Dale Perry cue priced at a starting bid of $1299 (on ebay).

justinb386 said:
I am curious if people (dealers) have been successful at making a good profit off of buying DP cues on ebay, and then reselling them locally or at tournaments. I asked the seller why the DP cue was so highly priced, and different then other DP cues that I have seen sell for under $200 new, and this was his reply.

"Thanks for Your question.
I would be curious too, if I didn't know what the cue was.
I thought I made the description very clear, maybe I didn't.
This is an older 1 of a kind cue.
The number is 1 of 1.
It is beautiful.
It is under priced as per the Blue Book of Pool Cues.
Also EBay doesn't set the Market price for Billiards Products,
the Billiards industry does.
Which I have been in for over 40 years.
Hope I answered Your question, fully."

It seems that the seller actually thinks that it is an $1800 cue. Either that, or he is just trying to bs me. It is clear to me that the DP cue is not an older pre ebay custom, because of the radial pin joint. I think that most of his older pre ebay customs had the uni lock joint on them. I might be wrong.
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Sounds like someone that overpaid for his cue, believed the story he was given, and now is hoping he can convince a buyer his is special.
 
Three definite opinions about DP cues so far, none of which really support paying $1800 for one, even if it is a custom one-off with lots of inlays.

The respondents claim value ranges from $40 (or for all intents and purposes, worthless) to $1000 (nice custom, just not top shelf) and the usual equivocation "good enough, especially since I didn't pay much".

Back in 2007-08 I wanted a pretty good cue (but not custom) and searched ebay a lot. Dale Perry cues were all over ebay, many of them 1 of 1 (though the differences between a 1-1 and a different 1-1 might take awhile to determine).

I stayed away from DP cues because the claims seemed to me to be outlandish. I didn't see anything from DP that set them apart from McDermott, Schon, or any of the quality production cues available in that price range at that time.

The DP cues listed on ebay always seemed to be mid-level production cues that made claims to custom quality; but I never could see it myself.

Instead, I bought a new 2007 COTY McDermott with an additional I2 shaft; I later bought two inexpensive used McD cues with the same McD proprietary quick-release joint so I could have a variety of shafts and butt combinations, std. shafts or I2, leather or linen or wrap. I have been very happy with my McDs these past eight or nine years and see no need to change anything except to try various different tips.

Of course, the pro level players of today seem to prefer pure custom cues made just for them. Their days of playing with a McD or DP are way in the past, I think. Nevertheless, if a truckload of today's quality production cues were sent back in a time machine to anytime between 1850 and 1960, pool players would be lined up out the door and around the block for the chance to buy one of them.
 
Type79 said:
Heads-up.

Apparently this one of a kind cue has a twin:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dale-Perry-...399?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae2b59ed7
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Interesting design

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