i have awalys been a player first, cue guy second. meaning that I have awalys had played with the cue that brought out the best of my game that I could afford. I never liked to play with a fancy cue(i'm still that way) but I have awalys enjoyed owning fancy cues and once in a while on a sunday or some accasion take out the fancy cue and play with it(never played as good as my player) but it is a nice feeling kinda like dressing up nicely...
So as I got older and could afford better cues I would buy one a year, I awalys had 1 or 2 fancy cues, my player and 3 to 5 other cues. thats my ideal idea for a collection.
things changed,
I took a few years away from pool, did better than I ever thought possible and was able to afford some pretty big cues. I like have non-titled assetts that have good liquidity, cues fit that description as do watches, art, etc. So I had a pre determined amount of $$$ to go buy cues with. I bought 2 big ivory cues, i realized they just arnt me I traded one off and still have the other(gina cue that was posted up 3 weeks ago) those big cue just arnt me. I was careful on my spending, I lost on some cues, have done good on others-but this makes cues sound like a commodity or stocks-and to me they arent at all. I just like knowing their value I have sold/traded 5-6 cues in the past 2 years.
I assembeled a collection of cues made by my favorite cue makers, If you own too many cue's it becomes a numbers game and the cues lose their intrinsick value just being in a pile. Thats bill shit, I know 75% of my cues, I wish that number was higher. I enjoy each and everyone of them. I have to lay in bed on a laptop to work 80% of the time. So I awalys have a cue or 2 laying on my bed next to me so I can look at it while i'm on the phone. I love looking at cues.
Right now I'm going to shrink my collection by 10 cues and add 2 or 3 bigger cues.
What triggers me into buying another cue??? sure the feeling of aqusation is nice but its deeped that than that, I want to buy cues I know about, whather its the builedr, player, era it was used in, how good it plays. Etc. The magic isnt gone because I assembeled the collection I did, its at its limit. I dont want any more cues and I want to sell the cues that I dont know or because I liked them when I bought them but learned I didnt keep likeing them.
You learn alot about yourself cue collecting, I did anyways. I noticed most all my cues are player cues, I didnt realize that until Poohkiller came over and I took them all out for the first time ever and set them on the 6'X12" and saw mostly player cues, the fancy stuff was mostly bought when I bought collections. I have the Scorpion Cue JA gave me wheb he was inducted into the HOF, now thats a big cue he used it 2 years, and switched right after the HOF.
