All Your Pipes, Double Your Money; Would You?

mso489 · Dec 24, 2016

Here's a sort of thought experiment (or game in the mind if you will). Someone has a list of all your pipes, and a professional appraisal of their value. He offers twice the money, but you must sell the whole set, every last one. The upside is that you would get to build a stable of pipes from the ground up, using everything you've learned over the years. The downside is, your whole pipe history and all of your favorites will be sold away forever. The deal is you can't chase them down and try to buy some of them back. The buyer would pre-sell and dispose of everything. So would you take the money and run, or preserve your stable and your personal history with your pipes?
I suspect that the value of my collection is low enough to refuse the offer even at double the money, but it would at least take me some time to think it over. How would you react?

Chasing Embers · Dec 24, 2016

Couldn't do it. No amount of money could get my Weavers as they were made personally for me, and are fantastic smokers. I once said ten Dunhills couldn't get one of them.

mortonbriar · Dec 24, 2016

Too sentimental, some of my favourite pipes are not even particularly good smokers ha

okiebrad · Dec 24, 2016

My pipes are only tools which allow me to smoke tobacco. I currently have no connection to any of my 40+ pipes. I also do not own a unique pipe. More than half my pipes are cobs and they serve me well. I would gladly trade my 40+ pipes in order to purchase twice as many pipes. Although my wife already insist I have too many pipes. :lol:

sablebrush52 · Dec 24, 2016

Tough though it might be, gone in 30 seconds if the price is right.

puffy · Dec 24, 2016

My pipes are pretty old.I probably couldn't replace some of them even at double what I paid for them. I've got a few that I wouldn't buy again.Something different would be in order.

pruss · Dec 24, 2016

I'm with Sable... double my money? I'm rebuilding the collection.
While it is true that some pieces would be hard to find again, the hunt is as interesting as the collecting to me.
-- Pat

snagstangl · Dec 24, 2016

Gone. Time to rebuild. I have so few that are artisan pipes. Irreplaceable, most are not.

metalheadycigarguy · Dec 25, 2016

While my collection is somewhat small and low in value compared to most, and while I don't have many high end pipes; I enjoy the pipes I have and don't think I could bring myself to sell them.

warren · Dec 25, 2016

My used pipes? Double the appraised value wouldn't pay for replacements. Now if he included airfares, hotel, etc to Dublin, London and Chicago I'd probably go for it. There are three different shops I need to visit if I am to find a dozen or more smokers I'd like to own. To be honest, he could have the pipes free if he'd simply cover all of my expenses as I hunt for replacements.

andrew · Dec 25, 2016

This topic, this thread tho......

daveinlax · Dec 25, 2016

In this market nobody would be foolish enough to offer me anything close to what I have paid for my collection but I was asked a few years ago in semi jest by a guy who I know could write me a check what he could buy it for.

The upside is that you would get to build a stable of pipes from the ground up, using everything you've learned over the years.

I sold a solid Dunhill collection 20 years ago to fund the collections I continue to build today. I got out a at a fairly high pre eBay point and came out about even. The only real profits I've made in this hobby are from the few high end Danish pipes I accumulated before they got hot years ago and tobacco. 8O

scrooge · Dec 25, 2016

They'd be gone in a heart beat. I'd be happy with just breaking even.

darthcider · Dec 25, 2016

I only have half a dozen pipes, none of which hold sentimental value or are irreplaceable, show me the money!

wyfbane · Dec 25, 2016

Hmm. Tough call. Double appraised value would likely net me a profit. I dearly love my pipes though... but I could focus on artisan pipes though... but I have some odd quirky pipes that would be hard to replace... but I could find new quirky pipes... but I actually have (and dearly love) quite a few Charatans now and I can't touch them for what I paid for them even getting double for the ones I have... but I am a much more discerning shopper now...
Yeah. This just makes my ADD go apeshit. I have no clue what I would do. It would depend on the day and I would likely regret whichever action I took.

ukbob · Dec 25, 2016

Show me the money.

pagan · Dec 25, 2016

Couldn't do it, spent to much time putting to gather the collection of estates and the ones that were gifted to me are irreplaceable

swhipple · Dec 25, 2016

I'd have to think about it for awhile if there was an actual offer on the table but I think I'd probably end up selling. I've been seriously pipe smoking for about 5 years now and I've learned what my tastes in pipes are. So given the chance to start over I could build a collection more aligned to my preferences. Having said that I really like some of the pipes I own and I do have some attachment to them so it would be a tough choice.
This thread did remind me that it's time to sell off some of the pipes that live on the back of the rack.

simong · Dec 25, 2016

Dear god men, is nothing sacred! Ah go on then, chuck in some st. Bruno & you got yourself a deal!

ashdigger · Dec 25, 2016

I would not do it.
I'd keep them. My pipes are not manifestations of money. Sure they cost money, and some are real shiners and some are duds, but they represent more than that. Some have come to me as gifts, some through trades and some are reckless eBay purchases. My pipes are not some trinkets or tchotchkes that I just grab from a rack, they represent a process. A process of learning and development that is more important than the knowledge.

All Your Pipes, Double Your Money; Would You?

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