Interesting Auctions (Sunday, July 9th)

ssjones · Jul 10, 2017

These two were fun to watch, last second heroics for both.
Comoy's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMOY-S-SILVER-BAND-PIPE-EARLY-SCRIPT-LOGO-/382144552831?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=T7gpRwTUHdKxW7KcBeymZ03Qzyg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I didn't look up the lower case "h" hallmark (and his description script never shows up on my Firefox).

(update - 1907?)

'37 GBD
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1937-GBD-STERLING-HALLMARKED-THICK-CHUBBY-RHODESIAN-ESTATE-COLWRIGHT/382141816314?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
R9239, I guess a precursor to the 9242? I had that shape number in a old Digby.

Every hallmarked GBD from that era seems to start with an R, I wonder what it signified?

dmcmtk · Jul 10, 2017

I didn't look up the lower case "h" hallmark (and his description script never shows up on my Firefox).

(update - 1907?)

Looks like the n from the 1916-35 series, so 1928. Interestingly it's another, different script logo as the two seen in the Comoy's Dating Guide article at pipedia, which makes sense given its later date.
https://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Comoy%27s_Dating_Guide

ssjones · Jul 10, 2017

Your hallmark eyes are always better than mine!

dmcmtk · Jul 10, 2017

I forgot the picture in my post...

Check the logo against the two examples in the pipedia article.

pitchfork · Jul 10, 2017

It's always dangerous to argue with dmcmtk, but I think that's the "b" not the "n." Look at the top of the vertical line of the letter on the left-hand side. There's a sort of "t" shape to it, a horizontal bit (more crescent than straight) at the top of the vertical. That looks to match the seraph at the top of the 1907 "b" rather than the 1928 "n," which just has one little squiggle out to the side from the main body of the letter "n."
Cool shape, regardless.

kenbarnes · Jul 10, 2017

it is a London Hallmark 'b' for 1917-1918

ssjones · Jul 10, 2017

When I blow up the close up, I think Ken & Pitch are correct, it looks like the b from this chart.

ssjones · Jul 10, 2017

pitchfork · Jul 10, 2017

"it is a London Hallmark 'b' for 1917-1918"
Yep, 1917! Not 1907.

sablebrush52 · Jul 10, 2017

You're sure it isn't a q standing on its head? That would make the pipe 1930.

pitchfork · Jul 10, 2017

You're sure it isn't a q standing on its head? That would make the pipe 1930.

Pot stirrer!

georged · Jul 10, 2017

I think it's a bi-lateral, oblate, cuneiform letter "zok" in its hieroglyphic post-Euclidean instantiation.

jpmcwjr · Jul 10, 2017

I thought so!!!!!

dmcmtk · Jul 10, 2017

it is a London Hallmark 'b' for 1917-1918

I'm going to revise, and extend my remarks. I think Ken is correct.

ssjones · Jul 11, 2017

Neill Archer Roan just posted to facebook that he was the buyer for the Comoys. He is sending it to Chris Asteriou to replicate a modern version.

paulfg · Jul 11, 2017

That chubbyGBD Rhodesian is a beauty,I love that shape

The comoy's doesnt do it so much for me though,although a nice old pipe

pitchfork · Jul 11, 2017

Neill Archer Roan just posted to facebook that he was the buyer for the Comoys. He is sending it to Chris Asteriou to replicate a modern version.

Brilliant.

georged · Jul 11, 2017

Neill Archer Roan just posted to facebook that he was the buyer for the Comoys. He is sending it to Chris Asteriou to replicate a modern version.

Cool idea, and EXCELLENT choice to make it. Chris's eye for detail and ultra-precise execution is world class. He's easily one of the world's top ten carvers, and arguably the best of them all. (Who else is equally good at classic shapes AND spaceships at that level?)
Can't wait to see it. (I refuse to get splattered by Facialbook, but assume someone here will snag a photo when the time comes)
Speaking of copying classics, check this out from Jesse Jones (a.k.a. Snaggly Whiplash :lol: ) in Columbus, Ohio. I've seen quite a few original Walrii, and he flat NAILED it. And a more difficult shape to copy would be hard to find.
Maybe a mini-trend is underway? : puffy

:
https://www.blueroombriars.com/collections/jesse-jones-pipes/products/jesse-jones-pipe-sandblast-walrus

pitchfork · Jul 11, 2017

Speaking of copying classics, check this out from Jesse Jones (a.k.a. Snaggly Whiplash :lol: ) in Columbus, Ohio. I've seen quite a few original Walrii, and he flat NAILED it. And a more difficult shape to copy would be hard to find.

I saw that one, too. He did a fantastic job.

ssjones · Jul 29, 2017

The GBD had a dead-beat buyer, so it's been relisted (sold previously at $266).

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