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So as a new member of the forum this has been a really interesting thread. While I'm not new to pool I have not really played in 25 years (played a ton in college and bought a Schmelke and a Hubler back then that I still have) but on a lark, I bought my first home table and now want to get five or six really nice cues to display in my pool room.

Having said that I am a compulsive collector that has mainly fed that bug on limited edition movie posters. And I have four large flat files to show for 12 years of collecting. I continue to watch new collectors pour into the poster hobby drawn from popular culture and likewise, the value of some of my posters continues to climb. But in my 12 years doing this I have never sold a poster, but I also have never bought anything that I would not frame and hang in my home so I have a personal attachment to every piece of paper I acquired.

There is something truly amazing about watching a pool cue get crafted, my wife and I have watched several makers on youtube that have posted full videos of all the steps they went through in the construction of one of their cues. It's humbling to watch these folks do what they do and makes you appreciate the work all the more.

The tricky part in old cues and their inherent value has to be linked to something that transcends the moment. In my limited time exploring this craft I have seen some cues that were clearly lovingly made and may have even exchanged hands at values two or three times their original sales price but now pale in comparison to a cue that has more....flair. And by flair, I mean woods, joints, inlays, etc...

You have a very small smattering of cues that the makers transcended and achieved cult-like status, those cues may fluctuate in relative price but will always hold some of their value. It's the lesser-known makers who have passed on and the collectors who sang their praise are passing now too. Those are the cues that for new collectors like myself, give us an opportunity to enter into this hobby in a reasonable way and allow their work to be appreciated by a new generation.

I recently posted in the WTB section looking for my first high-end cue, I decided to try to buy a couple of examples of Jim Buss's work. I was attracted to Mr. Buss as a maker because of his life story, his career, where he has lived, made his cues, and a very real appreciation of his aesthetic.

I don't know if I'm paying too much for the ones that I will buy, I seriously doubt they will ever be sold for more than I wind up paying. I also don't care. Any cue I buy will never be as an investment or an alternative asset and alt asset investing strategies is how you wind up with NFT's and fucking bored monkeys...

TLDR: Honestly don't worry about the value of your cues, sell what you only marginally like so you can bring new blood into this hobby. And continue to create great threads like this one!
 
Benelli said:
So as a new member of the forum this has been a really interesting thread. While I'm not new to pool I have not really played in 25 years (played a ton in college and bought a Schmelke and a Hubler back then that I still have) but on a lark, I bought my first home table and now want to get five or six really nice cues to display in my pool room.

Having said that I am a compulsive collector that has mainly fed that bug on limited edition movie posters. And I have four large flat files to show for 12 years of collecting. I continue to watch new collectors pour into the poster hobby drawn from popular culture and likewise, the value of some of my posters continues to climb. But in my 12 years doing this I have never sold a poster, but I also have never bought anything that I would not frame and hang in my home so I have a personal attachment to every piece of paper I acquired.

There is something truly amazing about watching a pool cue get crafted, my wife and I have watched several makers on youtube that have posted full videos of all the steps they went through in the construction of one of their cues. It's humbling to watch these folks do what they do and makes you appreciate the work all the more.

The tricky part in old cues and their inherent value has to be linked to something that transcends the moment. In my limited time exploring this craft I have seen some cues that were clearly lovingly made and may have even exchanged hands at values two or three times their original sales price but now pale in comparison to a cue that has more....flair. And by flair, I mean woods, joints, inlays, etc...

You have a very small smattering of cues that the makers transcended and achieved cult-like status, those cues may fluctuate in relative price but will always hold some of their value. It's the lesser-known makers who have passed on and the collectors who sang their praise are passing now too. Those are the cues that for new collectors like myself, give us an opportunity to enter into this hobby in a reasonable way and allow their work to be appreciated by a new generation.

I recently posted in the WTB section looking for my first high-end cue, I decided to try to buy a couple of examples of Jim Buss's work. I was attracted to Mr. Buss as a maker because of his life story, his career, where he has lived, made his cues, and a very real appreciation of his aesthetic.

I don't know if I'm paying too much for the ones that I will buy, I seriously doubt they will ever be sold for more than I wind up paying. I also don't care. Any cue I buy will never be as an investment or an alternative asset and alt asset investing strategies is how you wind up with NFT's and fucking bored monkeys...

TLDR: Honestly don't worry about the value of your cues, sell what you only marginally like so you can bring new blood into this hobby. And continue to create great threads like this one!
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Yes sir. Buy everything for fun and enjoy it. By the time mine are worth anything I’ll be worthless
 
Fatboy said:
I’ve thought about wtf to do with my collection.

I’ve had some cues 35-36 years.

They are dead money, sure I’m in the black if I sold them all. A few I’ll lose a little on, others are 10X what I paid for them.

It’s a full time job to sell off a big collection. Then there’s the question of what to do with the proceeds of the sales.

There’s some pressure to sell as I don’t feel the long term market favors holding them. Younger people just don’t have the interest in cues we did in the 70’s forward. Simply put-the buyers are dying off. Then there’s no market and the values drop.

Best
Fatboy
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Not to worry, Fatboy. I'm sure our government is willing and able to get their cut from the proceeds! Oh my!
 
Fatboy said:
I swore I’d never be a rail bird that talks about pool and doesn’t play.

Now that’s what I do

Wtf happened to us?????
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We built our own worlds and everything is in its proper place.

That's what I'm going with anyway.
 
telinoz said:
Stick with the first thought.
The second will result in remorse.
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A dear friend once said of buying and selling cues, "if you don't know what to do, Don't do anything" I was mentioned in his will as the person he preferred to disperse of his massive cue collection. Instead it went to an auction house along with many other very valuable items and everything sold for pennies on the dollar.
I will never forget watching that happen. He had collected many items over his life time from shotguns to chess sets, stamps, coins and lastly of course pool cues. More than 300 of them. His widow took a hit in the hundreds of thousands in one day. Ouch!

I don't care if my family sells all of my salable items when i,m gone, but I sure wouldn't want my stuff going for next to nothing like my friends things did just because they don't know what to ask for them or have any competent help doing so. Lets face it, pool cues can be tough to value accurately even for collectors. And auctions are where you make the least and pay the most for the "privilege of a quick sale"
 
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GoldCrown said:
I bought cues mostly for wall art. Production cues. I went nuts and over did it. Most are cased closet queens. I should scale down as it getting late in life and my wife would not know what to do with them. However I enjoy having/looking at them. The Doc Frye stays until. The rest I would be ok without them. But I’m not committed or hard pressed to sell right now and might have to flip a coin. Also have a few nice cases I should part with but the hoarder inside won’t let me. Answering the question…. Yes to different ways on different days. I’m selling/I’m keeping.
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Let me share my phone number with your wife, we will figure out what to do with them 😉😂🤣
 
GoldCrown said:
Same.. Would not for 5g’s:
Buy a black car
Pimp myself
Have a sex change
Buy a cue for more than $1000 and that’s stretching it.

If I bought a cue for 5 it better be worth 10. Plus my wife would most likely give it to GoodWill someday
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If I spent $5K on a pool cue my wife would have me committed and she knows how much my racecar stuff is.
 
I have (3) Schons, a nice Mezz, a Palmer, a very nice Bob Dzuricky, a Coker, a Benson (my 1st cue) and one nice merry widow. I had a Gus for a long, long time, but I am getting up there now and I was also worried about my wife selling it at a garage sale or giving it away. I paid $1,100 for it from John Wright who some may remember. I sold it a few years ago for $8,250 so that was a decent profit. I never played with it and I had to hide it so I only saw it a couple of times a year. The nine I have are all nice, but the most expensive is maybe $1,500. I had an Ernie (Gina) and Black cue. I regret selling the Gina cue. I am ok with leaving these and several sets of balls to my son who will greatly appreciate them,
 
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I would like to ask some of the older players here that have played with standard issue old school equipment for many years or even decades, That now have switched to some high tech modern equipment, Has it improved your game? Would you Please share how you have noticed that the equipment alone has improved your ability to win games? I Have a new old Predator That I have never shot a ball with it's a pre cat 314.
 
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