Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[beefeater33]

I watched this one all week. These CK patents don't come around very often. I bid, I lost.............. :crying:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PIPE-DUNHILL-CK-SHELL-PAT-417574-34-MADE-IN-ENGLANDO-UNDERSCORED-J-W-STAMP-/232578290681?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=Za8gdGHLjx83edvvt8cLUYeswFg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[georged]

These CK patents don't come around very often. I bid, I lost.............. :crying:

An emerging case of LBSD (lost bid stress disorder) no doubt. :crying:
Good thing I didn't even see it, or I'd probably be short a leg right now (who needs two of 'em, anyway?) :lol:

 

[ssjones]

It was a banner day for some interesting auctions.
This one stayed below my estimate, perhaps the bidders above were busted!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMOY-S-EXTRAORDINARE-Churchworden-Pipe-London-1-of-Several-Listed-/253280179402?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=eRjkQZWJwY2FU9JEwSoMi5bi6GE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I don't think that I've ever seen a shape 408.

 

[dmcmtk]

804! Yes, sold for much less than I thought it would.

 

[ssjones]

Right....804.
Check out this one, no COM, looks rusticated like a Sasieni Rustic.

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/159436-comoys-804-extraordinaire-pipe

 

[dmcmtk]

Check out this one, no COM, looks rusticated like a Sasieni Rustic.

That's quite an interesting example! Certainly looks like hand carved rustication. There's a sandblast at pipedia. Evidence that nothing was set in stone in the world of English pipes!

 

[sablebrush52]

The 804 has always been my definition of an Extraordinaire. I forgot about this auction else I might have bid on it. I figured that it would go for a low price due to the visible issues, it not being cleaned, and the photography being poor. I was guesstimating somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 to $350.

 

[sablebrush52]

Sometimes what is sold doesn't stay sold. The wind capped Barling has reappeared for sale. I guess the winning bidder took a powder.

 

[ssjones]

This one lasted about 10 minutes before a buyer paid the BIN. A Comoys 2nd, shape 284.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282762973836

 

[ssjones]

$157 for an unsmoked Sasieni 2nd???

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Estate-Pipe-Sasieni-Windsor-pipe-NEVER-USED-Old-New-Stock-35-/391939172184?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=eRjkQZWJwY2FU9JEwSoMi5bi6GE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[sablebrush52]

That's what happens when you put in a high walk away bid and a newbie bids too much.

 

[sablebrush52]

This one was interesting, a three pipe Barling Companion set of a unique configuration, one smooth, one sandblast, one quaint. I've never seen this kind of set before, and I wonder if this could have been a special casing made for a client. Usually, pipes in a companion set share something in common, either a finish, a grade, a shape, something. But this is the first motley set I've seen.
As usually happens, the price jumped in the very last moments of the auction as the snipers all shot at each other, with the usual result that the set went for a higher, rather than a lower, amount.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BARLING-039-S-MAKE-PRE-TRANSITION-PIPE-SET-FOSSIL-QUAINT-SMOOTH-/382301122730?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=T78%252B9KpJudwrY%252BG3OygVilRgrvw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Individually, none of the pipes strike me as exceptional, though the condition is quite good. The quaint is a classic design, but the rustication looks fairly buffed down. The sandblast is quite nice. The smooth is ho hum. Individually these pipes wouldn't likely generate more than $1300 total, but there's a premium for condition and being cased, so add another $250 for that. A reasonable price for this set would have been around $1500 to $1600 so the stratospheric sniping delivered an added bonus for the seller, as it often does.

 

[dmcmtk]

2K! 1956 by the hallmarked pipe...... I like the Fossil the best, but it also looks like it has suffered from the buffer a bit. Always enjoy reading the seller's detailed descriptions of the items being sold (heavy sarcasm).

 

[ssjones]

I was watching that set as well.
This was an interesting Peterson, and one of the highest prices that I've seen for that brand in a long time.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IRISH-ESTATE-PIPE-PETERSON-PATENT-15-K-GOLD-BAND-K-P-hallmark-Birmingham-1911/362180459822?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

 

[cigrmaster]

al, that peterson is unique in that it has a 15kt gold stamping. I have never seen a 15kt .625 gold stamp on anything before this auction. I had no idea anyone ever made 15kt. Normally it is either 10 kt .417, 14kt .585 or 18kt .750. Dental fillings is 16- 22kt and of course pure gold is 24kt.

 

[ssjones]

Ah, yes, Harris the 15k Gold used is quite odd (wonder what Cosmic thinks about that). The seller was just noting that he hadn't seen a Peterson Patent with gold (irregardless of the quality grade). Who the heck uses 15k Gold??

 

[kangaroo]

Very interesting topic!
Spilling the beans: I am the one who took the old 499 above and if i had to do it again, i would . The condition was good to me (after cleaned), and it smoked fantastic with 3 nuns at the first time that i didn't even think about changing the tobacco.
To this thread, here's a questionable author:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1936-1945-Sasieni-cola-de-pescado-034-Ashford-034-Estate-Pipe-Londres-hecho-PAT-N-150221-20-/162306003641?_ul=EC&nma=true&si=72ZFje%252BujGzm9Zq%252FawPyqfRxLRw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
I'm no Sasieni expert. Is the pipe topped? And is the stem a replacement?, cuz as i can see 2 of 4 dots are not-so-blue, and the diamond shape looks more like an equilateral than an elongated (?). From my very humble knowledge i don't think that this guy worths $400.

 

[sablebrush52]

I think the Ashford is legit. One of the tell tails with a pipe being topped is that the staining on the rim rarely matches the color of the rest of the bowl from all angles. It is almost always lighter. I don't see that here. Then there another tell tail, the super crisp edge along the rim. I don't see that here either. Given that the stampings are clearly visible and that these stampings are usually shallow and delicate and often worn, this indicates to me that the pipe just hasn't seen that much use and has been spared the horrors of a buffer and/or drooling, knuckle dragging previous owners. The off color rod stock isn't all that uncommon. There is a very slight elongation to the diamond, just not as much as on other stems of the Joel era.

 

[ssjones]

@kangaroo - I think we reconsidered on that 499, the condition. They don't come up that often so you do what you need to do. I'd love to see it cleaned and restored, please post updates on a dedicated thread.
On that Sasieni, that seller has has had that one up for nearly a year, with no takers at that price (I think he originally had it listed for $750 US). It looks all original to me. This is the only thing that bothers me.

 

[georged]

For what it's worth, I agree with Jesse point for point.