Quite a Pipe - Completed Auction

[AroEnglish]

That would be something wouldn't it? It's only 1"×3.9".

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How disappointing

 

[Chasing Embers]

How disappointing

I may need to do some calls to see if larger is actually done. On a side note, I'm surprised the pipe in the OP went for so much. None of my meerschaums have exceeded $280.

 

[orvet]

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The carver from the OP appears to be ISMAIL OZEL. He makes some interesting figurals.

I thought the OP looked like Ismail Ozel's work.
He actually came to an RTDA show here in the US in the 1980s. A company brought him to the show and was promoting his work, I think it was Royal Meerschaum. In their booth they displayed an enormous pipe Ismail had carved, I think it was Anthony and Cleopatra on a barge in the Nile.
It was quite interesting and informative talking with the fellow who was importing
Ismail's pipes. After the show I ended up getting a couple hundred of their pipes, (none by Ismail though). Their mid-range pipes were very nice, and even a few pieces that were works of art, though nothing of the size, intricacy and detail of Ismail Ozel's carvings.

 

[pappymac]

Pappy we need to get you a giant Santa head pipe.

I haven't found one I really like yet.