Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[runscott]

Thanks guys.

Wat?

I jumped the gun on something and it required a clean-up on aisle 3.

 

[AroEnglish]

Thanks guys.


I jumped the gun on something and it required a clean-up on aisle 3.

Makes sense. Go ahead and message me those live auctions so I can run them up.

 

[runscott]

Makes sense. Go ahead and message me those live auctions so I can run them up.

The really good ones already have plenty of 'people' helping them out

 

[Ahi Ka]

Ah shit…I go and spend the afternoon with my family and missed seeing all the edited posts. FOMO is real yo

 

[runscott]

Ah shit…I go and spend the afternoon with my family and missed seeing all the edited posts. FOMO is real yo

I did the same thing and missed ... nothing. Everyone should try it.

 

[DrBryant]

Looks like someone had second thoughts on selling this unsmoked 11s. Took it down a few hours after listing the auction.


Unsmoked Peterson 11s.

 

[Ahi Ka]

That Pete is gorgeous.

 

[runscott]

Looks like someone had second thoughts on selling this unsmoked 11s. Took it down a few hours after listing the auction.


Unsmoked Peterson 11s.

No, it will be back up. The seller is a friend who I contact regularly. I invited him to a Zoom that George D and I used to attend, and we discussed some restoration techniques with him, trying to help out. I sent him a note about this pipe, saying that the photos of the rim and chamber weren't so great for an unsmoked pipe, as they showed a lot of dark areas. I suspect he took it down to re-photograph those areas.

He's a good seller who treats his customers fantastic.

 

[AroEnglish]

No, it will be back up. The seller is a friend who I contact regularly. I invited him to a Zoom that George D and I used to attend, and we discussed some restoration techniques with him, trying to help out. I sent him a note about this pipe, saying that the photos of the rim and chamber weren't so great for an unsmoked pipe, as they showed a lot of dark areas. I suspect he took it down to re-photograph those areas.

He's a good seller who treats his customers fantastic.

Yeah I just got a nice pipe from Clayton and he seems like a great seller. My suspicion was that someone made him a really high offer on it but thanks for clarifying that it’s likely to reshoot photos.

 

[DrBryant]

No, it will be back up. The seller is a friend who I contact regularly. I invited him to a Zoom that George D and I used to attend, and we discussed some restoration techniques with him, trying to help out. I sent him a note about this pipe, saying that the photos of the rim and chamber weren't so great for an unsmoked pipe, as they showed a lot of dark areas. I suspect he took it down to re-photograph those areas.

He's a good seller who treats his customers fantastic.

Besides the resolution I thought the pictures looked great. I supposed I’d like to see the indentations left in the chamber from the finishing process (this head cold has driven from me the correct terminology).

It is a stunning pipe, I even made my wife sit and pore over the pictures.

 

[runscott]

Besides the resolution I thought the pictures looked great. I supposed I’d like to see the indentations left in the chamber from the finishing process (this head cold has driven from me the correct terminology).

It is a stunning pipe, I even made my wife sit and pore over the pictures.

Yes, I always show the lathe marks on unsmoked pipes. I mentioned that to him, so maybe that's the photo he's going to add. I bet he gets more $$$ for it with a lathe marks picture and one with a cleaner rim photo.

 

[runscott]

This is weird. I just took another look at the photos in the 11S auction - that is NOT the pipe I was looking at when I sent him the note about the rim and lathe marks. I must have had two browser windows open. These pictures look great - no idea why he ended the auction other than perhaps my note and comments confused him (it would have confused me).

 

[ssjones]

This one went higher than I would have guessed. I wasn't familiar with Birks. Looks like a Comoy's COM, but the shape numbers isn't from the catalogs.

COMOY'S RARE 1930's "BIRK'S RHUM PIPE" BOWLING BALL STEM SHAPE 444 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Have you ever seen a pipe shape that makes the pictures look like they're stretched/wide angle?. It's stamped 444 and like the other these pipes did not fall within the standard shape catalog/portfolio but may have been listed as another.

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[FLDRD]

This one went skyrocketing in the last seconds.

PETERSON P-LIP 1898-1998 COMMEMORATIVE X61 BENT BILLIARD ESTATE PIPE W/STERLING | eBay

The X61 as you know has its roots in the original 160 from the 1906 catalog and the "X" of course indicates a beefed up version with this a certainly robust sized pipe. I'm not sure how many of these they made as they're not numbered, but I can't imagine it was a ton as you simply can't find them.

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[runscott]

This one went skyrocketing in the last seconds.

PETERSON P-LIP 1898-1998 COMMEMORATIVE X61 BENT BILLIARD ESTATE PIPE W/STERLING | eBay

The X61 as you know has its roots in the original 160 from the 1906 catalog and the "X" of course indicates a beefed up version with this a certainly robust sized pipe. I'm not sure how many of these they made as they're not numbered, but I can't imagine it was a ton as you simply can't find them.

www.ebay.com

I'm surprised it didn't go higher. Although this is the third one to sell on ebay in the last two months, they aren't normally that common. And it's based on the X106 shape that was just used in the POTY and was also featured in the PetersonPipeNotes blog.

Here's a really rare one that sold yesterday. It's only the third documented Peterson 'Avon' example, and the first bulldog, although I'm sure there are others running around out there. It might be part of the series Peterson did in the late '40s or early '50s with English names. I have a couple of 'Croydon'-stamped pipes.

Peterson 'Avon' 046 Bulldog

 

[FLDRD]

I'm surprised it didn't go higher. Although this is the third one to sell on ebay in the last two months, they aren't normally that common. And it's based on the X106 shape that was just used in the POTY and was also featured in the PetersonPipeNotes blog.

Here's a really rare one that sold yesterday. It's only the third documented Peterson 'Avon' example, and the first bulldog, although I'm sure there are others running around out there. It might be part of the series Peterson did in the late '40s or early '50s with English names. I have a couple of 'Croydon'-stamped pipes.

Peterson 'Avon' 046 Bulldog

I'd like to get one of those commemoratives. How high do you usually see them go???

 

[runscott]

I'd like to get one of those commemoratives. How high do you usually see them go???

The two that sold earlier this year both went cheap - under $110 - but neither was fully restored. I don't have any auction history on them, but I don't think $300 for a nicely-restored one is out of line.

 

[ssjones]

This was fun. Disney pipes don't come up that often, and unsmoked less so. This one has to be Charatan made, right?

NEW Walt Disney World UNSMOKED Tobacco Smoking Pipe RARE | eBay

<p>Incredibly rare unsmoked briar Walt Disney World pipe from the long gone tobacco shop that used to be on Main Street in Disney. These rarely come up on the market especially in unsmoked condition. No returns, US Only.</p>

www.ebay.com

And a Dunhill 120 (1969 I believe) just brought $137....with a Peterson P-lip stem.

Vintage Dunhill Pipe | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Dunhill Pipe at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

 

[FLDRD]

This was fun. Disney pipes don't come up that often, and unsmoked less so. This one has to be Charatan made, right?

NEW Walt Disney World UNSMOKED Tobacco Smoking Pipe RARE | eBay

<p>Incredibly rare unsmoked briar Walt Disney World pipe from the long gone tobacco shop that used to be on Main Street in Disney. These rarely come up on the market especially in unsmoked condition. No returns, US Only.</p>

www.ebay.com

And a Dunhill 120 (1969 I believe) just brought $137....with a Peterson P-lip stem.

Vintage Dunhill Pipe | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Dunhill Pipe at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

A Dunhill with a P-lip... interesting. I'd try it.

 

[AroEnglish]

This was fun. Disney pipes don't come up that often, and unsmoked less so. This one has to be Charatan made, right?

NEW Walt Disney World UNSMOKED Tobacco Smoking Pipe RARE | eBay

<p>Incredibly rare unsmoked briar Walt Disney World pipe from the long gone tobacco shop that used to be on Main Street in Disney. These rarely come up on the market especially in unsmoked condition. No returns, US Only.</p>

www.ebay.com

And a Dunhill 120 (1969 I believe) just brought $137....with a Peterson P-lip stem.

Vintage Dunhill Pipe | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Dunhill Pipe at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

@brianlevine did you win this?