Truth?
I've read perhaps a dozen books about the battle of Waterloo. If I were EVER to spend the price of a used car on a pipe product [I'm not], this'd be it. . . and I don't even really like the shape that much.
I knew three collectors fairly well in the late 90's who chased Dunhill limited edition pipes and smoked them. At least in those days, people who could afford to play in that park had lots of other available investment vehicles.