The marketing the companies like predator and Mezz have done is incredible. I feel it’s really limited the customs market for collectors. As a collector of cues for almost 2 decades I’ve seen the markets for 1k cues and up diminish greatly.
The younger generation now covets Revos and LD and if they have $800-1200 to blow on a cue they want that Mezz or Revo cue and not that nice custom or Scruggs etc. like it used to be.
I do feel there will always be somewhat of a market for high end cues but the appreciation levels and “true buyers” are diminishing drastically every day.
For instance. Take a revo and you can get 130% of value in 24 hours. Take a $15k bushka and list it 8k and it could sit for a year. There just isn’t that many buyers for these cues as there was especially as they’re not well known as “great playing” cues.
This is probably the main reason why Southwest cues still have a good value since certain folks want to try the hit and you know you can get out of a SW cue without losing that much money.
It’s sad for us folks that appreciate these cues but I’ve sold off almost all the cues I’ve had from 1-10k in the last several years. It’s sad but meucci and predator are holding so much more value nowadays.
The younger generation now covets Revos and LD and if they have $800-1200 to blow on a cue they want that Mezz or Revo cue and not that nice custom or Scruggs etc. like it used to be.
I do feel there will always be somewhat of a market for high end cues but the appreciation levels and “true buyers” are diminishing drastically every day.
For instance. Take a revo and you can get 130% of value in 24 hours. Take a $15k bushka and list it 8k and it could sit for a year. There just isn’t that many buyers for these cues as there was especially as they’re not well known as “great playing” cues.
This is probably the main reason why Southwest cues still have a good value since certain folks want to try the hit and you know you can get out of a SW cue without losing that much money.
It’s sad for us folks that appreciate these cues but I’ve sold off almost all the cues I’ve had from 1-10k in the last several years. It’s sad but meucci and predator are holding so much more value nowadays.
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