FIrst indulge me for a paragraph or 2. When I started playing pool in 85 we all had our cues, we were all about the smae age and didnt have a ton of $$$. I knew all my friends cues, playe with them etc. But for the most part we had just one cue. I had one friend who was about 40 who had a LOADED 8pt GUS(he turned me on to Gus'swork, he had one Gus) a few of his friends had one Gus. Another friend sold his cue when he got his Gus, I ws there when he openedthe box-Danny Deimpero(SP), he sole his other cue-he is one heck of a player.
When I retiered from pool to go foward with my life in about 94-95 ten years later I had about 5 or 6 cues when i pulled up, my friend Mike had about the same he kept on playing. I was totally out of the pool scene for almost 10 years-I only played at home so I wouldnt forget how(or so I thought LOL) I ight have went to the pool room 20 times in 10 years around Christmas every year with a friend who was visiting-he never had more than 3 cues.
I come back to pool in 06 and there are internet dealers, WOW!!!! I had a great rep for being a cue dealer on the rail at various pool rooms in Ca & Vegas I usually had 10-20 cues in the inventory-which i sold off before retireing, mostly player cues with alot of miles on them but in tip top shape. I did better than most trading/buying/selling cues in the earily 90's. No one I did biz with kept their cue it was awalys a trade back to me, which i liked because I didnt have to go shopping. I was a bubble gummer compaired to the guys these days(I'm considering getting back into the game-dealing cues/part time)
So I'm on the internet and seeing pics of cues I knew of from years past and then new cues, tons and tons of cues(not mass production cues) built by guys I never heard of. This time it was different I wanted to own what I couldnt afford before, so I started buying cues and more cues. I dont have near the $$$ tied up in cues as some, and not amount of cues as some guys do. I'm so lucky to have what I do, I awalys count my blessings. But man there is alot of cuestom work out there nowdays.
What I dont remember is guys back in the 80's owning 10,20,50,100 cues like there are today. Did the internet bring out out these closet case cue collectors?????. The market seems to absorb all the cues made and there sure is alot more custome cues buing made now than 20 years ago. So What I want to know is owning 50 cues a recent thing or was I not aware of big collections back in 85-90????. The first big collection I saw was in 90, until then 8 cues was alot.
Can those of you who been around a while please teach me something here, My guess is cue collection in huge numbers, guys owning 40 Szams are relitativly new. I believe Hawian Brian had a collection a long time ago. But I'm not sure. Please answere this question-i been meaning to ask for sometime and awalys forget, Its not a competition of who has the most, best etc. I see guys post up pics of 3-5 cues here that all kinda match and I know gor a fact they didnt pick them out accidentally, they did their home work. I really like to see all collections. But the Mega collections whan did they start????
thanks in advance,
Eric
When I retiered from pool to go foward with my life in about 94-95 ten years later I had about 5 or 6 cues when i pulled up, my friend Mike had about the same he kept on playing. I was totally out of the pool scene for almost 10 years-I only played at home so I wouldnt forget how(or so I thought LOL) I ight have went to the pool room 20 times in 10 years around Christmas every year with a friend who was visiting-he never had more than 3 cues.
I come back to pool in 06 and there are internet dealers, WOW!!!! I had a great rep for being a cue dealer on the rail at various pool rooms in Ca & Vegas I usually had 10-20 cues in the inventory-which i sold off before retireing, mostly player cues with alot of miles on them but in tip top shape. I did better than most trading/buying/selling cues in the earily 90's. No one I did biz with kept their cue it was awalys a trade back to me, which i liked because I didnt have to go shopping. I was a bubble gummer compaired to the guys these days(I'm considering getting back into the game-dealing cues/part time)
So I'm on the internet and seeing pics of cues I knew of from years past and then new cues, tons and tons of cues(not mass production cues) built by guys I never heard of. This time it was different I wanted to own what I couldnt afford before, so I started buying cues and more cues. I dont have near the $$$ tied up in cues as some, and not amount of cues as some guys do. I'm so lucky to have what I do, I awalys count my blessings. But man there is alot of cuestom work out there nowdays.
What I dont remember is guys back in the 80's owning 10,20,50,100 cues like there are today. Did the internet bring out out these closet case cue collectors?????. The market seems to absorb all the cues made and there sure is alot more custome cues buing made now than 20 years ago. So What I want to know is owning 50 cues a recent thing or was I not aware of big collections back in 85-90????. The first big collection I saw was in 90, until then 8 cues was alot.
Can those of you who been around a while please teach me something here, My guess is cue collection in huge numbers, guys owning 40 Szams are relitativly new. I believe Hawian Brian had a collection a long time ago. But I'm not sure. Please answere this question-i been meaning to ask for sometime and awalys forget, Its not a competition of who has the most, best etc. I see guys post up pics of 3-5 cues here that all kinda match and I know gor a fact they didnt pick them out accidentally, they did their home work. I really like to see all collections. But the Mega collections whan did they start????
thanks in advance,
Eric
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