I don’t know the value. If it is laced with ivory then immediately 50-75% off.
If someone doesn’t care about value and like how they shoot then go ahead and play with one. Cues aren’t investments.
There is no more value due to ivory ban. Who’s going to risk sending a 5k cue? Also if it gets confiscated then who is responsible?
There is no buyer or seller in these transactions. Both would get in trouble. There is me donating money to you and you giving me a cue. So if something goes wrong then that just sucks.
It reminds me of that video where a lady called the cops because someone sold her fake cocaine.
That stupid ban just cut off a lot of people in an already niche market.
To the very best of my knowledge, as long as the seller & the buyer both reside in a state and not necessarily the same state either, that hasn’t passed legislation restricting ivory, then any ivory ban is inapplicable due to state sovereignty. The vast majority of states in the USA have not yet, and may never, enact restrictions on the sale of ivory. However, there’s been a international ban on ivory for a long time.
I can’t legally sell my cues, buy or trade for any cues that contain ivory, while I am physically within CA’s boundaries. However, I can travel to another state, even for a short duration of a hour, that does not have any ivory restrictions and
sell my cue(s) or acquire any new ones. For example, Las Vegas has cue shows where sellers congregate and sell their
wares and it’s certainly not only only city or state that has billiards expos and cue exhibitors. As long as I’m not in CA
when I transact business and instead was in a state does does not restrict ivory sales, it is legally permissible to do it.
BTW, almost ten (10) years SB-398 was introduced in the Nevada Senate to restrict the sale of certain types of ivory.
That piece of legislation has never even gotten out of Committee for any legislative debate in nearly a decade. Some
states will resist the enactment of ivory restrictions as hard and fast as they do resisting new gun control measures. In
other words, passage of restrictions or outright ban of ivory sales has little chance of being enacted in those states.
My cues have lost value as long as I don’t arrange to sell any of them outside of California. However, I can sell them if I am not in CA and I have been offered a lot of money for 2 of my cues in particular late last year. The buyer lived in Las Vegas and was interested in getting my Scruggs and Prewitt cues. The amount discussed was in double digits for both cues and Las Vegas isn’t that far from the Central Valley of CA to drive. And spending a night in LV with a pocketful of cash might be fun. But as most persons know, I don’t sell any of my cues unless it was to get another one. And the only cue I still want is a flat faced ivory Hercek pool cue at a specific weight that I was never able to locate.
Pool cues are not a good investment in general, however, there are exceptions based upon the circumstances of acquisition and terms of sale. Nonetheless, selling pool cues with ivory has become limited to a much more select audience than before depending largely which state you reside. You live in Florida, there is no law restricting intrastate sale of ivory so you can buy and sell cues with lots of ivory any day and every day. And Fla. isn’t the only state like this.
Ivory has appeal for its unique properties when it’s used for cue joints and ferrules. However, for simply design needs, like forearm inlays or cue butts, there are suitable substitute materials since the intended purpose is essentially for decorative design. If I could do my cues over, I’d substitute Mother of Pearl for the ivory inlays but the ferrules and joint would have still remained ivory. If I ever want to sell any of my cues, I’ll make the drive and transact the sale(s) in NV.
