Post Transition Barling Dating

[clickklick]

Any way to date a post transition Barling?
I traded a Gepetto for this one and in my error, thought the script meant pre transition, but I was wrong.

I am guessing this has to be post 1964, and the value is maybe $20, but oh well.

 

[deathmetal]

Yeah, take it dancing.

 

[dmcmtk]

Post 1962. I'll give you $20... But seriously, Barling pipes from the 1960's are EXCELLENT smokers. Nice sandblast on that one, it's a keeper.

 

[sablebrush52]

Looking at the shaping I'd say that it's a Barling factory made pipe and was made between late 1962 and 1970 when the factories were closed down. It will likely be a good smoker, and is worth a lot more than $20.

 

[clickklick]

Thanks! I'll clean her up and see!

 

[aristokles]

If you do not want dmcmtk's $20 for it I'll offer my $20. I have one of those, or very similar, and it smokes great. We used to be able to pick those up for really cheap. No longer.

 

[clickklick]

Really?
My very incomprehensive ebay search showed many of the post transition pieces going for 15$ or so.

 

[papipeguy]

That's a great looking pipe. Enjoy it for what it is.

 

[sablebrush52]

My very incomprehensive ebay search showed many of the post transition pieces going for 15$ or so.

The only time I've seen a Barling go for that kind of money was when it was beat to hell. Even cracked bowls have gotten more money than that.
Mike is fighting a losing battle with that pipe. Maybe it's a consignment piece. But the problem is that collectors buy stamps over briar. Most of us wouldn't know a good piece of wood from a bad one on sight, or a block of Grecian from a block of Algerian. If that pipe had been made a year or two earlier it might well have gotten a "straightgrain" stamp and been priced at $600, but that stamp was discontinued, for a time, after the Barling line was relaunched in late 1962.