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Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
1,875
6,912
Guerneville, CA
Someone just picked up this '30s Shell for a pretty nice price. I'm curious about the top pipe too, but impossible to see any hallmarks.


@Ahi Ka snagged that lot. They will come to me for restore. After I examine the top pipe up close, I can post here.
 

Ahi Ka

Lurker
Feb 25, 2020
6,717
32,135
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Say hello to Mr. Cracky. He's about to become your new friend. :)




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Yes I saw that crack, and that’s why I wasn’t prepared to pay more than £35.

Why we are looking at random lots, did anyone here get this? I was super curious about the banded pipe. I could see a encircled 2 and wondered if it was an old Pete.


And speaking of Pete’s…

 

Humblepipe

Lifer
Sep 13, 2019
1,875
6,912
Guerneville, CA
Yes I saw that crack, and that’s why I wasn’t prepared to pay more than £35.

Why we are looking at random lots, did anyone here get this? I was super curious about the banded pipe. I could see a encircled 2 and wondered if it was an old Pete.


And speaking of Pete’s…


I've not seen a Pete Meer w/ ornate carving like that before...
 
Dec 10, 2013
2,607
3,334
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
A lot of pecunia for two unsmoked Barling pipes in a display box.
A bulldog showing some damage and an oddly stamped sandblasted one :
 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
20,704
48,979
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
A lot of pecunia for two unsmoked Barling pipes in a display box.
A bulldog showing some damage and an oddly stamped sandblasted one :
It's a lot of money, on the other hand, these are two curiosities, and some collectors, like me, love that stuff. The 1880's is interesting because it's stamped "Barling's Make" which means it was totally fabricated in the Barling factory, which, if the case, would push back the earliest datable use of the stamp by about a decade. But the year stamp on the silver is unreadable, and while the cartouche shapes point toward an 1880's origin, the order of the country and city stamps is reversed from the 1880's. Just to make sure I pulled out my 1880's Barlings and the country and city hallmarks are in reverse order from this pipe. It's too bad the seller didn't show how the stem was attached to the shank, as that would have helped date the piece. If there's a friction tenon, it's not an 1880's piece. The cartouches are odd.
The real interesting piece is the side stamped sandblast. Never seen that before, but I have seen the side framing of the Barling's Make shank logo in the pre-war period. The stem shape solidly locks this pipe to the 1930's and later. So was this sidestamping of the stem logo something done for the rare pre-war sandblasts? There's no knowing until some other examples turn up. There's no other nomenclature on the pipe, according to the seller. So, unlike other pre-war Barling sandblasts, there's no "Nibblick" stamp. Again, a unique and kind of mysterious Barling pipe in unmoked condition as well. What's not to like if you're a Barling fan.
 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
20,704
48,979
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
A lot of pecunia for two unsmoked Barling pipes in a display box.
A bulldog showing some damage and an oddly stamped sandblasted one :
Unfortunately, the seller is using the infamous eBay Gobal seizing,, stealing, reselling Shipping and was completely unfazed when I made him aware of its track record. Hopefully nothing will go wrong...