Not so much. I really enjoy getting what I perceive as a lot of pipe for not so much, and thereby being able to have a large variety of shapes, finishes, and nationalities, and a wide selection when I go for a smoke. With a windfall sale of a piece of writing, I bought my most expensive pipe, which was a new Ser Jacopo 1/4 bent blast Dublin, on sale from smokingpipes.com about three years ago for something like $175 plus shipping. You can't get anywhere near that (low) now, even with estate pipes. (Mostly, I'm sure you might find something on ebay.) My other most expensive pipe was given to me by a generous Forums member. It was sent with some tobacco he'd tried and didn't want, and it was such a surprise, I didn't know it was in the box until he asked after I'd thanked him for the tobacco! Boy was I surprised. It's a smooth bent billiard Ferndown with a silver band, the perfect cooker for Semois burley variants.