I have always assumed that people selling “estate cobs” don’t know anything about pipes. ?
Have you looked to see if these sales are ever completed?
True. I’m assuming it’s the already smoked variety mentioned I the original post.
they let babies buy cobs, tobacco, or cocaine back then so who is to say if he bought them new or not.I bought a smoked cob once because it was tricked out with a bamboo shank and a vulcanite stem. It looked like it had been smoked maybe once or twice, so a good score for 5 bucks. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I seem to remember that fishnbanjo smoked some 100 year old cobs that he really loved. I assume he didn't buy those new. So it's not totally unheard of.
I used to work with a woman who had an eBay shop reselling things she got from Target or WalMart - things readily available brand new, in stores or online - and she would list them as "antique" or "collectible" or similar line of hyperbole. She actually sold most of her listings profitably to people who could have gone to almost any big-box retailer and picked them up for less. Madness.
