What Should I Expect To Pay For A Dunhill?
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The date mark looks like the 1956 mark. A 1966 smooth pipe,
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/dunhill/bruyere1.html#oda850
Also just looking at the patina, I'd say it's older. It has that 1950's "craggier" blast look to it (a good thing). Maybe not your birth year pipe, but still a keeper!
Randelli, don't feel silly I gifted someone what I thought was a birthyear Dunnie and got the decade wrong as well. You're in good company. :nana:
Maybe so, but I allowed myself to splurge (for me) on a birth year Dunhill, And I know that I will obsess over this until I do get one. I don't really need to splurge on two Dunhills, so as nice as this pipe is, it is going back.
Lightmybriar contacted me last night and practically forced me to return it - he is a stand-up guy. I think we both learned an important lesson about small underlined numbers vs regular sized numbers. Good thing too because I see scores of small underlined numbers advertised as '66 pipes. I could have just as easily made this mistake over ebay - Luckily for me it was with a forum friend that wants to set it straight.
Three cheers for lightmybriar!!!
Lightmybriar contacted me last night and practically forced me to return it - he is a stand-up guy. I think we both learned an important lesson about small underlined numbers vs regular sized numbers. Good thing too because I see scores of small underlined numbers advertised as '66 pipes. I could have just as easily made this mistake over ebay - Luckily for me it was with a forum friend that wants to set it straight.
Three cheers for lightmybriar!!!
Some master of business administration student could do an interesting masters thesis on how Dunhill pipes established and maintained very high prices both in used (estate) and new pipes. Or maybe better focus on new, to keep the study manageable. They're beautiful and well-made pipes, mostly, but not more so than a wide range of artisanal pipes that cost a lot, but less than Dunhills (you can name your own examples). This took a lot of skillful marketing and policing of retail of the brand. Some of the senior pipe men on Forums remember when Kaywoodie was a more expensive pipe than Dunhill, and neither was beyond the reach of a devoted middle class pipe smoker. Today I think the pricing almost takes care of itself, by image and mystique, although Dunhill still controls it retailers. How do you make something seem scarce and appealing at a very high price, and still sell in volume? That's an impressive feat.
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