Where are all the original Ben Wade pipes?

Just joined this forum. Have smoked a pipe since 1964 but have had to give up most smoking now for medical reasons.

I just sold off my 42 pipe collection of the past 35 years.Now getting in to restoring old pipes.Found an interesting Ben Wade pipe supposedly from the 1920's.It is marked on the stem with an oval containing B.W. and the Model underneath, "County". The silver band is marked with BW, the London Lion Assay mark, the Chester Assay office mark and the stylized S denoting the year 1943. This is a very light, dainty pipe that has no fills or other defects. I can find very little information about early Ben Wade pipes.Where are they ?? There is a set of County pipes(unsmoked)from the 20'S on EBay that have very similar markings.Hope someone here can fill in some history about the earlier pipes and if this one is collectable. Thanks so much, Hoppes
Edit: I fixed your pictures - in Photobucket, you simply copy the IMG link on the right and paste it directly into the thread.

Thanks Sablebrush. Those sites are quite old and don't have much about the original pipes. I've tried to load the photos off Photobucket twice now without success. The forum needs a better process for uploading pictures directly !! Hoppes.

Thanks ssjones for redoing the pictures. I have a Photobucket account and thought I copied the right IMG function. Will do better in the future. I've spent a great deal of time on the internet searching for early Ben Wade info. Hopefully members can add some more. Thanks to all for your interest. Hoppes

The factory was destroyed during WW2 which makes the marking on this pipe even more mysterious. The silver S stands for the year 1943--so the factory was either destroyed after that date or the company used the silver bands they salvaged from the wreck on pipes made after they rebuilt ?? Very interesting !! Hoppes