Your first cue that you regret selling...

Oh, and I used to buy Southwests from Jerry Franklin, six at a time for $125 to $150 each. And sell them for a $25-50 profit. In the 80's when he was getting started. I moved about 30 for him. All would be worth big bucks today.
He made me one special snakewood cue which I kept a few years and sold for $400. Wonder where that cue is now.
 
nipponbilliards said:
Do you have some cues you regret selling?

What is the first one?

To me, it was my first Pechauer with a metal joint and two regular shafts, with a Jim Knott case.

Obviously, I did not learn from my mistake because I have sold a lot more cues that I regret since then...:)

Richard
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I had a near miss yesterday - a 1-piece Titlist did not hit reserve. I knew I did not want to sell it, but once the auction started I felt compelled to let it run.

I took it in today and had Kevin Wright match up with an old Bob Frey shaft and add a flat-faced 3/8x10 joint - now have a gorgeous full-splice sneaky Pete Titlist, label intact. If I ever offer this cue for sale, please - someone give me a virtual thump on the head.
 
i regret selling my first southwest,it was a early franklin S.W. that was owned by joey spathe before he passed,traded that to benny renzi at the joey spathe memorial touney for a runde schon.within 10 minutes after the transaction was done dave bolman had bought the cue,knew i had goofed then.second southwest went to jose salazar,set a vnea record"30zip" in 1996 with that cue.if i sell this one somebody please b!tch slap me.LOL:p
 
I have

never regretted selling a cue because the only ones I have sold have been ones that I won, or that were being held for a debt owed to me that was never paid, and none were high dollar cues.

When I buy a cue, I buy it to play with, not so I can store it or a
previous cue in a closet. (exception: jump cues)
 
Another cue

I just recalled another cue I could kick myself for selling. I had a Mottey j/b with butterfly at the buttcap, white joint and rings in collars. It was not a very fancy cue but it played awesome. I traded it plus some cash for a fancier looking cue (can't remember what). I have regretted that trade since it happened.
 
I rather regret selling one of those "KC Custom" cues that I won on eBay for a hundred bucks. I'd retapered one of the two shafts, installed a stack leather wrap, and let it go to a friend who insisted on buying it for $250. Man o man, did that cue hit sweet, or what??

Flex
 
I've regretted buying a Kikel and Weston.

I've regretted selling a Southwest. The cue did not "hit" that well, but sold way too cheap. However, Karma must have heard since Coastydad, who posts here, decided to part with his 9 point SW to take its place.

All's well that ends well....

Regards,

Doug
 
Confessions of a PITIFULL cue pimp. Can't count how many I've regretted flipping. Top two:

A very nice RAMBOW that I got from him in 59

Traded a FF IV JTD, IV INLD w/LEA WRP G. SZAM for a MEUCCI and an oz of gold in 79 or 80

Remembering others is really HURTING my whats left of my brain...gotta stop
 
In the early 90's had a Custom ordered Schon. It was ordered 59", 2 Shafts with Ivory ferrules, thinner butt and the points were real splice not the rounded ones with some nice ivory inlays. Sold it with an It's George Python Snake Skin 2 x 4 case and regret it almost every day!
 
gnaroz said:
In the early 90's had a Custom ordered Schon. It was ordered 59", 2 Shafts with Ivory ferrules, thinner butt and the points were real splice not the rounded ones with some nice ivory inlays. Sold it with an It's George Python Snake Skin 2 x 4 case and regret it almost every day!
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This reminded me of an early Schon I sold. This Schon had the most intricate ring works I have ever seen on a Schon. I think it had seven layers of rings works, with ivory, lace wood , maples, silver, and what not. I cannot quite remember the rest of the cue, but the rings sometimes haunt me. They were real fancy for a Schon, and I have never seen another Schon like that.

Richard
 
Two DPKs :o
Four SWs that I don't mind not having, just selling for what I did.
Richard Black cue ownd by Mizerak
Bender jumpbreak
Some cues by a fella named Mark Vogel who probably doesn't make cues anymore.
JW I smashed over the table when I jawed the nine hill hill in a set I had once lead 8-0.
My biggest reget though is far and away all the Craig Peterson cues I could have bought and did not, then he died.
 
This one used to be mine (a Fanelli). i traded it for a Gilbert that I ended up selling a short while later. This cue was featured in Fred's Inside Pool article on Paul. I really regret letting go of this one!!!

http://www.cornerstonecustomcues.com/cues/lrgcues/028d.html
:(

And then there was my Bluegrass which just sold a few weeks ago. Smooth transaction (thanks Thingie). But what a great cue! I still don't know why I got rid of it! :(
 
Mark Vogel

SphinxnihpS said:
Two DPKs :o
Four SWs that I don't mind not having, just selling for what I did.
Richard Black cue ownd by Mizerak
Bender jumpbreak
Some cues by a fella named Mark Vogel who probably doesn't make cues anymore.
JW I smashed over the table when I jawed the nine hill hill in a set I had once lead 8-0.
My biggest reget though is far and away all the Craig Peterson cues I could have bought and did not, then he died.
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You are the first person I've known of to also have owned a Mark Vogel cue. I have one myself. Nice cue.
 
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WOW!! 12yr old thread and its still kicking. Impressive. BTW, i really wish i'd kept my Meucci BH-1 Rifleman-series cue. I bought it from the man himself out of the trunk of his car at Fat Randy's Boulder Billiards in Tulsa around '79-'80.
 
Ugh...

A Titlist conversion I had custom made by Tim Padgett... the thing hit like
God.. looked like a GB Titlist. I had a few cues at the time and sold it,
doubled my money (big deal)... shoulda coulda wouda, stoopid.
 
X Breaker said:
Do you have some cues you regret selling?

What is the first one?

To me, it was my first Pechauer with a metal joint and two regular shafts, with a Jim Knott case.

Obviously, I did not learn from my mistake because I have sold a lot more cues that I regret since then...:)

Richard
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A Doc Frye that was my first cue, that he made for me around 1970. My Dad actually took me to his shop to order it, and again to pick it up. Of course when I sold it cheap less than 10 years later, I had no idea that he would become famous not just for his cues, but for teaching Gus to make cues. Makes me sick now to think about it.
 
Two. The first was a custom Joss from Dan Janes. Wrote a letter with what I wanted and Dan called on the phone and made some suggestions. I agreed and was very happy with the cue. Sold it after I bought a Scruggs and really didn't need the money, just didn't think I needed more than one cue.
Second, my first Southwest, Indian Rosewood with six birdseye points. Laurie told me it was one of the very last they would be making, they could no longer get the wood. Sold in a moment of insanity. Made by Jerry Franklin.
 
My first Cue was a Brunswick Willie Hoppe. Bought it for $10.00 used, in around 1962. Sold it for $8.00. Wish I still had it.
 
My first cue was a 20 oz. Willie Hoppe. Think I paid $19 for it in 1960.

The grip felt like you were holding an elephant's trunk but the cue provided a good hit and I made a few dollars with it as the years went by. Sold it to a friend, James Smyeth, and he took it to Dallas when he left Belton.

I went without a cue for some number of years and finally bought a Weir when I started playing again. Inexpensive cue but well built.

Ahh, those were the good ol' days.
 
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