There ya go... man sorry to hear that, really sucks!
I just dropped my Meer lined Peterson about a month ago and shattered the meer lining, the pipe itself is fine other than a few dings, but no more lining :( so yeah I feel ya!
So glad that you were there for him... your right sometimes just being there for someone is worth more than any money in the world.
You are a good friend and a good man.
Ill do you one even better... Coffee and a pipe first thing in the morning when your camping! ... at the risk of sounding like a teenage girl.. OMG! :P
I know of lots of people who prefer to buy estates that way... there are allot of people that dont know how to properly clean a pipe and end up screwing it up, especially during the reaming process.
I am one of those that prefers to do the cleaning my self :)
Good luck.