Chesterfield Cues

[bolton-cueman]

can't say I've ever heard of Chesterfield Cues but this listing on the bay looked pretty amazing:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-Finest...item19dc3cd96c

[willtyson]

Very weird listing imo, never seen one before in my life and I'm not sure where someone would get such a random load of cues from

[cueman]

Can only assume that this was a stash kept somewhere which was forgotten about or the owner died and whoever stumbled upon them is now looking to cash in.

They look pretty decent cues but looks can be deceiving. Wouldn't surprise me if a cuemaker were to buy these up and stick their own badge on after refinishing them or adding a splice or putting their own identity to it. Can't see your average collector or dealer wanting these as they just aren't value for money. I'd pay about £5-£6k for them, no more though. They could play like crap.

[prince07799]

I live in chesterfield all my life (36years) and never heard of them?

[DeanH]

weren't this lot on sale sometime ago?
same photos

[crispian jones]

looking at the last picture they are all fitted with "black spin" ferrules, ha ha

[BaulkLine]

Four were sold individually nearly 2 years ago for £25 - £30 a pop and now £160/cue is expected. Totally agree that if you are taking the lot warts and all then realistically a 75% discount to the Ebay BIN is warranted.

[willtyson]

looking at the last picture they are all fitted with "black spin" ferrules, ha ha

I actually thought that for a second when I first looked at them haha.

[Maverick54]

If my maths are correct approx £160 ish per cue at the buy it now price. Would need a more well known name badge on them to see a profit. Think cuemans spot on, these could be bought by a cuemaker and end up being rebadged.

[cueman]

Yes and at £160 a cue, if they were of the quality of say a craftsman cue then I'm sure they could sell them individually if they were all good quality. It seems pretty obvious to me that they aren't that good, I bet the splices and quality of the shafts is below that of say a craftsman cue so its not really worth the price they are asking for. As I said £6k max would be about right as I think you might get lucky with about 1/3 of them being of good enough quality to sell for about £100 and then if you can make up about £3k on the rest you have made about a grand profit from it. Probably not worth the time and effort though to get them off your hands.

[ADR147]

think i would take a punt at 3k and imagine a grand or 2 can be made but i expect some will be crap!

[ADR147]

think i would take a punt at 3k and imagine a grand or 2 can be made but i expect some will be crap!

his history says they are worth £25 a cue so after costs the lot is worth £2k

[Terry Davidson]

2,500 for 130 cues so around 20GBP apiece. Still crappy at that price as what would you do with that many cues and it would take forever to sell the lot, even for 50GBP apiece and no butt sockets and the butts look like they all need refinishing and they could all need new tips.

I agree that a cuemaker somewhere has purchased them and will refinish and re-badge them and maybe add butt sockets and then sell them for around 200GBP including mini-butt, extra for a tele-extension.

Terry

[The Stig]

They are back up for sale with no buy it now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-Finest...item19dcae1708

[ADR147]

They are back up for sale with no buy it now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-Finest...item19dcae1708

well it has a bid of £900 from me. at that i could not lose!