Extremely Rare Dunhill.... or not....

[donjgiles]

Umm, no...

 

[haparnold]

What a steal! Probably comes from Alfred Dunhill's Cubist period.

 

[sasquatch]

I mean.. it is rare. To the point of being unique.

 

[ashdigger]

Dunhill & Root? Aren't people even trying anymore?

 

[peckinpahhombre]

And the seller is . . . starfish . . . a relative of the legendary starcat, perhaps?
hmmmm .. . . .

 

[npod]

Damn! PAD is strong with this rare beauty.

 

[shanez]

I wonder if that is considered false advertising?

 

[mikethompson]

How do they get Dunhill from just the letter 'D'? That's a stretch.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

I've probably spent $15 on worse things.

 

[donjgiles]

"I've probably spent $15 on worse things."
Really?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Oh, my!!

 

[sablebrush52]

WTF?

 

[jguss]

Lousy photos, but that only excuses us, not the seller.
Alas, it's not a Dunhill. The nomenclature actually reads D&P, which stood for David and Paul Lavietes (close kin to Henry). This pipe very probably dates from WW2, and is entirely typical of the company's output. You can find the D&P backstory many places online, including notably in one of Steve Laug's excellent posts (see https://rebornpipes.com/tag/dp-pipes/).

 

[ssjones]

Like Paul Harvey, Jguss always comes through with the rest of the story!

I had to google Henry Lavietes:

https://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Henry_Leonard_%26_Thomas_Inc.&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile

 

[jvnshr]

You can find the D&P backstory many places online, including notably in one of Steve Laug's excellent posts (see https://rebornpipes.com/tag/dp-pipes/).

That was a nice read, thanks.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It's the paneled version of this thing.

 

[danielplainview]

A white dot equals $500, right?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Only because it costs so much to fix the spade machine at Grabow when it starts spitting out white circles.

 

[newbroom]

The value of the 'white dot' was what motivated my replacement of a replacement stem that arrived with my one and only Dunhill pipe. (see avatar)

I spent more on the 'certified Dunhill' stem repair from Howard Shulte than I did for the pipe, which was perfectly smokeable with the stem it arrived with.

I still think the total I've got invested is obtainable via open sale. It's a 1954 656 1/2 bent shellbriar and I've got just about $150.00 into it, making it my most costly pipe (out of pocket). I was gifted one that's worth a lot more, but it's not a Dunhill. (Sav Autograph)

 

[eaglewriter1]

That looks more like one of these Hobby Blocks you can buy then a finished Pipe. Also pro Tipp: If you want to commit fraud be sure to at least Not have the actual company name in your pictures. Or is this just case of a seller absolutly not having a clue and just copying a header?