Comoy I am sure ssjones is watching.

snagstangl · Dec 3, 2015

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231765756906?_trksid=p2055359.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
$561 with 5 hours to go. I am sure ssjones is watching or bidding on it but Im guessing it will go for an insane amount.

elpfeife · Dec 3, 2015

If you ask me it is already at that level.

buroak · Dec 3, 2015

I think ssjones is sufficiently prudent to have bowed out by this point, if he ever bid in the first place.

davet · Dec 3, 2015

I'd be all over that but there's a Grabow Royal Duke I'm watching. Seriously it's a gorgeous shaped pipe but too rich for me.

gloucesterman · Dec 3, 2015

Given the condition, that pipe is overpriced at the current bid. But I'll bet in the last few moments the price goes up again and maybe even a lot. It's a rarely seen shape in a Comoy.

georged · Dec 3, 2015

An ugly surprise for whoever wins it will be the significant shank-to-stem downward step that de-greening it will create, and then can't be "blended away" the way it can on most such pipes using re-finish trickery. The non-stop sinuous curve that is the essence of the shape---WHY it looks so cool---won't allow it without destroying the line.
And leaving it as-is makes no sense, either. Yuk.

mso489 · Dec 3, 2015

The right buyer and the right pipe, the price can go way up.

aggravatedfarmer · Dec 3, 2015

what a beauty! thanks for the post! it almost looks like an author if not for the scribe markings!

jpmcwjr · Dec 3, 2015

$561 was the final a few minutes ago.

ssjones · Dec 3, 2015

I have a mint condition 499 Extraordinaire, so I was only watching....with delight! The pipe looks restorable, the stem/shank connection might improve after cleaning. The C logo is pretty degraded but they seem to hold well, even in that condition. It looks like a lot of rookie Ebay'ers were after that one. I was hoping for a last second shootout, but it was not to be.
I remember the first time seeing mine in person, a pipe that I never thought I'd have an opportunity to own (I was able to pick it up from the seller, a forum member who lived near NYC)

davet · Dec 3, 2015

A sweet looking pipe, the shape is a beauty.

peckinpahhombre · Dec 4, 2015

I was eyeing it, but way more than I was willing to pay. Al, I hereby offer you $562 for yours.

ssjones · Dec 4, 2015

Sorry Peck, she's not for sale...yet.
I was showing the auction to my wife, she asked "what is yours worth?", so I better keep an eye on my cabinet....

condorlover1 · Dec 4, 2015

Damn and I just tossed three of those in the garbage only last week! :rofl:

ssjones · Dec 4, 2015

I had a groan moment three years ago at Richmond. Early in the show, I stopped by Andy Camire's table and asked how he was doing. He said fine, he had just sold a Sandblast 499......(the smooth 499 Extraordinaire shows up on Ebay about every two years, the Sandblast, never?)

disinformatique · Dec 11, 2015

I wont pay $561 in the condition she's in

plus after spending 3k this year on pipes. I am all piped out. All my purchases now are for my website only

Comoy I am sure ssjones is watching.

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