need help identifying & valuing 3 cues

Just got this in from John Henderson, one of the class acts in pool - I'm emailing a copy to Rich for authentication. Thank you John!

"That is Ronnie’s signature, but I do not have a clue who the cuemaker is. He received cues from people quite often and never held on to them for long. I can take a pic of the signature I have if you would like it to compare, but I am sure that is his on the cue.

John Henderson"
 
OK, I think we can call this interesting case solved, or as solved as it's going to get here. I'm off detail for awhile.
 
Thanks for you efforts, Tate.

Good luck with the sales, to the OP. You might have the best, 'helping the widow' set seen here in a long while.
 
TATE said:
The Porper cue I can help a little with. I knew Joe well and helped him sell his cues for a year or so back around 2005 - 2006.

This cue is ebony with an ivory joint and is one of his top of the line cues. The handle is segmented buck horn, made from real stag horns Joe turned himself. (some were ivory but mostly were horn). I was in his shop with big chunks of horn laying around. The inlay does look like abalone.

This is a desirable collectible and would be around 20 years old. He probably sold it new for $4,000 or so. Don't know what the current market is, but $2,000 - $2,500 would be a good starting point at a wild guess. If you get an offer for anything around that, I would take it. The inlays are fleur-di-lis inspired. The inlay outlines are also from ivory. Joe put a lot of work into this sort of cue and it has classic Porper style.
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Joe's cues still have a following. This ended up selling for over $2300 on ebay - not bad at all.
 
 
4scarecrow said:
Based on the pics I’d guess that Kent Davis may have built cue #3.
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No way for several reasons. Since he worked with Ariel early on he never had gaps between his points like that. Also no pantograph inlays with rounded points. Kent also did not make any of the laminated forearm cues until around 2007-2008 and they had 8 sections.
 
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