craig peterson....WOW!!!!

tonyboy59 said:
What's the hype about on this cue or maker?

Thanx
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Maybe this will help.....from the Bluebook of Pool Cues, 3rd Edition:

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.
Special construction note: There are many materials and construction techniques that can add value to Craig Petersen cues. The following are the most important examples:
Add $2,500+ for ivory points.
Add $1,850+ for ivory butt sleeve.
For all Craig Petersen cues:
Add $2,500+ for ivory points.
Add $1,850+ for ivory butt sleeve.
Add $450 for each additional original straight playable shaft (standard with one).
Deduct $450+ for missing original straight playable shaft.
Add $700 for original ivory joint.
Add $1000 for original ivory butt plate.
Add $400 for original leather wrap.
Add $500 for initials or signature.
Level 1
- 4 points , hustler.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 1 cues start at $1,650 $1,500 $900

Level 2
- 0 points, 0-25 inlays.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 2 cues start at $2,000 $1,800 $1,200

Level 3
- 2-6 points, 0-8 inlays.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 3 cues start at $3,000 $2,750 $1,700

Level 4
- 4-10 points, 9-25 inlays.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 4 cues start at $4,500 $4,000 $2,600

Level 5
- 4-10 points, 26-50 inlays.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 5 cues start at $5,850 $5,100 $3,000

Level 6
- 0-12 points, 51-75 inlays.
Grading 98% 90% 70%
Level 6 cues start at $6,900 $6,450 $3,750
 
I had the opportunity to check out some awesome cues that belong to a friend last year at the Nationals in Vegas. There were Bushkas, Botis, Schicks, etc., but the cue I was really impressed with was a fancy Petersen. Every dot in the collar lined up with every other dot in the ringwork in the butt and forearm, and on the collars of all three shafts! I noticed similarities in the high level of attention to detail between Craig and Dennis Searing. It's a shame when you lose artists like Craig or Burt Spain early in life. One can only imagine what their current contributions to Cue World would be like!

Steve
 

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Although I believe there is a very-very small number of cuemakers who do awesome work and deserve the credit that they are given, but occassionally I feel as if there was some hype to them...

But hyping Craig Petersen? Wait a minute...
 
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Now I've got to sell a few things to pay for it. :(

I guess it will go good with my Kersenbrocks.:grin:

Chicago cuemakers.:thumbup:






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paulybatz said:
You know who you could give that cue to...Ed Young!

He is a huge CP fan...
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Give???

I may let him look at it. I understand he knew Craig??

I just im'd him.

He has a Davis blank of mine that I'm wondering what he is going to do with it.
 
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