Am I Going Mad....

[Fiddlepiper]

It looks like that even within original Dunhills there will be slight variances. Here a comparison picture from the John Loring page at Pipedia:

The differences are subtle but still there. I like that there are differences. If a person is inclined they can track down an original that they find slightly more appealing than the others and, if they are lucky, add it to their collection.

Not that I'll be bidding on the one in the OP but I do really like the lines on it. I also really like the lines on the 1927 #LC in the pic. The "flow" of it works for me.

It is a gorgeous shape. I think I prefer the 1927 #120 and 1934 #LC.

I really am taking a notion to get something made in this shape. It’s so elegant.

 

[lightmybriar]

I agree, after taking another look without the beer-goggles on....................... ?

I think it’s a 1959, as it looks to have the additional underscored 0 and then a 1 after it, meaning it sold in 1961.

 

[lightmybriar]

The first one that couldn't was a newly purchased Ruby Bark 4103, no tampering there.

And it didn’t come with an inner tube already installed? That is quite unusual indeed.

 

[Chasing Embers]

And it didn’t come with an inner tube already installed? That is quite unusual indeed.

Nope. The first i had that would pass a cleaner was a nearly full bent Shell Briar Collector.

 

[OzPiper]

1200 quid for a pipe!! Then set fire to it!! Your right the world's gone mad

At the end of the smoke you still have your pipe.
Smoking an expensive vintage cigar on the other hand .........

 

[shanez]

It is a gorgeous shape. I think I prefer the 1927 #120 and 1934 #LC.

I really am taking a notion to get something made in this shape. It’s so elegant.

This isn't the same but is in a general sense similar and much less expensive. My Savinelli Qandale 602:

 

[Fiddlepiper]

This isn't the same but is in a general sense similar and much less expensive. My Savinelli Qandale 602:

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That’s certainly nice too. Definitely similar in style/flow.

 

[dmcmtk]

I think it’s a 1959, as it looks to have the additional underscored 0 and then a 1 after it, meaning it sold in 1961.

That would make more sense.

 

[ssjones]

You can pick up the poor man's LC, the 120 shape for around $200 (or less if you move fast). It's not quite as graceful as the LC, but close if you squint (this one my birthyear pipe, a '61 Shell).

As Sablem mentions, the Sasieni Viscount Lascelles shape is also close, I just sold this one to PaulF and its heading to Greece.

 

[cshubhra]

That was really interesting, thanks! Didn't Sasini make a swan neck pipe too? It had a really pronounced flat swan 'head' if I remember right.

Along with @ssjones post above, here’s mine Viscount Lascelles

 

[mingc]

I think Robert Telfer of Sutherland Pipes does the best LC shape.

His instagram page: Login • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sutherlandpipes/?hl=en

 

[Fiddlepiper]

Well I found myself a pipe maker recommended by a friend and have started discussing getting something in the LC inspired shape. Wont be ready until summer but very excited. ?

 

[guylesss]

I think it’s a 1959, as it looks to have the additional underscored 0 and then a 1 after it, meaning it sold in 1961.

According to Loring, either unsold (at Dunhill or I assume an authorized retailer) for two-three successive years, or returned to Dunhill for work of some kind, twice. But totally agree it's 1959, Steve.

A wretched looking LC from 1965 (with a stem that had lost much of its "swan" bend, if original) turned up on eBay last winter (and then, here, Mike Law's 1953 tanshell, more recently). But it's clear that after the war, few were made.

I have to confess, wistfully, that back on 6 March-- when there were only three bidders at a price only a bit north of £100--I'd lit candles and sacrificed a couple of goats, hoping this one might remain under the radar, given that the seller obviously knew nothing about pipes of any kind, was totally clueless about what he had, and had not even used the pulse-quickening initials "LC." anywhere in the listing, although it is stamped clearly enough on the pipe-- maybe bit like offering a 1963 Ferrari GTO for sale as a hardtop coupe.

 

[shanez]

It shot up almost $1000 in the last few minutes. Fun to watch.

 

[telescopes]

It means either one of two things. One, that our current world economy has long legs with plenty of room to stretch, or two, that the end of the world as we know it is at hand and someone will take comfort in knowing they have a worthless pipe when the time comes.

I haven't a clue as to which it is.

 

[dmcmtk]

...the pulse-quickening initials "LC."

I like that!

How much do you want for that Hardtop Coupe?

 

[Fiddlepiper]

That was a fun one to watch!

 

[guylesss]

I like that!

How much do you want for that Hardtop Coupe?

In a private sale, the most recent one to change hands fetched $70 million. Wire half that into my account by midnight (PP F&F preferred), and my associate--a high ranking cabinet minister in the Nigerian government-- will be in touch to arrange to ship the "hardtop" anywhere you like in the lower 48.