What's it worth?

[crazysnake]

I have an old plain jane custom made by Paul Delillo. It has 4 bacote points spliced into maple. It has a uni loc joint, with a phenolic joint collar. The ferrule is a short aegis ferrule. It has a black Irish linen wrap. There are several nicks and blemishes on the finish. It has the original shaft and an additional hxt player shaft as well. I would like the opinion of all on this forum as to what the value of this cue may be.
Thanks to all.

 

[pt109]

You won't get many responses without pictures.

 

[hang-the-9]

You won't get many responses without pictures.

He will, but they'll be "where are the pictures?" :grin:

 

[crazysnake]

Here are the pics. I only included photos of the cue with its original shaft.

 

[crazysnake]

One more photo

It may not be clear on the photo but the points do not alternate one short one long. Instead they are two short and then two long with four total.
Thanks again.

 

[Black-Balled]

Looks pretty rough...points uneven to the point you had to clarify that they weren't hi/ lo.

100-111$

 

[TX Poolnut]

I want to put a Magic Eraser to that shaft soooo bad. :smile:

 

[crazysnake]

$100 with 2 shafts?

 

[cuesblues]

$100 with 2 shafts?

Maybe $100, I would offer $75, even with 2-shafts.
If you need a cue to play with it might not be a bad deal for $75-$100

 

[hang-the-9]

It's a good idea to post a pic of the full cue also not just close ups.

 

[Black-Balled]

Failed to notice the uni-lock first time around. Knocking another $8 off!:grin-square:

 

[crazysnake]

Failed to notice the uni-lock first time around. Knocking another $8 off!:grin-square:

I got a serious chuckle when I read this one.
I appreciate all the input.
Thank you. :smile:

 

[cajunbarboxplyr]

Failed to notice the uni-lock first time around. Knocking another $8 off!:grin-square:

LOL! that's just wrong

 

[cuesblues]

Failed to notice the uni-lock first time around. Knocking another $8 off!:grin-square:

First of all...no take backs!
After your catastrophic failure to notice the Uniloc joint, you are still the high bidder, even factoring in the standard $8 Uniloc discount><:smile:

 

[Silver-Surfer]

Looks pretty rough...points uneven to the point you had to clarify that they weren't hi/ lo.

100-111$

I wouldn't pay more than $20 bucks for it because it isn't a recognized brand name.

 

[jjollie]

One major issue is the points...if it plays well to you, keep it. It is not going to bring much money in this market today. Maybe 100-125.00.

Hell, it's tough selling name brand cues in this market today.

 

[crazysnake]

One major issue is the points...if it plays well to you, keep it. It is not going to bring much money in this market today. Maybe 100-125.00.

Hell, it's tough selling name brand cues in this market today.

I hear you. It's not a pretty cue when its compared to what is available. It is unique and it does play well. But I'm thinking that I may be getting ready to move on. But I am not selling it at this time which is why I posted it here. I appreciate all the comments thus and have found them extremely helpful. Thank you.

 

[Black-Balled]

Crap, man. If you like the way it plays then I fully believe it would be a mistake o sell it.

IMO, the little $ it would bring wouldn't be worth the potential hassle of having to replace it later.

The above reasoning is why I got a garage full of bicycle frames and wheels

I like it, if it had no wrap and a different pin, I'd be trying to talk you down to $89 for it.

 

[larry732]

I think he is a fairly new cue maker out of Brooklyn, N.Y., under the name of Ridge cues.

 

[hang-the-9]

I wouldn't pay more than $20 bucks for it because it isn't a recognized brand name.

That ranks as one of the worst reasons to value a cue.

Many people would not recognize 95% of the custom cue makers as a "brand name" yet their cues would be worth 10+ times what a Cuetec or a Joss would cost.