Jeez, try to get a valuation on your grandmothers favorite old doll and you will pay some antique dealer $125 for the privilege. So what exactly is it you want for free here on AZB?
I know you did not just fall off the turnip truck, not if those cues have been under your bed for 20 years, and if you are 'not selling' some of them quote "There is a Craig Petersen and a thomas wayne and Meucci and schon, those I won't sell."
What did you expect from AZB - maybe for Bill Stroud to send you a signed Certificate of Authenticity and a Provenance, followed by six national cue authorities getting together to write out and sign a formal insurance-acceptable Certificate of Valuation?
The cue itself is kinda ugly, you know, with that horrible rust red stain that clashes with the point colors, and ruins an otherwise nice looking maple forearm. That color combination may be what makes it rare, maybe Bill S. discovered he could not sell many of that design, maybe in fact could not give it away with those colors, so therefore it is in fact a rare Josswest just by accident of being ugly... just my opinion.
You say you don't know anything about cues, yet you say it is in "Great condition!" and it is "Gorgeous" and "rare" and you know to say "When rolled it rolls nice and smooth" (no mention of straight.. hmmm, but it does roll smooth). Not to mention you know the inlays are MOP rather than plastic or abalone shell or something similar, and you counted the four points, all of which point to some knowledge of cues.
It is sort of sad to see you playing the oh poor ignorant me card, you guys are such meanies and bad people, boo hoo how did I ever fall in with such a bunch of school yard bullies, oh boo hoo poor me... You actually spent more time complaining about meanies than listing a link to photos or actually showing photos so a reply could give you an informed opinion not just a shot in the dark..
I have no sympathy, and I doubt many others do either, since last night your first post could have said "I am selling a Josswest which can be viewed at ebay.com number so and so, and the bids are up around $1325, but I didn't set a reserve, and I don't want to let it go too cheap, can anyone help me determine the best price I might get?"
Dry your tears, you know exactly what this is worth, because just like anything else it is worth whatever people will pay for it, and what a seller will accept.
An auction is one of the best methods of setting value. Unfortunately, Ebay is not a true auction, because it is time limited, rather than bid limited. That is why Ebay sellers have to set high starting prices or set a reserve, lest their item sell too cheap.
But you've had 384 transactions, and even if most of them have been buying junk Chinese jewelry you still probably have a better idea of ebay workings than most people.
If you wanted people to see photos and give good advice, you know by now you screwed up by not posting your ebay link, or properly saying up front where to find those photos.
We are all mind readers, but some of us don't bother to do it. The cure for the meanies on AZB is to not AZB, simply head out to the interwebz and google for your advice, I'm sure Ask.com (or is it Answer.com?) has someone who will tell you the exact value of your cue even without a photo, just papal $30 for their expert advice, and get your answer within 23 hours!.
ps you had photos up since the middle of last night, but failed to mention them for ten more hours, and then only in the middle of a reply about something else, and you never posted your ebay link at all, though eventually you agreed when someone else finally found it.
pps yes Virginia it is a bunk move, aka POS, bordering on fraud, to encourage bidders to make a bid that they think is a real contractual agreement between both parties, when in fact one party, the seller, is just using the 'auction' to generate some idea of the item's value, when seller fully intends to void the Ebay auction at seller's convenience, thus pulling the rug out from under every bidder who bid in good faith as part of an expected contract.
ppps You have been given good advice here. I carefully reviewed every prior comment and found not one reply that fails to give sound advice, though some are not perfectly diplomatic, their advice and/or comments are sound. Even constructive criticism is still criticism, a word which comes from Greek beginnings which originally meant "to tear flesh." The Internetz is not a place to visit with a thin skin, and I know you already know that, but still want to play the 'oh my oh my, don't be mean to me, I'm just a poor girl who don't know nothin' bout nothin' card? Sheesh...
pppps Just in case you really are as dense as you claim to be, re-read the reply from tduncan, it contains everything you ask for.