Sometime, you just get lucky and this is one of those times for me. This elegant estate Meerschaum is likely a pre-embargo Pipe that has an amber bit and it has been taken care of, which is one of the more unlikely events to happen in the Meerschaum estate market. http://pipesmagazine.com/members/fred/album/picture/816 I got lucky, as the Pipe didn't attract a lot of attention, as it did not come up on a general Meerschaum Pipe search on e-bay, so I wound up getting it at a very reasonable price, which is a rarity these days with bidding typically going on at vastly overinflated estimates of value. It has a great patina and the Seller was very open to my pre-bid inquiry, which is really the deal make or break for me. I will know more when I get the Pipe in my hands, but from what I already know, it should only need a good cleaning. This Pipe has years of service left in it and will continue to color as it is smoked.
