Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[sablebrush52]

The grain on this lower graded Charatan looks to be astonishing :

CHARATAN SPECIAL LANE ERA PIPE | eBay

MARKED: CHARATAN SPECIAL L. 1 PIPE OR ENTIRE COLLECTIONS. MAKE SURE TO SUPER SIZE THE PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VIEW.

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Charatan grading has always seemed a little odd, so it can't just be a matter of grain or there would be less anomalies. Maybe they were all stoned.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Charatan grading has always seemed a little odd, so it can't just be a matter of grain or there would be less anomalies. Maybe they were all stoned.

Def. stoned as bats. I've seen Belvedere graded pipes with stellar grain and the grain on this one looks better than I've seen on quite some Supremes.
It only shows that with Ch. it was all about the grain , not so much about the stems.
Anyway; it is mine and I always felt safe with Rodrigo's pipes.
The Banker being one of my favourite shapes too.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Lovely pipe

1922 Dunhill 48

Lovely pipe Scott; I think I know who the seller is.

 

[runscott]

Lovely pipe

Lovely pipe Scott; I think I know who the seller is.

Good guy. He's given me some great restoration tips.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Good guy. He's given me some great restoration tips.

Yes, he is a perfect gentleman .

 

[runscott]

Yes, he is a perfect gentleman .

He's a freaking genius too. He was discussing a new stem restoration idea he had and I didn't understand some of the words he was using. But he was patient and I ended up ordering the product he recommended (not something he sold) and hope to describe my tests at some point ... in the repair and restoration area, of course .

It's interesting that he and I both use his products, but my restorations have a different look to the finish. He prefers subdued, Todd prefers shiny, and mine are somewhere in the middle. I will end up researching this pipe and probably trying to match up the finish with another 1922 example. I don't think they were ever this red-devoid, other than root bruyeres, but I could be wrong.

 

[ssjones]

I love my Comoy's, but never felt the need to chase a Blue Riband. This one has some wear on the stem where it meets the shank.

COMOY'S 1950's BLUE RIBAND CLASSIC STRAIGHT GRAIN BULLDOG SHAPE 5 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Overall clean throughout, a fantastic Blue Riband from Comoy's ready to enjoy! Condition: Excellent. Chamber is clean and sound. Stem has a small buffing burn mark on the underside I didn't want to sand out and lose vulcanite as it's minor.

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[TheIronMonkey]

I love my Comoy's, but never felt the need to chase a Blue Riband. This one has some wear on the stem where it meets the shank.

COMOY'S 1950's BLUE RIBAND CLASSIC STRAIGHT GRAIN BULLDOG SHAPE 5 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Overall clean throughout, a fantastic Blue Riband from Comoy's ready to enjoy! Condition: Excellent. Chamber is clean and sound. Stem has a small buffing burn mark on the underside I didn't want to sand out and lose vulcanite as it's minor.

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I was looking at that one, but it had too much missing material at that juncture.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

I love my Comoy's, but never felt the need to chase a Blue Riband. This one has some wear on the stem where it meets the shank.

COMOY'S 1950's BLUE RIBAND CLASSIC STRAIGHT GRAIN BULLDOG SHAPE 5 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Overall clean throughout, a fantastic Blue Riband from Comoy's ready to enjoy! Condition: Excellent. Chamber is clean and sound. Stem has a small buffing burn mark on the underside I didn't want to sand out and lose vulcanite as it's minor.

www.ebay.com

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I too enjoy my Comoy's, that I bought from you, Al.
Around the same time, I managed to pick up a Blue Riband, in the same shape, Woodstock.
I find that the one you sold me is a better smoker.

 

[runscott]

I love my Comoy's, but never felt the need to chase a Blue Riband. This one has some wear on the stem where it meets the shank.

COMOY'S 1950's BLUE RIBAND CLASSIC STRAIGHT GRAIN BULLDOG SHAPE 5 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Overall clean throughout, a fantastic Blue Riband from Comoy's ready to enjoy! Condition: Excellent. Chamber is clean and sound. Stem has a small buffing burn mark on the underside I didn't want to sand out and lose vulcanite as it's minor.

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Haha. I looked at your post very quickly and thought I read: "I felt the need to chase a Blue Riband." I scratched my head at your choice, then just re-read it.

Well, if you ever felt the need to chase an unsmoked Sasieni 'Four Dot', this would not have been the one to chase (in my opinion). My apologies if the seller is a member here, but "unsmoked"?!?! and that crack that goes all the way through the shank is "cosmetic"?!? I guess the '10 feedback' winner wasn't concerned with such trivialities:

Unsmoked Sasieni Four Dot "Retford" w/cosmetic flaw | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/335327273548

 

[ssjones]

Haha. I looked at your post very quickly and thought I read: "I felt the need to chase a Blue Riband." I scratched my head at your choice, then just re-read it.

Well, if you ever felt the need to chase an unsmoked Sasieni 'Four Dot', this would not have been the one to chase (in my opinion). My apologies if the seller is a member here, but "unsmoked"?!?! and that crack that goes all the way through the shank is "cosmetic"?!? I guess the '10 feedback' winner wasn't concerned with such trivialities:

Unsmoked Sasieni Four Dot "Retford" w/cosmetic flaw | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/335327273548

Yikes, I would guess that kind of issue didn't come without smoking it.





I don't believe I've ever seen the Retford with the tube before (or even a Sasieni with a Dunhill style tube).

 

[runscott]

Yikes, I would guess that kind of issue didn't come without smoking it.


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I don't believe I've ever seen the Retford with the tube before (or even a Sasieni with a Dunhill style tube).

It was the residue on the end of the shank in the above photo that gave away that it was clearly smoked. No telling what the chamber looks like - the pictures don't tell much.

 

[ssjones]

It was the residue on the end of the shank in the above photo that gave away that it was clearly smoked. No telling what the chamber looks like - the pictures don't tell much.

It should have a pre-carb coating, but as noted, not shown.

 

[Ryan]

2nd time around for this one, right?

peterson's estate pipe silver band meerschaum? | eBay

this is a petersons estate pipe as found .925 silver band has its dings and bite marks has no number on it dont know much about this pipe meerschaum i think

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Ya, it went for some decent money last time. Cool pipe.

 

[orlandofurioso]

I love my Comoy's, but never felt the need to chase a Blue Riband. This one has some wear on the stem where it meets the shank.

COMOY'S 1950's BLUE RIBAND CLASSIC STRAIGHT GRAIN BULLDOG SHAPE 5 ESTATE PIPE | eBay

Overall clean throughout, a fantastic Blue Riband from Comoy's ready to enjoy! Condition: Excellent. Chamber is clean and sound. Stem has a small buffing burn mark on the underside I didn't want to sand out and lose vulcanite as it's minor.

www.ebay.com

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Looks more like damage ( chipped off ) than wear to me; not mentioned in the listing .

 

[orlandofurioso]

It was the residue on the end of the shank in the above photo that gave away that it was clearly smoked. No telling what the chamber looks like - the pictures don't tell much.

Most certainly smoked and with significant damage.
They're all liars

 

[orlandofurioso]

Impressive amount of coin, but I'm not impressed by the pipe :

DUNHILL MAGNUM CASED FULL BENT 1920'S PIPE | eBay

MARKED: DUNHILL PAT. 1 PIPE OR ENTIRE COLLECTIONS. MAKE SURE TO SUPER SIZE THE PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VIEW. LENGTH: 7 3/4". WEIGHT : 3.4o z. CONDITION: VERY GOOD.

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[sablebrush52]

Impressive amount of coin, but I'm not impressed by the pipe :

DUNHILL MAGNUM CASED FULL BENT 1920'S PIPE | eBay

MARKED: DUNHILL PAT. 1 PIPE OR ENTIRE COLLECTIONS. MAKE SURE TO SUPER SIZE THE PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VIEW. LENGTH: 7 3/4". WEIGHT : 3.4o z. CONDITION: VERY GOOD.

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Yeah, when I first saw this one I thought it one of the ugliest blasts I’d ever seen.
I can’t decide if it was always a dog or if it’s the victim of psychotic buffing abuse.
Shaping is OK, but that’s about all.
Still, somebody loved it enough to drop some serious coin.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Yeah, when I first saw this one I thought it one of the ugliest blasts I’d ever seen.
I can’t decide if it was always a dog or if it’s the victim of psychotic buffing abuse.
Shaping is OK, but that’s about all.
Still, somebody loved it enough to drop some serious coin.

Once a dog, always a dog
Not buffing abuse I think.

 

[AroEnglish]

2nd time around for this one, right?

peterson's estate pipe silver band meerschaum? | eBay

this is a petersons estate pipe as found .925 silver band has its dings and bite marks has no number on it dont know much about this pipe meerschaum i think

www.ebay.com

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Yup.