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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
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K&P Peterson 14B London Hallmark 1938.
RARE K&P PETERSONS DELUXE STERLING SILVER MOUNTED ESTATE PIPE London 1938 | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/197038466506
RARE K&P PETERSONS DELUXE STERLING SILVER MOUNTED ESTATE PIPE London 1938 | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/197038466506
When I click on your link I only get the 1906 catalog, but when I quote you I get both links !?!?Forgot to post these, lovely catalogues:
RARE KAPP & PETERSONS LTD PATENT PIPES ANTIQUE BOOK ESTATE PIPE CATALOGUE DUBLIN | eBay
The book is 34cm long and weighs about 1128grams.www.ebay.co.uk
Also, I'm sure it's been discussed but I can't find how to create the 'photo/description' link that most of you use.
Not sure why I thought these sold for more than they did - ~$700 USD each isn't unexpected.
This one had no bidders. I didn't scrutinize it for condition as I can't possibly bid on something that high at the moment, but does anyone know if there is a flaw I'm missing? Or was the starting price simply set too high?
Good condition for its age, which leaves GSP (greedy starting price) as the most likely reason for non-sellage.
For an eBay auction, that was too high of a starting point. It might have sold had the seller listed it as a "buy it now" at a price he was comfortable with and allowed for entertaining offers, or just set the price at a low enough level to entice bidders into competing with each other. I've seen bidding duels that sent a pipe WAY above normal levels. Bidders let their egos get involved, like a dick measuring competition. There's an element of psychology involved in listing on eBay.
Presentation also matters, like really crisply focused photography, a clean background, and careful lighting, if one is going for top dollar.
That's an outstanding price for that catalog. Make me wonder what my pre WW1 baling catalog would go for, since it's the only complete copy known to exist.
But, it's never going to be for sake. I'm donating it to the Huntington Library so that it remains available, with all of its marginalia. The version I published was cleaned up digitally to present the catalog as it would have appeared when first available to the public.
It was relisted and sold for $525. I kind of wish I had bought it from @tschiraldi when he listed it here on the forum—I’ve wanted a nice Sasieni one dot for awhile, but my birthday pipes set me back a bit.
I would have bought it too except the timing is awful. I don't see how people are dropping thousands on pipes when most people are burying their money.
No flaws. This pipe is in fantastic shape. I can’t give details, but the buyer had been messaging me throughout the day, and we worked something out. I wish you had messaged me! I would have held on to it for you.
I got what I wanted for it. The buyer and I just had to work something out. I was messaging back and forth with a few potential buyers throughout the week. All’s well that ends well.
I wasn’t risking losing that pipe for $200 or $300 dollars. Not that pipe! It was worth every bit of what I sold it for. I think it was a fair deal for both of us.
I don't usually watch James Upshall pipes these days, but this Ambassador grade caught my eye. That's the highest final price I've seen on an JU in a long time. The Ambassador grade was part of their oversize "Empire" line. I don't know how this one didn't get the G designation. The mysteries of James Upshall.
JAMES UPSHALL RARE UNSMOKED "AMBASSADOR" FH STRAIGHT GRAIN RHODESIAN ESTATE PIPE | eBay
First and foremost, look at that finish & grain, holy smokes! They are also one of the only makers that never fraized or duplicated shapes, each piece a one-of-a-kind work of art from master Barry Jones who learned the art while carving for Charatan for many years.
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I believe this one was restored by Al (who I think is ssjones)? It's a lovely pipe and I confess I'd have bid after it if I weren't saving pennies for a house.
I saw that earlier today and compared it quickly against my photo, and thought it was a different pipe.
But, looking at them again this evening, that is the pipe I sold.
The blasting marks around the nomenclature line up.
I sold it to a member here in 2023 for $80.
The bowl looks the same as well, does that mean I'm a "professional restorer"?
I almost put a bid in on this one, but I won another pipe and that was the budget for the next couple of months. Really an exceptional piece of carving
K&P Peterson 14B London Hallmark 1938.
RARE K&P PETERSONS DELUXE STERLING SILVER MOUNTED ESTATE PIPE London 1938 | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/197038466506
For accuracy's sake, in case someone sees this in the future - I was wrong about this pipe. It's a smaller 20 (314). I've never seen one of the smaller systems with the 'B' stem treatment. It's a fantastic little smoker with a band hallmarked to the first year of the London factory.
I'm still crying over not seeing that 1896 French Peterson bulldog - I actually had done a 'Brevet' search on the French site about an hour before that pipe came and went.
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These older 314/20 pipes are a great size. They’re somewhere in between the modern 317 and 314 (at least the one I had) and I prefer it over either of those.For accuracy's sake, in case someone sees this in the future - I was wrong about this pipe. It's a smaller 20 (314). I've never seen one of the smaller systems with the 'B' stem treatment. It's a fantastic little smoker with a band hallmarked to the first year of the London factory.
I'm still crying over not seeing that 1896 French Peterson bulldog - I actually had done a 'Brevet' search on the French site about an hour before that pipe came and went.