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  1. jonasclark

    Where to go in Philadelphia?

    I'll be there in June. Are there any tobacconists who have at least a fair selection of pipes? Or any good antique shops, for that matter? Most of what I found online looked like cigar stores.
  2. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    Title edited for caps and brevity A friend of a friend buys at estate sales, mostly furniture, and resells. He'll say, "I'll take everything in this room, everything in this room..." etc. so large lots of furniture getshipped to him. In the base of a hutch (and he has no idea which sale it was...
  3. jonasclark

    My klutziness strikes again! Amber is fragile...

    This pipe, one for which I'd been bhunting for 25+ years, fell out of my pocket today onto a tile floor, and the stem snapped, losing a large chip which I couldn't locate. Of course, this gives me a sudden wave of extreme PAD, which I'm trying to force down because I really can't afford another...
  4. jonasclark

    First Visit to Iwan Ries - Anything I Should Know?

    I'm visiting a friend in October, will be in milwaukee, Madison and Chicago, and I've finagled a stop at Iwan Ries, a pipe pilgrimage for me. I'm a collector first and a smoker second, but I hope to buy a pipe there-- just something I can say I bought there - and some tobacco. I've looked...
  5. jonasclark

    Is there a place where I CAN post a "specific pipe wanted" ad?

    There are two very specific, and somewhat unusual, pipes I'm looking for. My collection has few remaining holes where there are specific pipes I want, but these are the remaining ones. One of these, I've seen in photos and just love-- and I apparently just missed one on the 'Bay, which went for...
  6. jonasclark

    Dating Peterson? I found guides, but I'm not sure if there are finer points?

    Bought one today at a rummage sale for $45. Stampings seem to indicate the last-and-latest: "K&P Peterson's" on the military band, "Peterson's System Standard" on one side of the shank, "Made in the Republic of Ireland" and the shape number (313) on the other. Has some tiny dents, not sure if...
  7. jonasclark

    Seattle B+M.

    Title edited. Please use capitals judiciously! Original: I don't know most pipe tobacco, but these are in a local shop that... Name? Do they do phone orders? ...has a lot of old stock just lying around. I've bought a few pipes I'm quite sure have been sitting there since the mid-1980s. It's...
  8. jonasclark

    Nat Sherman Cigarettes Returning?

    With a company having bought the tobacco side of Nat Sherman, I understand their cigars will return under new brand names, and their pipes might come in the future. Has anybody heard about whether any of their no-additives cigarettes, especially ones like Fantasia or Black & Gold, might return...
  9. jonasclark

    Replacement Meerschaum Insert Bowls for a Gourd Calabash? Looking to Have One Made.

    I have a Pioneer gourd calabash. Its bowl, which had tiny cracks when I got it, finally fell apart. I've glued it back together in order to take measurements. I have a very specific hope for it: I'd like a bowl that's lattice-carved. Like the Kirsten bowl pictured, which was made new. Its...
  10. jonasclark

    Info on Sugar Barrel Tobacco, Please.

    Title edited -jpm My grandfather, or so I'm told, smoked somdething that's no longer made called "Sugar Barrel." I assume it was inexpensive, dime store tobacco, which would fit-- he didn't have a lot of spending money. I have a few of his pipes, and a gorgeous painted wood pipe rack of which...
  11. jonasclark

    Anyone Heard of a Meerschaum Carver Named "Luccieanno"?

    I just purchased a copy of a 1995 book, "Pappa Luccieanno's Guide to Modern Day Meerschaum Pipes." Unlike other books discussing antiques, Antion Luccieanno, it seems, was an ardent collector of both antique and Turkish meerschaums, and he wrote this book, with b/w photos, on the latter. He also...
  12. jonasclark

    B&M in the Phoenix Area?

    I don't know Arizona at all. A friend has just moved to Casa Grande, is very bored andm, despite not being into pipes or smoking at all, randomly offered to scope out pipe shops for me. Is there anywhere I should send him? I'd be more interested in a wide selection of pipes than in pipe tobacco...
  13. jonasclark

    Lost Pipe. Bleh.

    I collect Kirstens. I have a purpose-made display. It now has a hole in it. Thankfully, I might find a replacement eventually, thankfully it's not a one-of-a-kind item. The other two I've lost in the past, one was really irreplaceable, and it's extremely unlikely that I'll find an affordable...
  14. jonasclark

    Antique Meerschaum Depicting an Explorer Type: Who Might this Depict?

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) I'm looking at purchasing this pipe, a lovely antique with amber stem intact, a pre-color job mottled from heavy smoking. Case not pictured. As can be seen, it shows a man having a rather distinctive appearance! He's wearing a pith helmet, so...
  15. jonasclark

    A Shot in the Dark, ID'ing a Pipe My Grandfather Had...?

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) I began collecting pipes as a kid (really!) because of my grandfather's pipe smoking and his small collection. He mostly smoked Sir Walter Raleigh and something called Sugar Barrel (anyone know what the latter was?) in corncobs, but he had a...
  16. jonasclark

    New (to me) Eyup Sabri meerschaum

    At the supermarket, chomping a Bekler poodle, a guy asked if I knew about meerschaums. He had one, in storage. It had a paper tag naming the carver. I talked about Bekler, and when I mentioned his first importer, Royal, used cards because he hadn't begun signing his pipes at that point, he said...
  17. jonasclark

    "S & T Best Make" Which maker?

    I've now seen this on one meerschaum (a figural) and one briar (straight bulldog with fancy gold band and rim). The briar also had this mark stamped in gold on the shank. The case marking says only "S & T BEST MAKE." Pipedia and Google turn up no information.
  18. jonasclark

    Is there anywhere I can post a wanted/trade ad for a pipe?

    I'm looking for one of those oversized gourd calabashes that have a black ferrule and a thin amber-looking stem. I'd like to trade something(s) from my collection for it, depending on what the pipe's owner likes. Dies anyone know a place where I could do so?
  19. jonasclark

    Compiling a List of Bekler's CAO Limited Editions

    CAO got hold of Ismet Bekler circa 1977-1978, and especially in the first seven or eight years, Bekler was commissioned to carve limited edition pipes of the same subject. I thought it would be interesting to attempt to catalogue these. The ones I mean are marked, carved into the pipe itself in...
  20. jonasclark

    New (To Me) Antique Meerschaum: Any Idea Who It Might Depict?

    Bought this in an antique shop in Bellingham, Washington a few days ago. Original amber stem present but broken at the shank, case present but extremely rough. But I couldn't resist the figure. I know there were many generic carvings then, common face types/nationalities (such as the "Arab" or...
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