All Your Pipes, Double Your Money; Would You?

[thesmokindragon]

nope, as others have said some made specific for me - great amount of time in hunting others down - great memories, each one takes on it's own spirit and is not just something to burn bacci in...well they are but not really, hehe :rofl:

 

[cortezattic]

I couldn't part with some of the pipes I received as gifts, nor could I forsake the pipes that have delivered so reliably and so well over the years. They're a part of my life, like comfortable old shoes.

 

[akfilm]

Hell no. I have some very collectible pipes, and some pipes that now have great sentimental value (such as my Nording Signature that has traveled with me and been smoked in five countries and 12 states). I wouldn't part with most of my danish freehands and Meerschaums ever.

 

[georged]

No.
Besides the memories and emotional attachment I have to my current collection, replacing it would be effectively impossible.
When Ebay first appeared, there was all manner of excited dealing going on, but after the choice stuff found a home it flatlined. Silly prices for mostly junk. (Finding truly collectable collectables is still occasionally possible, but is time-consuming drudgery at best.)
Most of my stuff pre-dates that. It was largely cherry picked from collections that Barry Levin (the de facto "inventor" of estate pipes) bought from widows and so forth, before they were cleaned up and resold. Circumstances that can't be replicated today. Pipestud, Mike Glukler, Marty Pulvers and etc. are in a situation where they could do it to some degree, but the majority of the top quality pieces are no longer in circulation as a categorical thing. (Specific distribution instructions usually accompany such collections when their owner passes on or quits the hobby, which usually means a short list of friends. They rarely appear on the general buying public's radar.)

 

[philobeddoe]

This^^^^^, there is a group of high end collectors that pass the very best pipes back and forth....they never reach the open market!

 

[dottiewarden]

I'm with pagan. My gift pipes make them valuable to me beyond their monetary value.

It would not work for me as many were gifts and some hold other sentimental value.
My pipes are worth far more to me than they would to a professional appraiser.
What's your grandfather's pipe worth to you?

 

[rx2man]

This is a tough one. And something I consider from time to time. As I get better at making pipes I start to think about selling my collection. I dont think about it for long though and some have a sentimental attachment. I was in Croatia summer of 15 and hung out with a carver there for a week. Brought home 2 pipes from him. Smoked both, not something I do often with a new pipe. But I decided these would not be pipes I would ever sell. I also have 4 Peterson Silver Caps. They are hard to find as estates and it would take some time to replace them. Although getting twice as much would allow me to buy a lot of new pipes so it would be tempting......

 

[jkrug]

Nope...wouldn't do it.

My pipe collection is humble compared to some but I do have a couple one offs and several that I received as gifts that hold sentimental value to me.

Money or new pipes could not replace their value to me. ::

 

[jerwynn]

+1 with all the "Never" "couldn't do its"... unless my grandchildren were starving... otherwise, every pipe has a story and a significance to me.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

Impossible. If you can somehow offer me double the time I've invested in my pipes then that's a hell of a deal. Seeking out a specific pipe and waiting/looking for the opportunity and actually getting it is harder than just accumulating because you have funds. Also some were gifts/made for me.