Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
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Probably so. The other I saw was a churchwarden that fetched, I think, north of $850. I should remember better. It was a pipe I had owned.
I wasn’t the buyer, unfortunately. Too rich for my blood. It is nicer than the one I had.
The blast on this Barling is more attractive than the Shell. I don’t recall seeing this shape before from Barling. Panel Author?
It is something else. I can’t make out a shape number. The seller clearly stated the stem has no Barling stamp, but it looks like Barling work. There also appears to be some faint markings that might be the vestiges of the stem stamp. Still, the seller had several Barlings with plainly non-original stems.
My guess is that it’s a type of quaint. Among the quaints I own is a large paneled pot, the upper half of which is a paneled smooth, giving way to a sandblast on the lower half.
I also own a smooth author Barling. So, they did make that shape, but I’ve only seen one of them, the one I own.
This seller was selling other Quaints as well. I don't have the link but there was an elegant blasted fluted Dublin. Organic, smooth curves. Very beautiful.
Maybe compare the non-original stems to this one - maybe the owner went to the same repair guy when his stems wore out.
I don't know how I missed this seller's auctions, but based on this pipe, I'm glad
. That would be an interesting pipe with a smooth finish or an average blast, but with this blast and shape together, it's amazing. And I'm having a vision of this pipe restored, that makes me want to cry.
I am always learning from this venerable thread. I thought quaints were only hand rusticated.
So, I have become mostly a (probably obnoxious) window shopper. I asked for pictures of the airway at the button for this pipe and another of their Barlings.Maybe compare the non-original stems to this one - maybe the owner went to the same repair guy when his stems wore out.
I don't know how I missed this seller's auctions, but based on this pipe, I'm glad
The first is from another of their Barlings. It looked like a pre-mold in other photos. The funneling confirmed it.
The second is of the Quaint Author. If that isn’t original, it at least matches the quality of the rest of the stem.
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I'm sure there have been others, but this is the first Peterson hallmarked figural meer I've seen on eBay: Superb Rare 1899 Peterson K & P Meerschaum Pipe Nubian Man | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/205238984478
The case looks original, but it's a non-Peterson shop case.
The case looks original, but it's a non-Peterson shop case.
Wow, if that one could talk!I'm sure there have been others, but this is the first Peterson hallmarked figural meer I've seen on eBay: Superb Rare 1899 Peterson K & P Meerschaum Pipe Nubian Man | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/205238984478
The case looks original, but it's a non-Peterson shop case.
This is a beauty - 1910 Peterson Patent House Pipe (not the gigantic size) with stem Patent stamping. Way too rich for my blood, but it's the first Patent in this shape that I've seen on eBay.
1910 Peterson House Pipe
1910 Peterson House Pipe
Now that's lovely! (those dents will likely steam out)This is a beauty - 1910 Peterson Patent House Pipe (not the gigantic size) with stem Patent stamping. Way too rich for my blood, but it's the first Patent in this shape that I've seen on eBay.
1910 Peterson House Pipe
Occasionally I follow a listing that I also find a bit perplexing. This is one such, a Barling Motor dome pipe, a bit the worse for wear, that has been paired with an amber Peterson P-Lip stem. It's perplexing in that the stem obviously doesn't fit the pipe and currently doesn't even attach to it since that whatever tenon there was is long gone. The seller acknowledged that the stem wasn't original.
Someone paid $1152.74 for this one. This is pretty close to top dollar. There was fairly spirited bidding for it. I'm assuming that they weren't aware that the stem doesn't go with the pipe, even though the seller has so indicated.
Is the market heating up for Barling Motor domes or is someone planning to fix the tenon and enjoy a unique looking frankenpipe?
Someone paid $1152.74 for this one. This is pretty close to top dollar. There was fairly spirited bidding for it. I'm assuming that they weren't aware that the stem doesn't go with the pipe, even though the seller has so indicated.
Is the market heating up for Barling Motor domes or is someone planning to fix the tenon and enjoy a unique looking frankenpipe?
BARLING’S MAKE EB WB SILVER WINDSHIELD BULLDOG BRIAR PIPE LONDON 1906, AMBER TIP | eBay
Barling didn't use P-lip stems. Fantastic, Rae pipe, in good used condition.
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That is really strange, but ... 4 or so years ago I bought another mismatched pipe with a Peterson p-lip stem exactly like that one. It could be that back in the early 20th century, it was recognized that an amber p-lip stem was very desirable, but couldn't be made by anyone other than Peterson, without infringing on the patent - besides, this wasn't an easy thing to create. So people bought a Patent and used the stem for a different maker's pipe?Occasionally I follow a listing that I also find a bit perplexing. This is one such, a Barling Motor dome pipe, a bit the worse for wear, that has been paired with an amber Peterson P-Lip stem. It's perplexing in that the stem obviously doesn't fit the pipe and currently doesn't even attach to it since that whatever tenon there was is long gone. The seller acknowledged that the stem wasn't original.
Someone paid $1152.74 for this one. This is pretty close to top dollar. There was fairly spirited bidding for it. I'm assuming that they weren't aware that the stem doesn't go with the pipe, even though the seller has so indicated.
Is the market heating up for Barling Motor domes or is someone planning to fix the tenon and enjoy a unique looking frankenpipe?
BARLING’S MAKE EB WB SILVER WINDSHIELD BULLDOG BRIAR PIPE LONDON 1906, AMBER TIP | eBay
Barling didn't use P-lip stems. Fantastic, Rae pipe, in good used condition.www.ebay.com
On the one below, the bone screw in the shank was twice as wide as the piece that was broken off in the amber stem. There is glue residue on the facing of each, so they probably removed the tenon in the stummel, broke off the Peterson tenon coming out of the stem, and glued the two together.
I have been waiting ever since for a stemless 155 Patent bowl to show up!
