I have hit the pipe mother load. My Father-in-law called me a few weeks ago, very excited. He is a painter and said he had been working a job where the gentleman had a leather rack on the wall full of pipes. He offered to buy them but they didn't want to sell. Last week he was back there doing some more work and somehow he managed to barter some work for the pipes. So he calls me and says, "Do you have a Dunhill?" My response was no, to which he says, "I do". Then he says, "Do you have a Charatan?" Again, a no from me. His response was, "I do." It continued from there. Finally he tells me that he bartered for the guys whole collection, an elderly man who doesn't smoke them anymore. He got 12 pipes all in their original boxes with socks and documents. 1 Charatan, 1 Savinelli Gold, 1 Comoy Celebration Edition, 1 Ben Wade 600 hand model, and 8 Dunhills. Yes 8 Dunhills, I about fell out of my chair. I picked them up last night and I was a bit light headed as he presented them to me one at a time. There was also a very interesting leather pipe rack that hangs on the wall, another round rack also very interesting and different from any that I have seen, and a single pipe rest, as well as 4 other pipe boxes for which he didn't get pipes for, with their pipe socks. 2 GBD's, A Castello, and an extra Dunhill box. He also had a cased clay pipe that he found at an antique store for me. The Charatan dates from around 1955-1960. The Comoy is a commemorative pipe from 1976. The Ben Wade 600 from what I can tell is a rare pipe. 600's are a rare high grade and it is in a black satin and red felt with gold piping lined wooden box and the pipe sock is black satin with a red felt lining. It is very nice and the pipe has amazing grain. The Savinelli Gold also is a high end Savinelli and the gold band isn't smooth, it looks to be hand etched and is marked .750. The Dunhills are as follows. Shell Poker Group 4 1971,Tanshell Billiard Group 4 1974, Shell fat stem bulldog Group 4 1974, Large straight bulldog ODA Group 6 1974, Small straight bulldog Group 4 1974, Gold banded pot Group 4 1974, Small bent bulldog Group 4 1975, and a Black shell billiard Group 4 1976. I plan to restore and keep all of the pipes and will post a thread when I get them all finished, so consider this a before restoration set.
Now for the pics. The boxes
Dunhills in their boxes
Other Pipes in their boxes
Charatan
Comoy Celebration
Savinelli Gold
Ben Wade 600 Hand Model
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Every Dunhill has all of this documentation, Satin Pipe sock, and box.
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Leather and wood pipe rack
Leather Wall Hanger Pipe Rack
Single Leather Pipe Rest
Clay Pipe
Now for the pics. The boxes
Dunhills in their boxes
Other Pipes in their boxes
Charatan
Comoy Celebration
Savinelli Gold
Ben Wade 600 Hand Model
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Every Dunhill has all of this documentation, Satin Pipe sock, and box.
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Leather and wood pipe rack
Leather Wall Hanger Pipe Rack
Single Leather Pipe Rest
Clay Pipe