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brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,706
18,341
So is this officially the most expensive pipe anyone has ever seen for sale or has there been one with an even higher price?
 

Olkofri

Lifer
Sep 9, 2017
8,342
15,353
The Arm of Orion
This one caugh my attention more, in spite of missing the dinosaurs:

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Waning Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
47,773
129,249
If it's never been sold they can value it all they want, but that is not it's true value.
The tower was hand cut from sheets of 18-karat gold and embellished with 492 diamonds, 140 sapphires, 20 rubies, and a cornflower-blue 3.75-carat Sri Lankan sapphire. It has a matching cabinet decorated with an inlaid image of workers building the Eiffel Tower holds the pipe and five rare books about the Paris landmark, including volumes commissioned by Gustave Eiffel in 1900.

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tobefrank

Lifer
Jun 22, 2015
1,368
4,974
Australia
The tower was hand cut from sheets of 18-karat gold and embellished with 492 diamonds, 140 sapphires, 20 rubies, and a cornflower-blue 3.75-carat Sri Lankan sapphire. It has a matching cabinet decorated with an inlaid image of workers building the Eiffel Tower holds the pipe and five rare books about the Paris landmark, including volumes commissioned by Gustave Eiffel in 1900.

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So if you take it apart the materials are worth a fair bit due to rarity, but I stand by my original comment. If nobody actually paid $3.5M for it, that is not it's value.
 
May 2, 2020
4,664
23,612
Louisiana