Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[ssjones]

The Loewe- $638. And every photo was blown out, probably in post.

Right, couldn't see any detail. Hope someone was happy...

 

[ssjones]

Couple of of interesting auctions ended yesterday:
Non-hallmark 3 pipe, Dublin & London Peterson set:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ESTATE-PETERSONS-SMOKING-PIPES-SET-IN-BOX-DUBLIN-LONDON-NICE-SET-/352697074069?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Unsmoked 7-day Barling's set, no takers at $6,000 (seller says 1940's)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGLISH-ESTATE-PIPES-BARLING-7-DAY-SET-PRE-TRANSITION-1940s-UNSMOKED-/362683564148?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
1907 Barling Gourd, pretty cheap?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGLISH-ANTIQUE-PIPE-BARLING-GOURD-CALABASH-MOUNTED-w-SILVER-1907-/372682838108?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[ssjones]

I don't believe I've seen an adorned Sasieni. The shape is not my cup of tea, but a great example of a Four Dot Natural.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGLISH-PIPE-SASIENI-CANTERBURY-FOUR-DOT-NATURAL-w-14K-GOLD-RIM-UNSMOKED-/362708221600?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[donjgiles]

That Sasieni is very pretty.

I was very surprised at the price of this Dunhill...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGLISH-ESTATE-PIPE-DUNHILL-DR-B-2-2-STARS-1966-/372694653966?nma=true&si=G6qjdwprA0OkTvEmIm9BcZjekMI%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Don

 

[ssjones]

Those DR Dunhills sure do seem to have an enthusiastic fanbase!
This one is from a few weeks ago, also from the Secondhandsmoker. I can't recall seeing an unsmoked Comoy's Blue Riband, so I was surprised that $300 was all it took to win this auction. Bet he was hoping for more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMOY-039-S-BLUE-RIBAND-13-PIPE-UNSMOKED-/383044177685?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[donjgiles]

Oh my...

That is a beauty ssjones, I wish I could say that I picked up that Comoy, but I did not.

Someone has a very nice piece to add to their collection, just lovely!
Don

 

[dmcmtk]

"...sold in 1966 has been smoked no more than a couple times in all the decades since then."
Really...?
That Comoy's Blue Riband, I don't know shape 13 well, but that stem makes me...uncomfortable...questioning...hmmm.

 

[donjgiles]

Really...?

Yeah, to me that rim looked a little beat up for $840.
Don

 

[jpmcwjr]

The answer is..... $841.... Wow! Not cheap at half the price. Is there something about it that the average pipe smoker might not know?

 

[dmcmtk]

Yeah, to me that rim looked a little beat up for $840.

Exactly Don, quite a bit of inner edge char for "a couple of times".

 

[ssjones]

That Comoy's Blue Riband, I don't know shape 13 well, but that stem makes me...uncomfortable...questioning...hmmm.

Terrible pictures not at all helpful either. He and Treasurepipes seem to be using the same photography... from a distance. My cell phone takes better close-ups than those included with the Blue Riband listing. Puzzling, or perhaps the strategy...

 

[disinformatique]

As someone from the design domain, I HATE people literally using OUTER GLOW on pipes to hide blemishes and imperfections. BTW that unsmoked Blue Riband, I stayed away, due to poor its photoshopping and also the shape isnt my cup of tea. I have a BR Zulu 88 for the same price, I got 4 year ago from Mike at BriarBlues.
Cheers,

Chris

 

[jpmcwjr]

Re the $800 Dunhill billiard above:

Not cheap at half the price. Is there something about it that the average pipe smoker might not know?

Anyone??

As someone from the design domain, I HATE people literally using OUTER GLOW on pipes to hide blemishes and imperfections. BTW that unsmoked Blue Riband, I stayed away, due to poor its photoshopping and also the shape isnt my cup of tea.

A good photographer doesn't need Photoshop to hide imperfections! It's all in the lighting and focus.

 

[sablebrush52]

Not cheap at half the price. Is there something about it that the average pipe smoker might not know?

Anyone??

Sure. It's a very high grade, from the very desirable 1958 to 1968 period, from a very expensive maker, a Dunhill DR 2** carved in 1966, and it appears to be in very clean condition. They don't show up very often.
If you're a Dunhill collector, which is to say that hunting hard to find nomenclature is as important as the pipe itself, this is a high status piece, one that separates the men from the virgins. It's a white whale.
The value is not in the pipe itself. It would be a $250 estate pipe with different stampings. The value is that it's a Dunhill 2** from 1966 and has the stamps to prove it. The value is in the stamps.
The rest, like proclaiming how often it had been smoked, is just sales BS.

 

[georged]

Coat hanger wire plus a bit of paper & glue:
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[sablebrush52]

Just think how much Dunhills would go for if they could be monetized as a tax dodge like high end "art".

 

[georged]

Yup. 21st century money laundering at its finest.
My favorite is becoming an "advisor" to some political/commercial enterprise for hundreds of millions of dollars.
"I'll give a ten minute talk to your board lunch on the 15th, OK?"
"Yup, that'll do it. Your fifty million for this quarter will be wired this afternoon."
"Don't forget my daughters twenty million for agreeing to stand beside me during the talk."
"Of course! We'll use the Aruba bank for that."

 

[donjgiles]

Well, well, well!

Nice Royal Comoys Apple, but at $511.00 is it THAT nice?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Early-London-Made-Royal-Comoys-Shape-159-Apple-Shape-Pipe/202764536551
Don

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Surprised no one has linked this.
$828 Ashton
Three bidders beat each other to pieces, each placed bids over $800

 

[ssjones]

Nuts on the Comoy's

The Ashton didn't come up in any of my daily search listings, odd.
Patent Era Four Dot Natural Ashford (lacks the stinger), guess this price is about right.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SASIENI-FOUR-DOT-034-ASHFORD-034-N-PATENT-PIPE-/372733530278?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Price also seems right on this Charatan Countryman, one of my Grail shapes.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EXCELLENT-Lane-Era-Charatan-039-s-Make-EXTRA-LARGE-COUNTRYMAN-ENGLISH-Estate-Pipe-/202756408789?nma=true&si=8426mjIx3LA71Qu%252BJEYlDUxiU8w%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557