Help with Odd Dunhill Markings

[verporchting]

This from the guy who wanted me to find out what brand of toothpaste Montague Barling used.

And the answer was …? ?

 

[jguss]

And the answer was …? ?

Montague Barling had dentures. He usually cleaned them with a soak in Oxy Clean followed by a wet sanding with 2500-3000 grit, topped off with a light coating of obsidian oil.

 

[Kevhebs]

Pretty sure that big R stands for Root Briar...

From Pipedia: Finishing letters and group size: "S" for Shell, "T" for Tanshell, "R/B" for Redbark, "A" for Bruyère, and "R" for Root Briar. For example (4)S, (3)T, and so forth.

Pipedia Dunhill Dating Guide - Pipedia

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Maybe a fake.

Hey DangerStranger! Not sure if you’re still around this site much but I have a couple questions about one of your pipes from one of your old posts. Can to PM me? Thanks! -Kevin

 

[orlandofurioso]

The pipe is part of a collection called The White Spot Collection, made of limited series of shapes replicated from the factory design charts of the 1920's. Yours is the number 0363 (I have the number 0255). The R means the shape Pot, tapered bit, showed for the first time in Dunhill catalogue in 1928 ( I have also a R, Shell briar, from 1966). So all good. Happy smoke!

Paolo already gave the answer, but yes; commemorative pipe.
R=Pot etc. Very nice pipe, congrats !

 

[bowler1]

It’s a collection pipe to represent the shapes of the 1920s. Pay tribute to the “founding shapes”.

Thank you! And yes this makes sense. I figured that this was either a number representing the number of pipes for a special run of some sort or a complete and total error which I figured was unlikely.

In either event the primary reason I was asking was to determine if this pipe might have a higher collectibility or value in the event I ever re-sell it.

It would seem that being part of a numbered collection might make it relatively more collectible and perhaps more valuable.

What do you think?

Matt

 

[Alejo R.]

Pretty sure that big R stands for Root Briar...

From Pipedia: Finishing letters and group size: "S" for Shell, "T" for Tanshell, "R/B" for Redbark, "A" for Bruyère, and "R" for Root Briar. For example (4)S, (3)T, and so forth.

Pipedia Dunhill Dating Guide - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Maybe a fake.

Pretty odd

 

[Alejo R.]

Pretty sure its not a fake, as it came from an avid Dunhill collector in Europe and I'd expect him to tell me if he knew it was a fake.

Is not

 

[sablebrush52]

Thank you! And yes this makes sense. I figured that this was either a number representing the number of pipes for a special run of some sort or a complete and total error which I figured was unlikely.

In either event the primary reason I was asking was to determine if this pipe might have a higher collectibility or value in the event I ever re-sell it.

It would seem that being part of a numbered collection might make it relatively more collectible and perhaps more valuable.

What do you think?

Matt

Having the complete set would make it more valuable. Being an incomplete part of a set might make it more valuable to someone looking to make a complete set, but will otherwise not matter or even affect the value negatively.