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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
It was all so right. It was all so wrong. And "interesting" definitely an understatement. And as someone who tends to be skeptical of emails from deposed Nigerian foreign ministers who want to wire millions to my bank account, and investment opportunities involving bridges to Brooklyn (or...- guylesss
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Greetings from Bulgaria
Welcome from Brooklyn! I've incredibly fond memories of stopping for several days in Sofia on a rail journey between Venice and Istanbul. "Muck-ma-luke"--which I was told was Bulgarian for hangover, is the only word I remember.- guylesss
- Post #18
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
Oops! The horror. I entirely missed the initial part of the thread above deciphering the op's report of nomenclature. My apologies those who weighed in earlier.- guylesss
- Post #79
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Salut from the Netherlands
Welcome Johnston, from Brooklyn. I've fond memories of several months in the Hague where, among other things, on my arrival on an early morning commuter train from Schiphol, I discovered the existence of folding bicycles (my daily mode of transportation here in NYC for more than a dozen years).- guylesss
- Post #31
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Old Long Rare Black Spot Dunny
With Dunhill pipes from the 1920s (now therefore a century old)--discolored dots are not uncommon. All in all, an absolutely wonderful find that looks entirely unmolested (no small thing to my mind--between the old habit of having pipes buffed monthly at the local pipe ship, and the current ebay...- guylesss
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- Forum: British Pipes
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Jaw Dropping Pipe Auction Coming in May from Taurus Auctions!
Clearly THE auction for fanciers of garish polychrome tampers.- guylesss
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
Thank you for the new photos, melkvintage. The imperative thing now is to actually remove each pipe from the box. Nonetheless, I think we can now hazard to guess--from what looks like a blurry, pixellated "15" (after Made In England on one of your pipes), and shape codes consisting of either...- guylesss
- Post #73
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
Jon, Alejo--you've persuaded me that the o.p.'s box was much more likely intended for some sort of Dunhill salesman's use, rather than a retail customer. Hard cutouts fitted to known pipes seem to be the approach taken by Dunhill throughout the years--even to the present, and regardless of...- guylesss
- Post #63
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
Here's a very late (1960) 7 day set that was sold by Esterval's Pipe Shop--a mix of Roots, Bruyeres, and Shells. https://www.tecon-gmbh.de/product_info.php?cPath=210_522_1240&products_id=6519&language=en&lgcode=1- guylesss
- Post #59
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
An appealing theory to be sure--and I am the first to admit that I have a very inexact idea what sort of cases Dunhill sold sets in after they discontinued making their famous Ventage in which each pipe was meticulously fitted. What is clear from the 1951 catalogue is that six pipe sets were an...- guylesss
- Post #56
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Vintage Dunhill Set of Six Pipes. Help!
As others here have said, you've done extraordinarily well. And definitely got the attention of more than a few of us. "Sets" of cased pipes has long been a quintessentially English thing, and early in their history, Dunhill in particular took the idea to the limit. Not only did they offer...- guylesss
- Post #55
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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A Question For You Ebay Sellers...
Like everyone else here, I've plenty of complaints to make about Ebay as both a regular buyer and an occasional seller. In my case over the course of twenty odd years--with many of them growing far worse when masking bidder identities began (first during auctions, and more recently even in...- guylesss
- Post #56
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Hello from London, UK
Welcome from Brooklyn, NY. As you may well have noted, there are more than a few here who know and appreciate early British pipes, and who can, moreover, be extraordinarily generous about sharing their expertise when one is stumped.- guylesss
- Post #44
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
Although I do sometimes nurse a cold spark of hope that one day I might come up an actual "swan neck" Dunhill L.C. in sound original condition--Ideally from the mid-1920s, obviously in "shell," or perhaps, failing this, something spectacularly distinctive like the early 50s Tanshell that MKELAW...- guylesss
- Post #1,544
- Forum: British Pipes
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The Gentle Art of Smoking - Signed Copy
Pretty much. Or strictly speaking, a genuine, counterfeit signed copy. (Signed, presumably, by the author's father--if not before he was born, then almost certainly before he wrote the book. . . .)- guylesss
- Post #25
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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How to Date Esoterica Tobaccos?
Both weird and helpful to know.- guylesss
- Post #39
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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The Gentle Art of Smoking - Signed Copy
Out of mild curiosity--since I am keen on inscribed books in a vague, general way-- I've occasionally looked for Dunhill books that have been signed. And my impression is that they are uncommon, regardless of which member of the Dunhill family might interest you. As for this copy and its...- guylesss
- Post #23
- Forum: Tobacciana History
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How to Date Esoterica Tobaccos?
Judging from the most recent Saturday morning sales of Steve/Pipestud, which have featured quite a few bags with visible date codes, there are some G letter codes in the mix. But it also seems clear that some US retailers (for at least some blends) have received bags in the most recent "drop"...- guylesss
- Post #35
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How to Date Esoterica Tobaccos?
I am sure there are far more compelling things for me to focus on solving today, and all my apologies for reviving this dormant and much discussed topic, but I've just received a couple of bags from a retailer with an E batch number. I've been all in with the COVID warehouse mopping up theory...- guylesss
- Post #32
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion