I will NEVER complain about the pricee of a pipe again!!

[frozenchurchwarden]

Maki-e is nothing like any kind of modern art.

I have no doubt that much of the value is in the "tradition" of the process, but the value here is clearly as much about the labor of the artist as it is about the art itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn8jVZ0yCko
"If I had a Million Dollars"
I would probably buy one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBcgr_zXT30

 

[duffer]

Someone will buy it.

 

[phishphude]

It's no Bo Nordh Ill say that haha

 

[mawnansmiff]

I'd say that after five smokes the lacquer would start peeling leaving you with an even uglier pipe than you started with :roll:
Regards,
Jay.

 

[crashthegrey]

That's precisely why it is unsmoked, Jay.

 

[jefff]

I would never buy a pipe I can't smoke, a guitar I won't play, or a rod I won't fish.