Addison, Illinois in 1988, and to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1990. Craig died unexpectedly in 1992, at the age of 46, having made less than one thousand cues. At the time of his death, Craig was in the process of completing his first five-point cue.
Today, Craig Petersen cues are sought after by cue collectors around the world. Later cues are easily identifiable by a "C.P." logo on their butt caps. Craig was famous for extremely sharp and even points. Also, he had a talent for getting inlays, rings, and points to line up perfectly. This was amazing, considering that all work was done by hand with very little equipment. Cues with piloted joints have very thick joints, usually of stainless steel, with very thin pilots.
Craig was a very influential cuemaker whose designs bridged the gap between traditional cues and cutting edge contemporary inlay patterns. Craig?s design and construction influence can be seen in many of today?s cues and he had a profound direct influence on the early work of Joe Gold of Cognoscenti Cues because of his having trained Joe in the late 1980s.
The following are minimum prices for Craig Petersen cues encountered on the secondary market. These prices are representative of cues utilizing the most basic materials and designs that were available. Craig made many one-of-a-kind cues that can command many times these prices due to the use of exotic materials and artistry. Early variations are becoming very collectible, and can also command many times these prices. Craig Petersen cues will be further covered in future editions.
Due to the rarity of Craig Petersen cues and increasing interest, prices are on the rise. Fewer original examples are surfacing, and collectors are holding on to the ones they have. Unique examples with pedigree, and cues made for top professional players are bringing the highest prices.
thats from the blue book i didnt include the prices
if you only knew, it would make alot of people sick to see the deal i got on this cue.