I am turning 50 in March. Funny, I still feel like I'm just a kid in a lot of ways. But then I see people dying. The heroes of my youth are leaving. The rock stars are dying. I see it almost every day in the news.
At the same time I see the market flooded with old cues. Abe Rich, Palmer, block letter JOSS, Adam, old Brunswicks, and more. I have seen very early Hueblers with pill bumpers, same with Meucci Original. And Sampaio cues are everywhere, just pick the model you want. The old customs are coming out as well, and the real old antiques too. And the prices are low.
Estate sales, online auctions, craigslist, swipswap, Goodwill, and more are turning up cues. People are selling grampa's cue, or even giving it away.
That makes me sad, and it makes me wonder, will my cue be sold someday to a stranger for cheap, only to be banged around by some teenager while he whiles away his time creating the Idiocracy.
Will my JOSS cue end up in a bin at a second hand store with umbrellas like the Abe Rich cue I found?
Will there be a swipswap ad for my JOSS cue that reads "old billiards que, detachable, thread wound handle, asking $50"
Now, I don't think my family would do that. But I do wonder now. When I see some kid selling Grampa's 50-60 year old cue or offering to trade it for crap like video games I have to really wonder. I wonder not just about the cues, but about the perspectives and values of the generation that inherits them.
Yeah, the cue market has been soft for a while. It's a buyer's market. And that trend is continuing. And the number of classic, antique, and collectible cues on the market is increasing. But when I see it linked to the generation that is dying it makes me wonder.
What is the future of pool?
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At the same time I see the market flooded with old cues. Abe Rich, Palmer, block letter JOSS, Adam, old Brunswicks, and more. I have seen very early Hueblers with pill bumpers, same with Meucci Original. And Sampaio cues are everywhere, just pick the model you want. The old customs are coming out as well, and the real old antiques too. And the prices are low.
Estate sales, online auctions, craigslist, swipswap, Goodwill, and more are turning up cues. People are selling grampa's cue, or even giving it away.
That makes me sad, and it makes me wonder, will my cue be sold someday to a stranger for cheap, only to be banged around by some teenager while he whiles away his time creating the Idiocracy.
Will my JOSS cue end up in a bin at a second hand store with umbrellas like the Abe Rich cue I found?
Will there be a swipswap ad for my JOSS cue that reads "old billiards que, detachable, thread wound handle, asking $50"
Now, I don't think my family would do that. But I do wonder now. When I see some kid selling Grampa's 50-60 year old cue or offering to trade it for crap like video games I have to really wonder. I wonder not just about the cues, but about the perspectives and values of the generation that inherits them.
Yeah, the cue market has been soft for a while. It's a buyer's market. And that trend is continuing. And the number of classic, antique, and collectible cues on the market is increasing. But when I see it linked to the generation that is dying it makes me wonder.
What is the future of pool?
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