i have seen alot of Tad's over the years and never ever once did I see anything like that, it makes no sence to me. The cue looks like real Tad in the pic's everything looks right to me, but that big autograph or what ever the hell it is isnt doing the cue any favors, perhaps someone did that to "Add value" to a 8pt. Tad. Its not a super rare Tad or complicated one, its a good standard 8pt Tad which is one hell of a cue. I'd bet my stocl pile of Tads that Mr. Tad didnt do that to one of his cues, s0mething is fishy about it. Without that sribble on the cue $5,000 is the right number. $5500 is all the $$$ for it, unless you get a buyer how dosent care about the price, then it might go for more, but something aint right about that misspelled writing, hell it looks like I wrote it on the cue.