The Worst Ever Pipe Photographs On Ebay?

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mawnansmiff

Lifer
Oct 14, 2015
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7,295
Sunny Cornwall, UK.
I happened upon the below advert but in some pictures I'm struggling to actually see the damned thing :crazy:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLEAN-VINTAGE-WDC-SHEFFIELD-REAL-BRIAR-SMOKING-PIPE-S/252686809820?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D5aebb3fe3672412e8b177907d9fc0aea%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D152342635874
Regards,
Jay.

 

B18

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 27, 2015
261
150
Maybe he wanted to be artistic. Darkened room, a nice pipe, ashtray and different angles. Only tobacco, lighter and scotch is missing.

 

agnosticpipe

Lifer
Nov 3, 2013
3,332
3,413
In the sticks in Mississippi
I love it when the seller says "see pictures for description", and then the photos look like that! Do they see these photos differently than anybody else? :crazy: This happens all too often, dark, grainy or blurry photos, and unless it's something I'm really interested in enough to ask a few questions, I just pass on the whole thing.

 

ssjones

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Staff member
May 11, 2011
18,323
11,092
Maryland
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"Worst pictures" is unfortunately a big crowd.
This one was listed, with sterling referenced, but no detail. I asked for details on the nomenclature and he added two fuzzy (aka useless) pix... frustrating, particularly since any modern cell phone camera takes brilliant close-up shots. I told him some detail was needed to get his asking price, not surprisingly, no one had bid on this one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291987929159?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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jpmcwjr

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Staff member
May 12, 2015
24,570
27,079
Carmel Valley, CA
Al's linked photo is the first I've noticed where nothing is in focus. The opening frame of that pipe is mostly in focus, but lighting way off:
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oldreddog

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 4, 2014
923
6
Is it one on those pictures that if you stare at it long enough you will see something?

 

dread

Lifer
Jun 19, 2013
1,617
9
That one isn't near the worst I've seen. I've seen them where the pipe is just a blur, not the whole pipe, clearly the wrong pipe, all kinds of bad pics!

 

jpmcwjr

Moderator
Staff member
May 12, 2015
24,570
27,079
Carmel Valley, CA
I'm wondering if there'd be interest in putting together a how-to post on photography. We have a number of photogs on the board, seek input, then write up a short blurb on it.

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
19,632
44,859
Southern Oregon
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I've counseled more than a few sellers over the years on the importance of good photographs for their eBay listings. There's nothing more important.
But I'm also grateful to the clueless as I've made some of my best scores from ineptly photographed pipes, including my first Barling quaint, a beautiful 7" long giant pot that I bought for $89.

 
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