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  1. jonasclark

    Where to go in Philadelphia?

    Cheesesteaks indeed, but where, I wonder? Pat's & GEno's are the big names, but every single user I see discussing them on food forums has a completely different place for THE VERY BEST cheesesteaks. And is it sacrilege to order them with provolone? I know Cheez Whiz is the gold standard there...
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    "Silver Eskimos" photos. Please repost in that thread. ,

    Nice antique meerschaum you've got! Excellent metalwork.
  3. jonasclark

    Where to go in Philadelphia?

    I'll be there in June. Are there any tobacconists who have at least a fair selection of pipes? Or any good antique shops, for that matter? Most of what I found online looked like cigar stores.
  4. jonasclark

    Kirsten Pipes - I happened into what remains of the retail shop.

    First, they lost the Fisherman's Terminal shop due to rising rents, but had a smaller, newer shop on Denny. They had enough parts & bowls to last "a long time," and when those ran out and they tried to have more produced, all their machinists had retired. The remaining Kirsten family were going...
  5. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    No idea, friend has it. I know zero about firearms.
  6. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    You can do that, but if nothing like what you have has sold recently, or there's only one... I've been slowly going through them. As said, I may ask a friend who has a WorthPoint account if I can use it for a day or two and see a lot more closed auctions. The one briar I kept from the lot, the...
  7. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    If I wanted to sell on the ol' 'Bay (or here) is there a good way to find realistic values? I know very well the 'Bay occasionally has very high or low sale prices for other items I collect about which I do know typical collecting values.
  8. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    That may be, but his website says he won't accept them. I can still contact him and ask, but I don't have the equipment or the know-how to clean them.
  9. jonasclark

    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    All of these have at least a tiny sliver of cake (none won't take my index finger-- unfortunately, my finger's size isn't well-known like Marty Pulvers' thumb) and over half have some faint tooth marks and/or a bit of rim-darkening, so Pipestud won't take them. Pardon me. The one at top left...
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    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    Any idea what I should ask for it? The owner wants these sold, they're just giving me as long as it takes and they trust me to figure out reasonable prices-- a nice change from the expected "no lowballs, I know what I have!"
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    How to Sell a Large Lot of Pipes

    Title edited for caps and brevity A friend of a friend buys at estate sales, mostly furniture, and resells. He'll say, "I'll take everything in this room, everything in this room..." etc. so large lots of furniture getshipped to him. In the base of a hutch (and he has no idea which sale it was...
  12. jonasclark

    Tiny Meerschaum Cutty With History

    Lovely pipe with very interesting provenance!
  13. jonasclark

    Austria Stamping Near the Button?

    I haven't! Stem is plastic, so probably 1950s.
  14. jonasclark

    What Are Your Favorite Pipes To Collect?

    Ismet Bekler's abstract meerschaums, early ornate corncob pipes and Kirsten pipes are my favorites. Kirstens are, in my opinion, wonderful smokers. About the only specific pipes I'm still after fit these categories: a Kirsten cigarette holder, a Kirsten pipe in the "Western satin" coppery finish...
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    Odd Old Pipes

    Yes, shopuld have a length of cherrywood (with the bark on) for a shank. The abguss, the lower-ost part which acts as a well to catch the tobacco juices, is connected wrong; the curled part should face the same direction as the bowl. The wide bit below the stem is a piece of antler.
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