Another Old Timer for the Sandpiper Museum.

[thesandpiper]

Another Old Timer for the Sandpiper Museum.
One of my passions is hunting out Peterson Patent and Pre Republic hidden treasure on E-bay. It gives me great pleasure to spot one with potential,then battle to win it and then closely exam it when it arrives, to see if it is treasure trove.

I recently bid and won this one for the princely sum of $67.The sellers description was very brief and basic. Other than an indication that it was an old Pete from around 1920.

It duly arrived and I had an opportunity to exam it in detail. I can now confirm that the hallmarks do indeed date it to 1920,it is a model/shape 8b,2nd grade.

Following a good spiff and clean up, it is in my opinion now a little cracker. It can be seen in the following photo.

 

[menckenite]

Nice find and congrats!

 

[pstlpkr]

Very nice Sandpiper.

Remarkably good condition for 90 years.

Congratulations!

 

[rxman]

Beautiful find there, Sandpiper. I also bid and won on a Peterson oil-cured meerschaum yesterday. It looks really nice in the pictures provided, rustic finish and all, but I know nothing else about it or them. Sandpiper, being the collector you are, have you come across one before? Thanks for any enlightenment. At one time, I only smoked Peterson pipes, but ventured out, don't know if it was a good thing or not? Anyway thanks again.

 

[thomc80]

Yet another beautiful pipe in your collection. Congrats

 

[hilojohnny]

Lovely, lovely....the briar fairly gleams on this pipe....Well done!

 

[excav8tor]

Another nice buy Jim. I might actually outbid you one day!!!

 

[unclearthur]

That is surely a beauty! Great addition to the collection.

 

[bubbadreier]

Beautiful pipe sandpiper! Congrats!

 

[lordnoble]

I looked at that one sandpiper. I didn't watch it though because I thought for sure it'd go over $100, which while still a great price for a beauty like this one, SWMBO would have me living in the van. Had I known it'd go for under $70, I'd have bid, even if you would've ended up out bidding me. Awesome pick up. I'm envious for sure.
-Jason
P.S.- I would've smoked it, myself.

 

[rxman]

Thanks for your help guys, appreciate it.

 

[collindow]

That looks better than my 48-52 year old pipe (can't get an exact date, Kaywoodie is sketchy that way.)

Very nice!

 

[greggors]

Beautiful pipe! love the metal on it, smooth looking =D