Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[ssjones]

This one looks spot on for a first year Ashton (well, 2nd, but first full year)

UNSMOKED! EARLY TAYLOR ERA 1985 ASHTON PEBBLE GRAIN DUBLIN English Estate Pipe | eBay

It is in every way what you would expect from and unsmoked pipe.IT REALLY SHOWS OFF THE QUALITY AND BEAUTY THAT MADE THE ENGLISH HIGH GRADES FAMOUS, and would proudly sit next to ANY Dunhill, Charatan, or Barling!

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[orlandofurioso]

Obviously not a pipe, yet a very rare Dunhill gadget :

Sehr seltene Dunhill London Raucher/Rohr Bleistift-Vintage | eBay

Finden Sie Top-Angebote für Sehr seltene Dunhill London Raucher/Rohr Bleistift-Vintage bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

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[ssjones]

I guess the top section is a pipe tamper? Pretty cool, I knew they made a lot of items, but had not seen a pencil.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Outstandingly handsome, only I suspect the tamper to melt when you put it to use

 

[Kottan]

The mysterious Brooklyn seller has sold another NOS Charatan. This time it's a 'Supreme' freehand from the 60s. Congratulations to the winner.

What puzzles me is the $400 price sticker on the mouthpiece (pic 9). That can't be the original retail price from 1965 ("DC- stem") - 1969. During that time a Supreme cost $70 - $100. (Coronation $250 - $300).

What do you think?

Charatan Lane Era Charatan's Make Supreme Free Hand 1960s Unsmoked Pipe | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Charatan-Lane-Era-Charatan-039-s-Make-Supreme-Free-Hand-1960s-Unsmoked-Pipe-/303857544485?nma=true&si=eE6uKeF3XGtZV8czJEx%252BCPJKtHo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[ssjones]

Agreed, just the printed sticker alone says 1990's (when computers became available. I think prior, shops would have had hand written price stickers, right? Perhaps he has access to the inventory of a now closed shop.

The mysterious Brooklyn seller has sold another NOS Charatan. This time it's a 'Supreme' freehand from the 60s. Congratulations to the winner.

What puzzles me is the $400 price sticker on the mouthpiece (pic 9). That can't be the original retail price from 1965 ("DC- stem") - 1969. During that time a Supreme cost $70 - $100. (Coronation $250 - $300).

What do you think?

Charatan Lane Era Charatan's Make Supreme Free Hand 1960s Unsmoked Pipe | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Charatan-Lane-Era-Charatan-039-s-Make-Supreme-Free-Hand-1960s-Unsmoked-Pipe-/303857544485?nma=true&si=eE6uKeF3XGtZV8czJEx%252BCPJKtHo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[ChuckMijo]

I must be missing something. At first I thought it was for the lot. It’s just this single tin. ANTIQUE CRUSHED SUN CURED TIN LITHO TOBACCO VERTICAL POCKET CAN DETROIT MI PIPE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/313383025779

 

[orlandofurioso]

Oops

 

[ashdigger]

I must be missing something. At first I thought it was for the lot. It’s just this single tin. ANTIQUE CRUSHED SUN CURED TIN LITHO TOBACCO VERTICAL POCKET CAN DETROIT MI PIPE | eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/313383025779

I was looking at old tobacco tins the other day and I was shocked at the “value” of some of these.

 

[ssjones]

Folks, as a reminder, lets keep this thread to only ebay items with a British lineage.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Thank you for the heads up; actually I was not aware this thread is about British stuff only.
Where does it say ?

 

[paulfg]

Thank you for the heads up; actually I was not aware this thread is about British stuff only.
Where does it say ?

the title of the thread

 

[ssjones]

The thread is in the British Pipes section and titled:

Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes​

A separate thread for all Ebay auctions could be created in the Pipe Talk section.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Blush ?

 

[guylesss]

Maybe someone forgot Valentine's Day?

Almost from the start, albeit it with decidedly limited success, Dunhill tried best--with both products and marketing--to create a vogue for pipe smoking among women. Some early examples resembled objects of art deco jewelry with real ivory stems and pave diamond decoration.

Later on (as with this pipe), clearly aimed for a more frugal customer, the gimmick was that one of the interchangeable bowls could be used to fully smoke all the tobacco of an unfiltered cigarette by cutting it into halves and peeling away the paper.

Admittedly, these don't often come up for sale. Still less with both the original cardboard box and promotional flyer. But $3400?

Vintage Dunhill Ladie's Cocktail Pipe | eBay

<p dir="ltr">Vintage Dunhill Ladie's Cocktail Pipe. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class. Gently smoked. Rare and unusual. Includes: pipe, extra bowl, box and interesting literature.</p>

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[ChuckMijo]

Maybe someone forgot Valentine's Day?

Almost from the start, albeit it with decidedly limited success, Dunhill tried best--with both products and marketing--to create a vogue for pipe smoking among women. Some early examples resembled objects of art deco jewelry with real ivory stems and pave diamond decoration.

Later on (as with this pipe), clearly aimed for a more frugal customer, the gimmick was that one of the interchangeable bowls could be used to fully smoke all the tobacco of an unfiltered cigarette by cutting it into halves and peeling away the paper.

Admittedly, these don't often come up for sale. Still less with both the original cardboard box and promotional flyer. But $3400?

Vintage Dunhill Ladie's Cocktail Pipe | eBay

<p dir="ltr">Vintage Dunhill Ladie's Cocktail Pipe. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class. Gently smoked. Rare and unusual. Includes: pipe, extra bowl, box and interesting literature.</p>

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Isn’t that pipe from 1934?

 

[guylesss]

Isn’t that pipe from 1934?

It definitely sounds like you, ChuckMijo, may know more about Dunhill Ladies pipes than I do. Why 1934?

Unless I missed it there doesn't seem to be anything in the seller's photos or listing to date the pipe. Nor for that matter, to show whether or not these had Dunhill's usual nomenclature.

My half educated guess--judging from a US trade ad from 1927 featuring this model suggesting it was being launched in time for that year's Christmas (which I stumbled on a couple of years ago), I'd lean toward the ebay pipe being a bit earlier than you suggest.

Of course the more metaphysical question is to what extent it's a pipe at all (rather than a kind of hybrid product lost in limbo between Dunhill's pipes and their extensive line of cigarette holders)?

 

[Kottan]

It definitely sounds like you, ChuckMijo, may know more about Dunhill Ladies pipes than I do. Why 1934?

Unless I missed it there doesn't seem to be anything in the seller's photos or listing to date the pipe. Nor for that matter, to show whether or not these had Dunhill's usual nomenclature.

My half educated guess--judging from a US trade ad from 1927 featuring this model suggesting it was being launched in time for that year's Christmas (which I stumbled on a couple of years ago), I'd lean toward the ebay pipe being a bit earlier than you suggest.

Of course the more metaphysical question is to what extent it's a pipe at all (rather than a kind of hybrid product lost in limbo between Dunhill's pipes and their extensive line of cigarette holders)?

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This ad is interesting. I thought, Dunhill would exclusively provide men with luxury articles.

 

[ChuckMijo]

I belong to a pipe collecting group and someone recently posted that pipe. Another member posted a date of 34 from Pipephil. But your correct it could be earlier then that. There was some discussion about its rarity. I guess if you collect Dunhill this is a nice/ rare one to have in your collection.

 

[guylesss]

I belong to a pipe collecting group and someone recently posted that pipe. Another member posted a date of 34 from Pipephil. But your correct it could be earlier then that. There was some discussion about its rarity. I guess if you collect Dunhill this is a nice/ rare one to have in your collection.

Excellent material on pipedia. The 1934 date given is evidently a guess based on a newspaper article (obviously run some years after the pipe was put into production). The pipedia estimate of value (they show a green plastic version as well) ranges from $250-300.