Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[The Clay King]

You can practice with any tobacco you want Dan. It would make sense to use the twist though, if that's what you're using on the day. Practice lighting up with matches, they'll help.

@simong Many thanks - going to be the All Blacks vs the Redcoat
The competition is not in real time; all @Ahi Ka and I have to do is smoke a clay pipe of baccy and make a note of the start / end times - NO RELIGHTING!

 

[AroEnglish]

Did one of you land this bad boy?

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[The Amish Tyrant]

Did one of you land this bad boy?

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I made an offer when it was initially posted. The offer was declined 5 minutes later, as the bids began rolling in.

Wasn't expecting the final price. Good for the seller (and purchaser). It's a beautiful pipe.

 

[AroEnglish]

From the guys I've chatted with it sounds like the seller got less than it was worth. It's funny since common estate Pete systems are going for near retail or more while this seemingly very rare and beautiful house pipe didn't get top dollar.

I made an offer when it was initially posted. The offer was declined 5 minutes later, as the bids began rolling in.

Wasn't expecting the final price. Good for the seller (and purchaser). It's a beautiful pipe.

 

[ashdigger]

From the guys I've chatted with it sounds like the seller got less than it was worth. It's funny since common estate Pete systems are going for near retail or more while this seemingly very rare and beautiful house pipe didn't get top dollar.

The market is saturated. I stopped at $250.

I watch Peterson’s and while this is a gorgeous pipe it sold for more than I thought, but also less than it’s value.

3 Mark Twains sold last week for over $300 each. Size is a problem sometimes.

 

[AroEnglish]

The market is saturated. I stopped at $250.

I watch Peterson’s and while this is a gorgeous pipe it sold for more than I thought, but also less than it’s value.

3 Mark Twains sold last week for over $300 each. Size is a problem sometimes.

Are those MTs at the higher end historically? It's funny, when I first got into pipes I considered buying the Mark Twain Collection set but only wanted the poker so I decided not to pull the trigger. Ah the poor vision of a 20-something.

 

[ashdigger]

Are those MTs at the higher end historically? It's funny, when I first got into pipes I considered buying the Mark Twain Collection set but only wanted the poker so I decided not to pull the trigger. Ah the poor vision of a 20-something.

Like everything there is a yin-yang flux.

Sometimes Barling is the hot ticket, currently it’s Peterson.

 

[AroEnglish]

Like everything there is a yin-yang flux.

Sometimes Barling is the hot ticket, currently it’s Peterson.

Barling is way better than Peterson. Everyone sell your Petersons and start buying Barlings!

 

[OzPiper]

Barling is way better than Peterson. Everyone sell your Petersons and start buying Barlings!

No, No, No ! Don’t do that !
Barlings are rubbish - way overhyped

Peterson’s may have a few faults eg the P-lip, dodgy QC,
bowl coating and often not passing a cleaner.
What you get is IRISH-NESS and CHARACTER

DO NOT pass up a Pete for a Barling

 

[Jbyrd]

No, No, No ! Don’t do that !
Barlings are rubbish - way overhyped

Peterson’s may have a few faults eg the P-lip, dodgy QC,
bowl coating and often not passing a cleaner.
What you get is IRISH-NESS and CHARACTER

DO NOT pass up a Pete for a Barling

I have a p-lip and it smokes great

 

[greeneyes]

Watched this one from the beginning. Would've loved to bid on it but I simply can't justify the price, having a young family and saving for things like my son's education. Someday perhaps. I hope it brings the winner many decades of joy.

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[AroEnglish]

Watched this one from the beginning. Would've loved to bid on it but I simply can't justify the price, having a young family and saving for things like my son's education. Someday perhaps. I hope it brings the winner many decades of joy.

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Making the better choice. These pipe will likely still be around but time to invest in your son is limited.

 

[sablebrush52]

Watched this one from the beginning. Would've loved to bid on it but I simply can't justify the price, having a young family and saving for things like my son's education. Someday perhaps. I hope it brings the winner many decades of joy.

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Beat me to it! I was just about to post about it.
I haven't seen something like this in almost a decade, that's how rare an unsmoked set like this is.

The seller doesn't know squat about Barlings, which makes this a little bit ironic, but that's the universe at work. The sellers lists them as 1970's Barlings when NOTHING absolutely NOTHING in their stamping supports that. Period for these is most likely late 1940's thru mid 1950's, but could go to 1962 when the model numbers were changed. Luckily for the seller, nobody else believed his dating, or the set would have been lucky ot make the high 3 figures, much less 3 grand.

I think that the set did reasonably well, given the mediocre photography and uninformative sales pitch. At slightly less than $500 per unsmoked pipe, it's not a record setter by any means, but it's not bad, about where I thought the price would land. Had the seller actually made an effort to make the pipes look attractive he might have made more, but who knows?

In any event someone has a nice new doorstop to show off, or a very expensive toy should he/she decide to smoke them.

It's wonderful to not care about buying another pipe, let me tell you.

 

[jguss]

Period for these is most likely late 1940's thru mid 1950's,

I was thinking the same thing. I can’t really tell on my phone but at least one pipe appears to have a 2 digit shape code and another one has 3 digits.

 

[jguss]

In any event someone has a nice new doorstop to show off, or a very expensive toy should he/she decide to smoke them

I know collectors who wouldn’t hesitate to fire them up; I really doubt if I could bring myself to do it.

 

[sablebrush52]

I know collectors who wouldn’t hesitate to fire them up; I really doubt if I could bring myself to do it.

Nor I. But for some, the attraction to buying unsmoked at a premium is that they are unmouthed by other humans. Just like some men won't marry a woman who's not a virgin. They just want and need to be the one and only.

 

[jguss]

Nor I. But for some, the attraction to buying unsmoked at a premium is that they are unmouthed by other humans. Just like some men won't marry a woman who's not a virgin. They just want and need to be the one and only.

Tastes aside, one thing is clear; even the most expensive pipes are cheaper in the end.

 

[ssjones]

This is easily the record for a 9BC shape (at least in my 11 years of watching that shape).
I suspect, as Deadman comments, this is the original stem. 9BC's seem to often not have a P on the stem.

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[orlandofurioso]

Beat me to it! I was just about to post about it.
I haven't seen something like this in almost a decade, that's how rare an unsmoked set like this is.

The seller doesn't know squat about Barlings, which makes this a little bit ironic, but that's the universe at work. The sellers lists them as 1970's Barlings when NOTHING absolutely NOTHING in their stamping supports that. Period for these is most likely late 1940's thru mid 1950's, but could go to 1962 when the model numbers were changed. Luckily for the seller, nobody else believed his dating, or the set would have been lucky ot make the high 3 figures, much less 3 grand.

I think that the set did reasonably well, given the mediocre photography and uninformative sales pitch. At slightly less than $500 per unsmoked pipe, it's not a record setter by any means, but it's not bad, about where I thought the price would land. Had the seller actually made an effort to make the pipes look attractive he might have made more, but who knows?

In any event someone has a nice new doorstop to show off, or a very expensive toy should he/she decide to smoke them.

It's wonderful to not care about buying another pipe, let me tell you.

I know, I know it all
The seller and I discussed both sales. He offered the last lot to an antique dealer, who was not one bit interested.
He did not so much mind the previous GBP150,00 sale . I did and contemplated bidding on the now sold one.
Managed to contain my emotions though, not wishing to smoke them not a clue what to do with them
Eat your heart out.

 

[greeneyes]

I know, I know it all
The seller and I discussed both sales. He offered the last lot to an antique dealer, who was not one bit interested.
He did not so much mind the previous GBP150,00 sale . I did and contemplated bidding on the now sold one.
Managed to contain my emotions though, not wishing to smoke them not a clue what to do with them
Eat your heart out.

Yes, the set that got away for $150 stung a little. I was minutes late and lost the opportunity.