1940 Dunhill. Does It Have any Value?

[grimsthorpe]

Castellarius, Love the avatar. Thanks for the kind thoughts and advise. At some point in life, this like virtually everything tangible must move on. I am not going all Egyptian mummy on this thing. Further, it is not like grandpa has just passed. This pipe has been in my possession for over 30 years. When grandpa did pass, I was the only family member interested in the pipe. I am still the only one interested. I have moved the pipe from one end of the country and back. This is not the only thing I am callously casting aside in my greed for measly cash. It is part of a life process. Since evilly leaving this forum 7 months ago to work in a remote part of the Yukon, I have only just returned. So sorry so many feel this is somehow reprehensible.

I have sold grandma's couch, and it was a beauty, and yet oddly I do not miss it. My pipes are all curved and coarse-textured, much like me. This pipe is rigidly smooth and straight -much like grandpa. He was a Scot after all.

For me this has been a process. I am not looking to sell this thing before the old boy is in the ground. Nor am I looking to sell it today. As I was not looking to sell it 7 months ago. I am merely beginning the process.

If that makes me a "shill" then so be it.

This really has become a weird forum. Like Atticus Finch perhaps you should walk a mile in someone else's shoes before criticizing.

 

[tbradsim1]

Grim, sell the SOB and don't let the doorknob hit you in the ass!

 

[cynyr]

In my insignificant opinion, this developed into the best post I have read here in a long time.

 

[numbersix]

Since evilly leaving this forum 7 months ago to work in a remote part of the Yukon, I have only just returned. So sorry so many feel this is somehow reprehensible.

I thought it bizarre because I was so surprised you came back!
I have no problem with it personally - but we've seen many people show up - make a single post just wanting free info on a pipe and after we give up our time and offer some excellent free advice, they are off without so much as a thank you. We're a bit jaded I think - lol!
The fact that you returned and thanked everyone is a nice gesture actually - just a bit unusual after several months.
And while I think most of us find it odd that you don't want to keep it - I can understand it to an extent. Some people just aren't attached to things, so more power to ya. And PM me if you wanna sell it! I probably cannot afford it, but I love a straight pipe. ::

 

[numbersix]

Thanks for posting Sam. Might be a billiard - tough to tell from this angle. Very cool either way!

 

[grimsthorpe]

Thanks again, Sam.

 

[numbersix]

Good point, perhaps a Liverpool?

 

[grimsthorpe]

Dear Briarblues,
Simply a lovely message, Thank you. I appreciate all you have written and am not rushing to sell. Only that eventually, at least at this point, I feel I will.
Cheers

 

[dmcmtk]

Check your private messages.

 

[grimsthorpe]

dmcmtk: Sorry, I cannot find your message.

 

[warren]

If the pipe is going up in value far faster than inflation, I'd be tempted to hang on to the item just to see what happened for a few months. If value is not keeping up or the bottom falls out of the market, sell it and get the money. Either invest the money so that it grows faster than inflation or . . . take it and buy something that pleases you.
I'm one of those people that values the memories of my family, not the stuff. That said, not one of my passed relatives would support the idea of hanging onto old stuff when there is money to be made. I do have a few Scots in the old tree. If so moved, sell the pipe, get the money and make it grow. I suspect the old banker would be right proud of you.

 

[foggymountain]

If I may offer a differing opinion. The fact that a pipe belonged to my grandfather would mean nothing to me, though I very much liked both grandfathers. I am not sentimental about old bits of matter. If I did not smoke it, I would keep the pipe for a while because an unsmoked 1940 Dunhill is very valuable and will get more so. Forget the $300 valuation. The $800 quoted by Six is a more realistic figure, and it will get much higher as time passes. But, I should mention that I would smoke it. The chance to break in a 73 year old pipe is too interesting to pass up. Briar continues to age beneficially after the pipe is made. This briar should make a really great smoke.

 

[dmcmtk]

Top right on the forums page, I will resend it.

 

[gwtwdbss]

Grim, welcome aboard. This being Grandfathers pipe, It's "true" value would be impossible to determine. To a collector the value can be only what the pipe physically is. Only you can decide if the monetary representation of value exist in this pipe. My grandfather never smoked a pipe but my Great Grandfather did. If I had one his pipes smoked or unsmoked, it would be priceless to me. But that's just me. Think about that a little bit before you let it go.

 

[grimsthorpe]

Dear Foggy, i continue to learn. You guys are really making me rethink my "shilling" of the pipe.

Thanks

 

[grimsthorpe]

Okay Folks,
The pipe is back on the shelf in the man cave. I have not, in any way, protected this pipe, other than to keep it in a nice cool dark man cave. It does not seem to have suffered any real ageing. Is there anything else I should be doing in order to keep it safe?
Cheers

 

[grimsthorpe]

It seems to have worked so far. Keeping it in the cardboard box seems to have been a fortunate thing in keeping its good looks.

 

[numbersix]

Thanks for the update grim - glad to hear it's on your shelf!

Keeping it in the cardboard box seems to have been a fortunate thing in keeping its good looks.

Take good care of that box - protect it in plastic and out of the light. That box adds nicely to the pipe's over all value.

 

[grimsthorpe]

numbersix,
Should the whole thing be in a ziplock? I would worry about potential condensation. As for light, the man cave is pretty dark.

 

[andrew]

That's one nice pipe, indubitably.....

I don't believe in karma, it's a heresy frankly. I find it funny this could of ended up at the sally Anne for probably 5$ but instead you asked for advice from a pipe forum then get accused of using a website for just an appraisal. It's a pipe forum, welcome