1884 Barling Pipe On eBay

[fordm60]

Or.......he has a ton of cash and a avariey full of albatross for his smoking pleasure!! ::

 

[saltedplug]

For somebody with the money to spend, doing a complete refurb whether to smoke it or just display it in a beautiful case would be quite something. $884.00 but some 150 years old; totally worth it, at least to me.

 

[sablebrush52]

For somebody with the money to spend, doing a complete refurb whether to smoke it or just display it in a beautiful case would be quite something. $884.00 but some 150 years old; totally worth it, at least to me.

I totally get that. But at the price I was quoted for Albatross bone, the refurb would run in the neighborhood of $1700 dollars. That kind of bread is a bit too rich for me.

 

[gloucesterman]

That would bring the total investment to about $2600. I suppose to some that might be worth it but recovering that kind of investment should you ever need to is certainly unlikely. I think it's fair to say that would be an investment by the heart not the head.

 

[sablebrush52]

I think it's fair to say that would be an investment by the heart not the head.

Yep, and I get that was well. When I did the restoration and publication of the circa 1914 Barling Catalog, I spent a good deal of cash on conserving the original for the future, and on the printing. If I factored in my labor for the hours I spent on the digital restoration, my outlay would come to about $7000. Through sales, I just about broke even on the original purchase, the conservation and the printing. Some things are not done for money.
$2600 or less, could buy you a very nice unsmoked cased set of Barlings.

 

[disinformatique]

Jesse is the catalog still available online to purchase?

 

[sablebrush52]

I believe so, on eBay. The listing is about to end. If it has, just PM me with your mailing information.

 

[misterlowercase]

Pipe Monk,

you will really enjoy that catalog, it's amazingly beautiful.
A very fine and extremely well done facsimile.
A true joy.
::