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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
All three of the Dunhill pipe shapes in the cased set appear in the 4th Edition of About Smoke published in 1920 (albeit in the smooth versions rather than shell, as one would expect): Along with the registration marks on their stems, we can read the shape code on the bottom of each olive: 101...- guylesss
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I'd personally go with Rosicrucians, Knights Templar, Freemasons, the Illuminati, Bilderberg, and Skull & Bones. However, Loring (page 21) seems to say that the earliest stamp (1917-21) is "Dunhill's Shell Briar;"--which is exactly what appears on this set, and (page 22) that this was...- guylesss
- Post #2,067
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Actually, we might be able to hazard a plausible guess that is a bit closer and a few years earlier. The white silk lining of the Ventage case--which looks a convincing original match to the three pipes (which in turn look convincing as a set)--is marked, "Alfred Dunhill Ltd/London." It lacks...- guylesss
- Post #2,062
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Why go to all the fuss and bother of selling a pipe (or a set of pipes) if you can sell a picture of a pipe (even if you get a bit less)?- guylesss
- Post #2,061
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Meanwhile, speaking of oversized Dunhill shell bents of recent manufacture commanding an impressive, head-shaking price ($3169.57+tax) this weekend, there was also this cased "magnum."...- guylesss
- Post #2,023
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Given that Dunhill "rationalized" its model names about this time, this would have to be among the very last examples of a pipe actually stamped "LC." I am sure that's worth something (to someone), but $2130+tax?- guylesss
- Post #2,022
- Forum: British Pipes
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1946 Dunhill Shape 59 --- a Sandblast (Shell) Finish For the Ages
Sorry to be late to this particular party--but MAGNIFICENT, George! While generally ceteris paribus I subscribe to what I call the "Goldilocks Test" (too little, too much, just right), I cannot actually say I've ever seen a pre-war Dunhill I found too craggy for my taste. But I readily admit... -
Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
What's the fun of being an heir, if you cannot finally allow yourself to act out/cast off/free yourself of all those interminably long decades of bottled-up resentment, ignorance and malice. . . ? I could go on.- guylesss
- Post #1,993
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Kind of hard to ignore was the Sunday auction of what may well be the most pristine, virtually unsmoked example of a 1926 Dunhill LC (with both a completely legible reg number on its stem and perfectly crisp nomenclature) ever to emerge "from the wild." It is moreover a lovely example (perfectly...- guylesss
- Post #1,990
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I feel your pain.- guylesss
- Post #1,988
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Speaking of impressive Dunhill magnums (selling Sunday for an impressive $3850, although clearly the top bidder would have been happy to pay more--judging from the bidding history), this one in a ventage case is a beaut...- guylesss
- Post #1,977
- Forum: British Pipes
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Spotting Replacement Dunhill Stems (pre-1970)
This is absolutely invaluable, George! Very fortunately "good" copies are extremely difficult and time-consuming to make, and bad copies seem the norm with replacement stems (at least until the market in "estate" pipes began to involve serious money). The problem of connoisseurship that... -
Dunhill 475 (cherrywood) 1956 Tanshell with 360-degree ring grain (super rare for the period)
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Certainly worthy of note was last week's 1926 Parker magnum billiard. Notwithstanding considerable stem oxidation, its rim, nomenclature and chamber suggest it was an unusually sound example of an exceedingly rare pipe from Parker's early glory days as a sub-brand of Dunhill. Given the typical...- guylesss
- Post #1,974
- Forum: British Pipes
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When the PipeGods Give You Lemons, Make Lemonade (Barling Quaint rescue)
Such elegant work. Not just lemons into lemonade; more lemons into a magnum of Dom Perignon or a string of pearls. I too prefer the proportions (and execution of the stems) of both the repaired Barling and Dunhill to the originals. Bravo, georged!- guylesss
- Post #25
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Dunhill stem dot concerns
To make an assessment of the stem, it really needs to be removed from the pipe (in addition to being seen fitted to the stummel). Photos of the tenon and mouthpiece will be much more helpful than photos of the dot (or spot) which not only varied enormously over the years and from pipe to pipe...- guylesss
- Post #23
- Forum: British Pipes
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The Danish Pipe Shop…thoughts?
I would strongly second this advice (though I have never had to pay "extra" for tracking). I buy quite a few things from other countries, and since COVID, USPS has on occasion taken what can only be called a fairly whimsical attitude to delivery. Customs is a whole other thing--sometimes...- guylesss
- Post #41
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Lady piper from NY
Welcome from the western shore of the East River (which is to say, the Williamsburg waterfront).- guylesss
- Post #50
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Hello from Italy
Welcome from New York. Where in Italy are you? Tanti anni fa, I lived in Venezia.- guylesss
- Post #17
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Showoff Your Dunhill Pipes Here!
FWIW, although it took me rather a long term to begin to appreciate bulldogs as a classic English shape, the 48 is one of my favorites too.- guylesss
- Post #416
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes