Condition of Estate Dunhills and Other Britwood Pipes on eBay

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Have anybody of You paid attention to how in heavily used conditions many of no refurbished Estate Dunhill pipes are when these show up on eBay, in a lesser degree the vary same phenomena seems to be true with the majority of Old Britwood, especially GBD brand

 

[dcon]

Yes. I definitely take this in consideration when/if I bid. I believe that many are being sold by unknowledgeable sellers that have no idea about pipes or restoration. They just recognize the name and think they have found a goldmine

 

[hauntedmyst]

Agreed. And I think dcon nailed it as to why. You see it with other well known names too even outside of smoking. Someone thinks they uncovered a treasure but it's just another commodity from yesterday.

 

[dquisenberry]

I don’t know how much that effects the dunhill market but prices are definitely down. Lots of Higher starting bids are being ignored.

 

[BROBS]

I think what he's saying is that in general the ones you see for sale as estates are heavily used and abused.

and yes I have noticed it.. you can't find a decent used GBD for shit.

 

[brunot]

A lot of these that I come across are usually the same:

Stem's looking like a Wendigo bit a nice chunk off it, bowl's all charred up and reamed to nothingness, but the description still says PERFECTLY PRESERVED RARE SPECIMEN !!! Glancing over the nomenclature, you look at the barely visible letters and with the help of a telescope you read
"D N ILL SH L M DE IN ENG ND 28". You get a good chuckle out of the $420 pricing and close the laptop to go do something worthwhile.

There's still plenty of decent sellers who understand restoration and sell decent pipes for fair prices (at least with Dunhill), they just get a little drowned out. Nothing wrong with selling a pipe "to restore", but some people are really pushing it. IMHO easy to spot, easy to ignore

 

[donjgiles]

There are still good deals out there.
I recently bought a 1967 Bruyere 252 F/T which is a nice big group 4 billiard. Rim is good, chamber is sound and in it's original round, stamping is clear and deep. Stem is a little rough by the button but all else checks out and even had the original inner tube. Buy it now, $109.97, delivered $116.57. Great smoker.