It Appears Lee Van Cleef's Two Most Famous Pipes Have Been Acquired

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[SeanM456]

I'm Brendan.

It says so right above the photo of the 1792 Flake tin.

I found that tin in the glovebox of a car I once owned. It previously belonged to the actor, John Voight.

And I'm Sean, it says so right next to my photo of me and Clint Eastwood.

 

[fireground_piper]

Considering I work as an autograph authenticator, and deal in high end movie props, this claim is also rediculous.

I do have letters from the family, so that's that, but when you're talking about autographs, props, and other collectibles, provenance rarely ever exists. This is why most companies rely on screen/photo-matching.

Anyone can make up a story, my story isn't made up though. It's actually wild that people really think I put this much time into what? Being famous on a pipe forum? I would never sell the pipes. They will go to my grave, and since I'm 29, I hope I get to have many good years left to enjoy them. Once I'm gone, I will instruct that the GBU pipe end up in a museum, especially now because the ignorance of some of the people in these forums is absurd.

I literally am extremely well known in multiple industries. What I found interesting is people claiming I should show the letters to prove they are authentic. Why should I do that? The screen-matching is more then enough proof. Should I show the letters so that people can make copies of them, or try reaching out to the person on the letter?

Nope.

I have not asked for letters. I am not asking for letters.

My position is it's not believable until proof is given. That onus is on you. I don't care about the pipes at all other than my opinion of the matter holistically is that nothing currently shown leads me to believe the claim.

Whether you care about that or not, is your position.

 

[SeanM456]

I have not asked for letters. I am not asking for letters.

My position is it's not believable until proof is given. That onus is on you. I don't care about the pipes at all other than my opinion of the matter holistically is that nothing currently shown leads me to believe the claim.

Whether you care about that or not, is your position.

You forgot your clown nose when making this post didn't you. If screen-matching isn't enough for you, then I don't know what is.

I'm not sharing anything more with anyone then what I have stated publicly.

Truthfully, I could care less if anyone believes me. I know what I have. I know they are a million percent real. I know where I got them from. I have nothing left to prove to people who are supposedly "uninterested and don't care", meanwhile they keep taking time out of their day to comment in this and other threads regarding my items.

 

[telescopes]

You forgot your clown nose when making this post didn't you. If screen-matching isn't enough for you, then I don't know what is.

I'm not sharing anything more with anyone then what I have stated publicly.

Truthfully, I could care less if anyone believes me. I know what I have. I know they are a million percent real. I know where I got them from. I have nothing left to prove to people who are supposedly "uninterested and don't care", meanwhile they keep taking time out of their day to comment in this and other threads regarding my items.

Ignore those whose contributions to the subject field nothing positive. You can use the ignore button. It works wonders. As you have seen, many of us are indeed glad to know what happened to these pipes.

 

[telescopes]

You forgot your clown nose when making this post didn't you. If screen-matching isn't enough for you, then I don't know what is.

I'm not sharing anything more with anyone then what I have stated publicly.

Truthfully, I could care less if anyone believes me. I know what I have. I know they are a million percent real. I know where I got them from. I have nothing left to prove to people who are supposedly "uninterested and don't care", meanwhile they keep taking time out of their day to comment in this and other threads regarding my items.

I forgot to add - something it took a long time for me to learn is that I don’t have to prove I am right. Doubters must prove me wrong with actual proof. If they don’t like that attitude - too bad.

 

[Ryan]

Where can I see these pipes? Are there pictures posted somewhere on this forum?

 

[woodsroad]

I'd bet Lee's pipe from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" would appeal to and be more significant to many more people then you think. I can guarantee you it would be worth more too.

People who don't understand movie props would never understand this. The meerschaum pipe from "National Treasure" sold for $90,000 in 2021, with no provenance or screen-matching.

As I've said many times before though, this is not about money, although I guarantee you I paid more then anyone could guess for them. It was about them going to the right home.

Easy, big guy.
I wasn't poo-pooing your acquisition, interest in or value of LVC's tobacco burners. Just saying that some people are intrigued, others don't give a rodent's posterior. And any time you claim to have some one- off relic, someone else is going to tell you that you are full of shit. Ask the guy who claims to have Jesus' codpiece or J. Edgar Hoover's dress.

 

[fireground_piper]

...... or J. Edgar Hoover's dress.

I told you it's real!

 

[Waning Embers]

I don't believe Embers has a wife or kids or even a Christmas tree. He's never shown us any certificates or receipts.

It's okay to be gullible if you like but I've never owned a Christmas tree. Actually second wife, my first ended her life when I was 21.

 

[sablebrush52]

I don’t get all the rancor happening over this, I truly don’t. Believe the pipes are real or don’t.
But, in case, if I decide to sell my TRON paintings or my copy of the design book, remember that you saw this:

 

[Waning Embers]

I don’t get all the rancor happening over this, I truly don’t. Believe the pipes are real or don’t.
But, in case I decide to sell my TRON paintings or my copy of the design book, remember that you saw this:

You've got IMBD in your credentials.

 

[sablebrush52]

You've got IMBD in your credentials.

Yep, and the IMDb is chock full of errors. I’ll be sending those folks a credit list listing me as an Art Director on a show on which they didn’t list me.
They were a lot easier to work with 20 years ago.

 

[STP]

I'm Brendan.

It says so right above the photo of the 1792 Flake tin.

I found that tin in the glovebox of a car I once owned. It previously belonged to the actor, John Voight.

You had his 1989 Chrysler LeBaron convertible? Does the tin happen to have any teeth marks?

 

[SeanM456]

I don’t get all the rancor happening over this, I truly don’t. Believe the pipes are real or don’t.
But, in case I decide to sell my TRON paintings or my copy of the design book, remember that you saw this:

But wait, photo or screen matching doesn't prove anything according to some of these people so

(Sarcasm)

 

[fireground_piper]

I don’t get all the rancor happening over this, I truly don’t. Believe the pipes are real or don’t.
But, in case, ifView attachment 422808 I decide to sell my TRON paintings or my copy of the design book, remember that you saw this:

A lefty?! That must have been a nightmare to deal with!

 

[brian64]

Every time I look at this thread the watch chimes from FAFDM keep playing in my head.

 

[sablebrush52]

A lefty?! That must have been a nightmare to deal with!

In more ways than you can imagine. The show was heading straight for the iceberg before I revamped their entire background painting, design, and photography pipeline and became the head of the background department and the Disney apparatchiks never forgave me. The old guard wanted that show to fail.

 

[woodsroad]

In more ways than you can imagine. The show was heading straight for the iceberg before I revamped their entire background painting, design, and photography pipeline and became the head of the background department and the Disney apparatchiks never forgave me. The old guard wanted that show to fail.

Film Can Palette.
Priceless.

 

[telescopes]

Every time I look at this thread the watch chimes from FAFDM keep playing in my head.

I wish I had his pistol