I won my first cue gambling. I was so proud of that cue spent quite a bit of money putting a good tip on and giving it a very nice Ron Thomas case.
No one seemed to know what brand it was.
Almost 2 years later, I found it listed in a Sears catalog…you could get two of my cues a full rack of balls an 8 ball rack and a 9 ball rack for $49.95 LOL.
Since then (30 years) I’ve owned probably 100 cues. A pile of production cues but also Black, White, SW, Prewitt, Bloodworth, JW, Lambros, Gilbert, DZ, Diveney, Jerry R., Woodworth, Schuler, Jerico
I don’t collect, if they don’t get played, they go away.
Would like to own another DZ and Gilbert and always wanted to try a Scruggs.
I do have some “never sell” cues.
I have a Royce made by Royce Bunnell prior to his OB line of cues and shafts.
I have a pre-production OB cue with one of the first OB shafts made. This cue was used by almost every player on our OB cues Guinea Pigs team before being gifted to my wife from Royce.
Very early OB break cue with the compound taper butt.
I have a Mike Lancaster b/j that is my wife’s now. Very very nice birdseye maple.
My player
Blackcreek with African Blackwood into tulip, full-splice no veneers no inlays, 4 shafts.
Lomax jump cue matched to the Blackcreek