Lou Butera came by my pool hall the other night, he's selling all his cues.

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He's giving up the game. Evidently he's too old and it physically hurts him to play. A hall of famer bites the dust.

Anyhow, he was in the pool hall (he owned this hall at one point) on Monday night with a case full of his prides and joys.

What a mo*&#fu&(#ng collection.

In particular was one Schon that dropped my jaw. I have an amazing Schon, still one of the highest priced Schon (not LTD) cues on the market. The one that he had blew mine clear out of the water. It wasn't even the same ballpark, hardly even the same sport.

I asked him how much he wanted, and he just pointed at the sticker at the bottom of the cue. "$2K"

"Wow, Lou." I said. "That one sure is pretty, and trust me, if I had $2000 to throw at a pool cue right now, I'd certainly do it, but right now it just won't work."

He then told me that he's considering keeping that one...just in case he gets back into the game again. Evidently it's the one that he won his most recent championship with. He even went so far as to say that if he did sell it, there is a good possibility that he might come looking for it again someday.

What I wouldn't give for this cue, I swear. Reminds me of the phrase, "I got a legendary cue for my girlfriend, best trade I ever made." LOL

Anyway, I think he said some of his cues were going up for sale online, so you may want to keep your eyes peeled to ebay. Chances are there will be some hall of fame memoribilia hitting the market very soon.