Always window shopping, I ran across three distinct pipe sets way up-market that seem to dance across the line from extra premium tobacco pipes to fine arts sculpture arrangements. First was a plate of faux food by Todd Johnson that includes a dinner plate with various side dishes surrounding a duck breast configured pipe; the second was a Bing Crosby three pipe set by Scottie Piersel, with the pipes arranged on a finely finished cross section of tree trunk and resting on three golf balls as a sort of pedestal; and finally, even Scott Thile gets into the act with a bent bulldog two pipe pair on a special rack. If you have to ask the price on these, you can't afford them. I can't afford them. But it seems to be a trend for the well-off pipe smoker who wants their pipes to double as decor in the spacious sunny rooms of their expansive houses. Cool ... in a way. My vicarious thrill of today. These all appeared on SP, and two of them were sold.
