For Sale Pool Cues (1 Viewer)

[pltrgyst]

Time to let go, due to vision problems that make shooting pool a pure frustration.

The only ones not for sale -- yet -- are the Scruggs Hoppe and the two Dale Perrys.

If you see anything you like, make me an offer via email or pm.

http://www.xhost.org/cues/

 

[iHeartBeaver]

I know nothing about pool except that I enjoy playing recreationally with my friends. Are any of these a good beginner cue on the lower price range?

 

[Trihonda]

GLWS mate. I just sold off my last cue, which was an older Viking (and my first cue). It was still as solid and as straight as ever, and and it saddened me a bit... but, I wasn’t using it anymore, and I let it go to someone who would cherish it as much as I did.

Your cues... Those are some beautiful works of art.. and I bet they garnered a lot of respect on the tables.

 

[David O]

If I still played and competed to the extent I used to I would be all over that Richard Black. I had one of his cues that was made for a friend of mine. I had win the vid off of a person that purchased it from my friend. It was personalized. It read “ custom crafted for Fast Eddie Parker by Richard Black. Fast Eddie lived just on the outside of San Antonio and was the the person that they made the movie “The Hustler” about. Someone gave me a bunch of $$$ for that cue and now u wish I never sold it.

 

[Luvcasinochipsncekid]

yes , nice cues

 

[Luvcasinochipsncekid]

i have a Southwest and a Peachaur, my buddy has a Congnesetti, Tim Scruggs, and two Ginacues.....oh and a Joss

 

[TroyMan]

I know nothing about pool except that I enjoy playing recreationally with my friends. Are any of these a good beginner cue on the lower price range?

i don't know what they cost now, but I bought a Meucci Sneaky Pete. My rataionale was that I wanted a decent cue, but given that I'm not really that good, I didn't want to be sporting anything too fancy. So, nothing really that sneaky about it in my case.

SNEAKY PETE POOL CUES

The Sneaky Pete or Hustler style cue is the oldest and most traditional design for a two piece cue. The original concept for the Sneaky Pete was to create a higher end cue that would look like a standard bar cue when assembled.

Today, fewer people buy Sneaky Pete cues for the sole purpose of hustling unsuspecting pool players and more folks pick them up because of their design. Because of the traditional style and inherent beauty of the Sneaky Pete, it remains one of the most popular and best selling pool cue design styles on the market today.

 

[TroyMan]

i don't know what they cost now, but I bought a Meucci Sneaky Pete. My rataionale was that I wanted a decent cue, but given that I'm not really that good, I didn't want to be sporting anything too fancy. So, nothing really that sneaky about it in my case.

The Sneaky Pete or Hustler style cue is the oldest and most traditional design for a two piece cue. The original concept for the Sneaky Pete was to create a higher end cue that would look like a standard bar cue when assembled.

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I would consider the 2nd one from bottom on Larry's pic a sneaky pete.

 

[legend672]

I feel your pain about the correlation between eyesight and ability. Losing to stiffs on a pool table who couldn’t warm me up in the old days wasn’t sitting very well and I stopped playing. No matter how nice the stick, when you can’t see it’s tough to make shots

 

[LinkyBabe]

Oops I stumbled across Pool Cue Forum... can anyone tell me where the poker chip site is?

 

[fish72s]

Wow, you have some really nice cues Larry!

If I was still collecting I would definitely be interested in 4 or 5 of them.
I love that Espiritu and both of the Westin's. And both of the Scruggs too. I have heard his cues are the best but I
have never got to hit with one. And I love the design of the Pechauer. I came so close to buying that exact same P24 model several times.

I used to have a pretty decent collection too but
I have sold off all but 4 over the last 10 years. I designed and commissioned 2 that I will never sell.
Its painful, I know. You get kind of attached to them and the depreciation is a killer. I had one high-end Paul Drexler made of desert ironwood and lots of inlay work
that I paid over $4000 for. It took 6 months to sell and I only got $2500.

 

[dickzapper]

I forwarded this info to one of my friends who used to be an avid shooter. He said he actually has been thinking about getting back into playing and had some interest. I will take a look at some of them too. I beat him once in a game of snooker out of maybe like 10 games. Maybe a 20% win rate in 9-ball and a lifetime of Ls in straight pool. But I bet I would have the advantage in 3-cushion.

I actually met that bloke as a teen in the local pool hall in it's heyday, R.I.P. LaCue. Then when a mutual friend brought him to my cash game he saw me sitting with a wall of chips and later admitted he thought I was the devil. Capricorn problems. Must have been my super diamond days.

Anyway, impressive collection, we'll be taking a look over the coming days.

 

[pltrgyst]

I know nothing about pool except that I enjoy playing recreationally with my friends. Are any of these a good beginner cue on the lower price range?

There's not much here that would go for as little as $300, except the Palmer 2004, the Viking 1989, the purpleheart Klein sneaky pete, maybe the Shuler (I don't know how many remember and prize Ray Schuler's cues these days). They're all excellent, solid cues with top reputations, except for the Palmer 2004, which is an early Asian Palmer, probably considerably better than any of the machine-made Palmers on eBay these days...

 

[pltrgyst]

i have a Southwest and a Peachaur, my buddy has a Congnesetti, Tim Scruggs, and two Ginacues.....oh and a Joss

Southwest and Ginas are practically religious artifacts these days! I love Pechauers too, especially the wrapless P24 I have. It reminds me of Picasso's art, and will be tough to part with.

 

[pltrgyst]

....The original concept for the Sneaky Pete was to create a higher end cue that would look like a standard bar cue when assembled.

Yeah -- if you look at the Web page, there are four that I call sneaky petes, and they all have minimal ornamentation. But they all also hit a ton...

 

[pltrgyst]

Wow, you have some really nice cues Larry!

If I was still collecting I would definitely be interested in 4 or 5 of them.
I love that Espiritu and both of the Westin's. And both of the Scruggs too. I have heard his cues are the best but I
have never got to hit with one. And I love the design of the Pechauer. I came so close to buying that exact same P24 model several times..

Thanks, Greg.

Too bad that when you lived in DC you never got up to Tim Scruggs's shop in Baltimore. He was a great guy as well as cuemaker. He did the elephant ear leather on the Hoppe cue specially for me, though it took some convincing to get him to do it. :

The Westons and Kleins hit as well as anything I ever used. They're absolute top cuemakers, IMO.

.... I had one high-end Paul Drexler made of desert ironwood and lots of inlay work
that I paid over $4000 for. It took 6 months to sell and I only got $2500.

About 20 years ago I was out in Vegas for both the VNEA (Valley National 8-Ball Association) championships and a poker tournament. There was an Arizona vendor there who had a PFD custom cue made with what looked like a stack of poker chips in the forearm right above the grip, topped by shorter than usual points. I lusted after it, but never pulled the trigger, and I've regretted it ever since.

 

[pltrgyst]

I feel your pain about the correlation between eyesight and ability. Losing to stiffs on a pool table who couldn’t warm me up in the old days wasn’t sitting very well and I stopped playing. No matter how nice the stick, when you can’t see it’s tough to make shots

Definitely. For years I got by with my computer glasses, sort of a compromise between distance and reading. But then about seven years ago the right eye went completely, and the two things that immediately became pretty much impossible were shooting pool and shooting a rifle.

 

[fish72s]

Are you on AZBilliards? That's where I sold mine.
But be prepared for trade offers. Everybody wants to trade but its hard to
find people willing to shell out cash.

 

[Gregbosco1]

Nice cues! Glws