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AroEnglish

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Jan 7, 2020
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Lifer
Oct 13, 2015
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ssjones

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May 11, 2011
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An unsmoked Northern Briars "Countryman" went a bit cheaper than I would have guessed. It's unusual to see this shape with a tapered stem.


Dunhill 120's don't usually do this well, but in Root Briar grade, there was some competition.

 

sablebrush52

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Jun 15, 2013
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Southern Oregon
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An unsmoked Northern Briars "Countryman" went a bit cheaper than I would have guessed. It's unusual to see this shape with a tapered stem.


Dunhill 120's don't usually do this well, but in Root Briar grade, there was some competition.

The Countryman is nicely done. but Chance is wrong about it being a Ian Walker design.
 

ssjones

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Unsmoked Four Dot (listed as 4 Dot) with a great blast did well!


Here's one I don't quite get. Comoy's Christmas pipes made in '81 or earlier are somewhat uncommon. Discounting the Cadogan era 1982 pipe, that's $400 per pipe. Comoy's Christmas pipes almost never have the drilled C logo, no matter the year, always seems like a sub-par Comoy's to me.

 

AroEnglish

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Jan 7, 2020
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Unsmoked Four Dot (listed as 4 Dot) with a great blast did well!


Here's one I don't quite get. Comoy's Christmas pipes made in '81 or earlier are somewhat uncommon. Discounting the Cadogan era 1982 pipe, that's $400 per pipe. Comoy's Christmas pipes almost never have the drilled C logo, no matter the year, always seems like a sub-par Comoy's to me.

Really shocked that my early bid did not win this auction. Shocked.
 
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tfdickson

Lifer
May 15, 2014
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An unsmoked Northern Briars "Countryman" went a bit cheaper than I would have guessed. It's unusual to see this shape with a tapered stem.


Dunhill 120's don't usually do this well, but in Root Briar grade, there was some competition.


The 1968 Root Briar 120 was one of mine. It did way better than I expected but then again if a late 60’s 120 (and their distinctive shaping) is what you are after, where else and at what price will you get it?
 

sablebrush52

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Jesse,
Are you referring to Charatan carvers Dan Tennyson and Barry Jones ?
Correct. Ken identified the Countryman shape as being the product of Tennyson and Jones.
This is why I collected and preserved Ken's posts on both Charatan and Upshall, so that there would be a primary information source available for these pipes.
 
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Dec 10, 2013
2,618
3,364
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Unsmoked Four Dot (listed as 4 Dot) with a great blast did well!


Here's one I don't quite get. Comoy's Christmas pipes made in '81 or earlier are somewhat uncommon. Discounting the Cadogan era 1982 pipe, that's $400 per pipe. Comoy's Christmas pipes almost never have the drilled C logo, no matter the year, always seems like a sub-par Comoy's to me.

Nice set. Odd; I do recall my 1982 Comoy's Xmas having the drilled logo. Which puzzled me then.
 
Dec 10, 2013
2,618
3,364
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Correct. Ken identified the Countryman shape as being the product of Tennyson and Jones.
This is why I collected and preserved Ken's posts on both Charatan and Upshall, so that there would be a primary information source available for these pipes.
You are our conservator, amongst so many other things. Our eternal gratitude for that Jesse !
Essential and indispensable information !