Earlier today a questionable Dunhill pipe for sale on eBay was highlighted in a thread. Fake Dunhill
I contacted the seller to make him aware of the questions surrounding his listing and included the link to John Loring's article on fake Dunhills, Loring On Fake Dunhills, which describes this specific fake, on the chance that he was unaware of the nature of what he was putting up for sale. After all, many sellers are not knowledgeable about what they're listing. Sometimes they're selling stuff they picked up at an auction or a garage sale.
Here's the seller's response:
I am NOT trying to fool anyone!!!! It is just a pipe. We are NOT saving lives here , or changing the course of history! I am just selling stuff. If you think this is not real don't bid. I have a full return policy . ?????????????????????
I responded that I had no interest in bidding as I don't collect Dunhills. I asked the seller if he didn't think that someone paying upwards of a grand for an unsmoked 1930's era Dunhill should be entitled to the real thing as opposed to a fake. I also let him know that his listing had created quite a splash in several forums and that collectors take this kind of thing very seriously.
The fact that he's selling a fake doesn't compute. He's just selling stuff. That it's fake stuff doesn't matter. I don't know about you, but under such circumstances I would pull the listing and do some research. It's one thing to make an innocent mistake. It's another to continue on a questionable path once alerted.
I contacted the seller to make him aware of the questions surrounding his listing and included the link to John Loring's article on fake Dunhills, Loring On Fake Dunhills, which describes this specific fake, on the chance that he was unaware of the nature of what he was putting up for sale. After all, many sellers are not knowledgeable about what they're listing. Sometimes they're selling stuff they picked up at an auction or a garage sale.
Here's the seller's response:
I am NOT trying to fool anyone!!!! It is just a pipe. We are NOT saving lives here , or changing the course of history! I am just selling stuff. If you think this is not real don't bid. I have a full return policy . ?????????????????????
I responded that I had no interest in bidding as I don't collect Dunhills. I asked the seller if he didn't think that someone paying upwards of a grand for an unsmoked 1930's era Dunhill should be entitled to the real thing as opposed to a fake. I also let him know that his listing had created quite a splash in several forums and that collectors take this kind of thing very seriously.
The fact that he's selling a fake doesn't compute. He's just selling stuff. That it's fake stuff doesn't matter. I don't know about you, but under such circumstances I would pull the listing and do some research. It's one thing to make an innocent mistake. It's another to continue on a questionable path once alerted.