Hi Guys, sorry for the bumpy entry here, to those who may have read. I formatted my request wrong so I'll try again.
I am very unknowledgeable about pipes, but do have a collection that needs to be sold. I am pretty much set that I'll be putting them on ebay but I honestly so in the dark about what exactly they are, all I can do is say I have a brown one I think is briar wood, nice carvings, a yellow stem, etc. I don't know the proper way to describe these.
Well, anyway, I will post some pics here to see if any of you would care to weigh in and help me to understand what it is I have. I will say that having not paid much attn to pipes before starting to research these, it's been a real eye opener as to just how cool some of the old pipes out there really are. Wow!
Also, and perhaps, ideally, if there were someone out there who was an expert on these, maybe in exchange for your help with the descriptions I need there could be a token of my appreciation. Is this allowed?
The collection I have was from a very prominent pipe industry leader in the 1940's-50's. I know many of these pipes are Kaywoodie based on the 3 leaf clovers. One pipe inlayed with mop dots bears the Collosal Pipe Factory "CPF French Briar" stamp. There are also a number of incomplete figural ones, some just stems with gator, and dolphins, one complete pipe looks like it belongs in the Civil War with a small pouch and cleaning tool attached.
And help, suggestions and comments will be much appreciated.
TIA
brian
I am very unknowledgeable about pipes, but do have a collection that needs to be sold. I am pretty much set that I'll be putting them on ebay but I honestly so in the dark about what exactly they are, all I can do is say I have a brown one I think is briar wood, nice carvings, a yellow stem, etc. I don't know the proper way to describe these.
Well, anyway, I will post some pics here to see if any of you would care to weigh in and help me to understand what it is I have. I will say that having not paid much attn to pipes before starting to research these, it's been a real eye opener as to just how cool some of the old pipes out there really are. Wow!
Also, and perhaps, ideally, if there were someone out there who was an expert on these, maybe in exchange for your help with the descriptions I need there could be a token of my appreciation. Is this allowed?
The collection I have was from a very prominent pipe industry leader in the 1940's-50's. I know many of these pipes are Kaywoodie based on the 3 leaf clovers. One pipe inlayed with mop dots bears the Collosal Pipe Factory "CPF French Briar" stamp. There are also a number of incomplete figural ones, some just stems with gator, and dolphins, one complete pipe looks like it belongs in the Civil War with a small pouch and cleaning tool attached.
And help, suggestions and comments will be much appreciated.
TIA
brian