Delima about Testing Cue old Palmer

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CrossBone Cue

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Hello,
I got a Palmer the other day, was going to take it out tonight and see if I Like it, no issues there, but the cue came with 4 un played 20 year old shafts. No what is bugging me is a couple of the shafts are over 14 mm, which I am dying to try one out, but with respect to the age and these have never been played, would I ruin the package deal> I don't know if I am going to keep it or not. I am not worried about losing a buck or two because I played with a shaft. My concern is to the Palmer collector, should I try one or not. I never gave it much thought until I started bagging them up, I get to use a 20 plus year old un played shaft, then it was crap, I got a 20 year old un played shaft, I would ruin it for someone.
Like I said, not about the money, but the fact that once its chalked, that's one less original un chalked shaft left out there.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
PS: Link if you want to see those fat shafts with Ivory ferrules
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=372447
 
one shaft with chalk wont matter. and like said you can hit a few without english no chalk. if you might keep it. if you are selling it for sure do nothing and list it.
palmers hit good and play well. although most were 57 inches as older cues were.

oops. just realized you said 20 year old. by then the palmers werent very good anymore as they werent custom sticks but just production cues. not much value for a 20 year old palmer.
 
Don't really know the age, catalog 3 model 4, was told it was 1970's. Shafts were bought 20 plus years ago. But are older than the cue.
 
It's not a terribly valuable cue because it's a lower end model from the '70s, so even if you chalk it up and play a little with one shaft or whatever, there will be minimal value reduction, imho. Now if it were a very fancy, rare/desirable model by Palmer, then the consideration is drastically different. Well, that's my thoughts anyway. Best of luck. :)
 
Test-hitting these shafts will not affect their value. I could be wrong, but I think the value might be slightly affected by their size. I have a 2nd Catalog Model A that was manufactured in the 1980's that came with a 14mm shaft and for me it is quite large.

Your best road to resale is to sell the butt and the original shaft together as a package and to sell the remaining four shafts individually. You could also offer the extra shafts separately should a buyer of the cue package want any additional shafts.

The two shorter shafts which I believe are the two you describe as 20 years old and which would place them at 1993-1994 don't look like Palmer shafts but even if one concedes they are, for all intents and purposes Palmer was done by that time.

Useable or better period Palmer shafts only go for $100 anyway and perfect custom made replacements from a full-time professional cue maker can be ordered for ~$150-$175 depending upon exact specs.

These house cue Palmers are nice cues. I use mine regularly, but while they are collectible, they remain entry level cues on the value scale.

The non-Window house-cue Palmers from the 2nd Catalog (Model A) and 3rd Catalog (Model 4), are a notch lower in value due to that fact.

You've got a nice example of an early 1970's Palmer with the stamped logo on the butt cap. Sell it with one shaft and the others separately.

GLWS

Jay
 
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