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ok, I GOTTA ask
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you know, I love to play pool but actually my field is guitar and its the same. They both have a few instruments (guitar or cues) they have a few that they play with but they like to keep some in MINT condition just for the sake or having it. Could be for fancy design or rarity or signature series.
I know some people who have a guitar worth 5000$US and they don't play with it because they are scared of ruining it so they keep it in a safe glass mounted on the wall.
I know some people who have a guitar worth 5000$US and they don't play with it because they are scared of ruining it so they keep it in a safe glass mounted on the wall.
why?
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duke@neo.rr.com said:this one is for you "collectors" out there. how can you stand owning or having a cue and not using it or never having used it? I have a cue I don't use too much, rarely actually, but it still gets used from time to time. being a "player" myself, I find there being an obligation to use what I have or its gotta go. I could never be able to just have a cue laying around in a safe...maybe this is ONLY me, but I feel a cue was made for 1 reason...to be played with, not just oogled over. some of the better cuemakers like Scruggs have to get a little upset when they know or find out that the cue they're making and putting so much time into, never gets or will never be used. I know I'd be a little upset by this. I know this thread will raise some eyebrows out there with some of you, so I expect some interesting responses, but I need to know. how do you guys do it?
Be careful around these parts of the AZ calling yourself a player, unless you can run 1,000 balls, eat six packs of nine ball for breakfast, and have Accustat tapes of yourself beating Buddy Hall in a match of one pocket
When I won my Samsara in a raffle for $10, I was scared to hold it. Now I shoot with it whenever I want to.
It took a while to get used to not worrying about it, but you have to consider that a pool cue, if properly cared for, can last a lifetime. And you can always get another shaft! Just good common sense and not being afraid ot take the cue with you to the bathroom!
It took a while to get used to not worrying about it, but you have to consider that a pool cue, if properly cared for, can last a lifetime. And you can always get another shaft! Just good common sense and not being afraid ot take the cue with you to the bathroom!
yeah right
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Purdman
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I have about 20 cues. I play with them all. They range in price from $2,875 down to $300. I always pack three in my case and take my ER in my Justis case. That's five I usually take with me. People don't know why I change cues all the time. I want to use them. I do not own a cue I don't play with! They all have their "Personalities" (Hit), and I like them all.
Purdman
I have about 20 cues. I play with them all. They range in price from $2,875 down to $300. I always pack three in my case and take my ER in my Justis case. That's five I usually take with me. People don't know why I change cues all the time. I want to use them. I do not own a cue I don't play with! They all have their "Personalities" (Hit), and I like them all.
Purdman
For many of us, collecting cues is akin to collecting antiques or art. It's just an appreciation that is developed. There is simply a desire to own and a certain amount of pride and satisfaction in ownership.
This in itself has nothing to do with whether a cue is used. In fact, I think most of us would agree that part of the appreciation of the cue maker is picking up a cue and using it. I have a Rambow that is about 50 years old. I like to screw it together once in a while and hit balls with it.
By the way, that Rambow guy makes a pretty solid cue! If you get a chance to pick one up, I definitely recommend one.
Chris
This in itself has nothing to do with whether a cue is used. In fact, I think most of us would agree that part of the appreciation of the cue maker is picking up a cue and using it. I have a Rambow that is about 50 years old. I like to screw it together once in a while and hit balls with it.
By the way, that Rambow guy makes a pretty solid cue! If you get a chance to pick one up, I definitely recommend one.
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I think it's the same for most collections. People take pride in ownership. I collect books, many times I've found myself buying two copies of a book. For example, a copy of Faust in the original German, to put on the shelf. Another copy to sit and read. However, occasionally I find myself paging through my collectible copy; to feel the pages, simply because I love books.
There's a major difference between collecting cues and collecting older cues. I'm sure some of Tate's cues will never see the table again.
Many of my cues are too old to trust with chalk. Which is too bad, they sure are beautiful.
I think that the newer tech cues play better anyway.......SPF=randyg
Many of my cues are too old to trust with chalk. Which is too bad, they sure are beautiful.
I think that the newer tech cues play better anyway.......SPF=randyg
duke@neo.rr.com said:
"Expensive" is a very interesting word. Some people's discretionary income may allow $5,000+ purchases per month with no worries. Other people may have to save for 10 years to buy that $5,000 (cue/guitar/whatever). Does that change the "worth" of the item? Well, I guess it does to each person that owns it. If you have 20 $5,000 things is any one of them less "valuable" to you as compared to someone with only 1 $5,000 thing?
IMO, If you are going to collect (or buy anything for that matter) I believe that you should get the most expensive one that you can afford at that time. To me, I'd rather have one thing worth that $5,000 than 10 things worth $500 each. But, that's just me
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It's like anything else you collect, really. If it's an item that is deemed in demand or valuable by the public, you want to keep it in as good condition as possible. Obviously playing with it decreases value.
I collect MAD magazines. They come in their plastic bags with cardboard backing. I never take them out to read them. And people who seriously collect comic books (Action Comics #1 in Near Mint condition will fetch around $350,000, and Detective Comics #27 on Ebay is going for $28,000) will buy 2 copies: 1 to read and 1 to store.
But if you're not into collecting, by all means play with it. Just know that if you decide to sell it, you won't get as much for it, depending on condition.
I know someone who owns 2 Cognescentis, and other than being temporarily sold to someone (other guy sold it back), he never takes it out of the case other than to show it to people.
I collect MAD magazines. They come in their plastic bags with cardboard backing. I never take them out to read them. And people who seriously collect comic books (Action Comics #1 in Near Mint condition will fetch around $350,000, and Detective Comics #27 on Ebay is going for $28,000) will buy 2 copies: 1 to read and 1 to store.
But if you're not into collecting, by all means play with it. Just know that if you decide to sell it, you won't get as much for it, depending on condition.
I know someone who owns 2 Cognescentis, and other than being temporarily sold to someone (other guy sold it back), he never takes it out of the case other than to show it to people.
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duke@neo.rr.com said:
Ask any man who's married to a woman 40 years his junior!
I'm sure they're well consoled by the four to six figures they got for those cues.
That said, I find a cue far more admirable if it is immaculate AND in use. It's the difference between viewing an antique roadster in a museum vs. on the road.
