Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[orlandofurioso]

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.

Thank you for, over and over again, sharing your knowledge Jesse.
I knew this would lure you out of the woods

 

[sablebrush52]

Thank you for, over and over again, sharing your knowledge Jesse.
I knew this would lure you out of the woods

As it happens, this business about the cartouches impelled me to look at some later Barlings, 1907, 1908, etc, and found that the same arrangement of cartouche shapes were used much, much later. The pipe could be from the first or second decade of the 20th century as much as the 1880's.

 

[AJL67]

I saw the crack pipe jokes coming but not that one.

I know they are just cracking me up!

 

[orlandofurioso]

As it happens, this business about the cartouches impelled me to look at some later Barlings, 1907, 1908, etc, and found that the same arrangement of cartouche shapes were used much, much later. The pipe could be from the first or second decade of the 20th century as much as the 1880's.

My 1903 Barling bulldog shows a semi-orific bit.

 

[orlandofurioso]

 

[orlandofurioso]

Intuition tells me the unsmoked bulldog with its shortened shank is a first or second decade last century one.
My knowledge is very limited though.

 

[sablebrush52]

Intuition tells me the unsmoked bulldog with its shortened shank is a first or second decade last century one.
My knowledge is very limited though.

Without seeing the joinery there's no way to be sure, but it is more likely from between 1900 and 1920. I have one of these as well, from 1913, IIRC, and what make's it kind of special is that it's the earliest use of the "Ye Olde Wood" stamp that I've seen. Also semi orific bit. But Barling continued to use orific bits up to the late 1920's, so it "just depends".

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

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...

Well the good news is these will be back up for sale by a jobber who has no idea what they are and what they are worth. So you may get a chance to buy them again at a much lower price.

 

[ssjones]

Made a play for this one, but topped out at $460, too much, for an unrestored example with slightly worn nomenclature (and no shot of the other side). Looks like all the major estate sellers agreed, all the bids from relatively low volume buyers.

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[NC TX ID pipeman]

I just bought this Comoy's second Lions head the other week for 37$ incl.shipping..Happy about it

 

[georged]

Made a play for this one, but topped out at $460, too much, for an unrestored example with slightly worn nomenclature (and no shot of the other side). Looks like all the major estate sellers agreed, all the bids from relatively low volume buyers.

 

[ssjones]

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Ah-ha, Deadman's secret weapon!

 

[buckaroo]

Yeah, that 284 went nuts on a weekday.

 

[ssjones]

Yeah, that 284 went nuts on a weekday.

A few years ago, Deadman Pipes bought this 284 from me for $450, a later era example in excellent condition. He flipped it and it went for less than my selling price. Guess I should have hung onto it.

 

[ssjones]

James Upshall X Grades are pretty rare air. This beauty did pretty well. Gnerally James Upshall pipes just don't market well these days, I guess they still have the Moti stink to them?

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[sablebrush52]

This 7 day Barling set from 1914 is one of the most interesting Barling items I've seen in a while, and I would have seriously bid on it but for the fact that it's being shipped by the dreaded eBay Global stealing, destroying, Shipping program. I contacted the seller about it and got no response from him. I hope that the buyer receives the pipes.

It went for surprisingly less than I expected, given other prices on Barlings. I don't know if it's because of the indifferent photos, or that this period, which used to be quite hot, has cooled, or what. Maybe others didn't want to deal with Global stealing shipping either.

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[Ahi Ka]

This 7 day Barling set from 1914 is one of the most interesting Barling items I've seen in a while, and I would have seriously bid on it but for the fact that it's being shipped by the dreaded eBay Global stealing, destroying, Shipping program. I contacted the seller about it and got no response from him. I hope that the buyer receives the pipes.

It went for surprisingly less than I expected, given other prices on Barlings. I don't know if it's because of the indifferent photos, or that this period, which used to be quite hot, has cooled, or what. Maybe others didn't want to deal with Global stealing shipping either.

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I was winning for a day. That made me feel chuffed.

 

[sablebrush52]

I was winning for a day. That made me feel chuffed.

Well, you get to keep that memory. You may have dodged a bullet. I expected closer to somewhere between $3800 and $4000, based on past sales of sets like this.

 

[jaingorenard]

Not as interesting as the above, but did anyone go for this one?

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[ssjones]

Not as interesting as the above, but did anyone go for this one?

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Wow, looks like someone did quite well (no shipping to the US).