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I get the same banner ads I've always gotten. But you can easily convert pounds to us dollars with Google.
Yeh, the whole comas being used as decimals throws me off. The world is getting smaller. Probably before I die, we will see an international currency, where everyone can all participate in the worldwide exchanges of goods and services.
I use an a phone/iPad app for the rates. The app checks the rates each time I open it. But, it's always interesting to walk around airports looking for the best exchange rate before swapping out dollars for the local currency.
This new meer is referred to here as an "original" Andreas Bauer, "now almost impossible to find"...implying that it is pre 1990 and made in Austria...but it does not actually state that clearly.
https://tabaccheriacorti.com/gb/pipes/1788-a-bauer-the-original-pipe.html
https://tabaccheriacorti.com/gb/pipes/1788-a-bauer-the-original-pipe.html
I don't know if you're referring to the Bauer, but if so, I'm not seeing anything in the upper left except that it's an original AB. The term original doesn't tell me much...you can call a post 1990 AB made in Turkey an "original". But stating that it is "now almost impossible to find" does give the impression of it being a pre '90. But the fact that it is new/unsmoked makes me wonder what the date and place of manufacture really is.
I thought of messaging them about it but their contact page is not in english...and I'm not considering purchasing it anyway...just found it interesting.
It's also interesting that I've looked at that page a few times now over the last day or so and the price keeps changing by a significant amount.
Well, for the record, I did go ahead and inquiry with them regarding the Bauer, and I received a very nice detailed reply.
In a nutshell, he had a few Bauer meers in his personal possession (at least 4 based on what was said) that were put up for sale a couple of years ago...and the one on the site now is the last one.
The others he knew for certain were of Austrian manufacture, but the current one he wasn't sure about so he contacted someone he knows who is supposed to be an expert on these AB meers, and his opinion is that this last one was made in Turkey.
In a nutshell, he had a few Bauer meers in his personal possession (at least 4 based on what was said) that were put up for sale a couple of years ago...and the one on the site now is the last one.
The others he knew for certain were of Austrian manufacture, but the current one he wasn't sure about so he contacted someone he knows who is supposed to be an expert on these AB meers, and his opinion is that this last one was made in Turkey.
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