Dunhill DR - Should I? Shouldn''t I?

I have been watching a Dunhill DR ** put up on eBay by a reputable European retailer and wondering whether I should bid hard for it. I have 8 Dunhills in my collection and value them all, especially the 'patent era' shells. I have a 1980's HT Collector and a beautiful pre-1970 shell 'quaint' with a solid gold ferrule. BUT I don't have a 'DR'! From what I've read on 'pipedia' and elsewhere the DRs are the 'true' Dunhill straightgrains. They also cost 'an arm and leg' - the ones I've seen recently have cost > 1000, UK pounds that is!
I have seen some wonderful Dunhill collections from members of this site, and I am hoping someone can help me.
How special are they? are they worth the premium so I can 'have' one? Are they better than a Peterson straightgrain (of which I have two, and love) which are 25% of the price? Or my Barling pre-transition straightgrain at 30% of the price or my prized 1914 Barling at 70%? Or should I just keep my £££ in my pocket???

@Roth, I don't want you to think I'm a filthy-rich doc like some of the stateside ones lol. Fact is my University gave me a financial 'bung' for my 60th birthday and 25 years' service! It would just about pay for a pipe like this.
@Peck, you are right. I do like a nice grain/look, but smoking quality is more important. In some of my very old Barlings the grain is almost obscured by the deep maroon/plum stain typical of the turn of the century, but they are champion smokers. If I went for this and it didn't smoke as well as my patent-era shells and roots I would be seriously upset! Very seriously upset!!. It is a 1970's pipe and I'm not sure they are built as well as they were in the past.
@guhrillastille, yours is a crucial point! I have followed about five Root DRs in the last couple of months, all 60s-80s, and this one does not shine out particularly. The grain, while very impressive, does not look as 'tight' as "fishnbanjo's" superlative example. However for a group 3 bent billiard it weighs just one ounce, so the briar quality must be very high.
@fishnbanjo, I am envious LOL. If the pipe in question looked like yours I would be on my way to Germany with a wad of £££!!!
I'm having an obammah moment of indecision, but all your comments have helped.

@allan I am absolutely with you. I am totally against 'trophy' pipes lol and smoke every pipe in my collection. Quality is crucial, but my eye is still turned by beauty! LOL
@tbradsim your "I'm not getting any younger" point is exactly the one I use on 'my other half' every time I buy an expensive pipe!!!!

Thanks all. I see things more clearly now, but a question to fishnbanjo, if I may:
If you were me, would you go for this or commission two bespoke hand made Chris Askwith Mortas plus a dozen clay pipes so I can test my theory that his 10,000 year old Morta is not neutral, but adds a lovely, subtle nutty/smoky taste to the tobacco? LOL

Sorry roth, I don't follow your last post?

Slept on it last night - didn't help. Again understandably mixed advice lol which makes me feel better about my own indecision!!
@Roth, it seems that we think alike on this subject, but express ourselves differently LOL I am a smoker primarily, but with a hint of the collector! However I have no interest in their investment potential, except perhaps as something special to pass on to my son.
@misterlowercase, Your point about nomenclature over quality is a good one. In this very expensive example of a recent-era Dunhill what proportion of the price would be attributable to the Dunhill label and the apparent DR rarity? If it was the stunning example shown by fishnbanjo I would already have made up my mind.

When you and your stateside brethren were slumbering (or otherwiae? lol) I took out some of my other NAMED AS straightgrains and gave them a good looking over. The least expensive was my Peterson's - with stunning, dense grain but the pipe itself not particularly light (perhaps because of the silver ferrule). Then a Loewe L&Co "Haymarket" era circa 50's - 60's straight billiard (bought restored from rebornbriar for $220!!). Then James Upsall's G-grade pot and a large cherry wood-shaped sitter (80's?) Finally a pre-transition Barling "straightgrain" (20's-40's) won on eBay for $500 and restored to perfection by rebornbriar. All These pipes are very light for their size, especially the JUs and Barling. Their grains IMO are as impressive as those of the DRs now up for sale. When I look at straightgrains I always inspect the 'birdseye' grain on the rims and bases of the bowl, as this should IMO be very small-grained and dense. This is true in all my examples.

On this analysis, as a 'smoker who collects' I don't like the idea that I might be paying such a high premium simply for the name, simply to 'tick the DR box' LOL

But I'm still swithering! To make matters worse I've found another DR** in the same seller's shop - almost identical grain; a 1982 with a larger size 4 bowl (Al - Bruyere Pipes Ebay shop, Germany). It looks virtually unsmoked at $1390 "buy now/best offer" (cheap if you say it quickly LOL). So, like the Russian's 'knight's move' on Syria, this has complicated the decision, but it does mean that the pipe under auction is likely to go for less than $1400, unless other bidders are unaware of the other DR.

I may end up tossing those coins lol unless fishnbanjo comes back in and helps me with my Chris Askwith Mortas alternative, please???
I know exactly where I am now - deep in obamaah land!! LOL One more fretful sleep, and one way or another I'll do the deed tomorrow!