Sasieni 8-Dot Patent Era Seven Day Set
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I'm putting my faith in a classic e-Bay buyer personality to push the price over $6k... "The Drunken Collector"
"The Drunken Collector" is characterized by his or her methodical searches for specific items. In this instance they will have saved e-Bay searches for: "asieni", "sabieni", "abieni", "8 dot", "eight dot", "Sasieni", "fishtale", "patent", "Vintage Playboy". This buyer NEVER bids until the last 12 seconds of any auction, and when the bid goes in it goes in at a price which is rational, affordable, and never unhinged; unless drink is involved. Auctions that end on Friday or Saturday nights after 10pm are this buyer's nemesis. Remember that $495 Dunhill Cumberland? How about the $395 Comoy Blue Riband with an aftermarket band? Bourbon or Balvenie, Rot-gut or Rye (ok... same thing), The Drunken Collector can and will, randomly, swoop in like an avenging angel and place defoliating bids in the last 12 seconds of an auction.
Now I know this auction ends at about 12:30pm on a Sunday... but I still have faith that this buyer comes out of the woodwork on this auction.
-- Pat
PS - Prices have already eclipsed what I think is fair value for the pipes. So I'm not jumping into any gang bidding. Sorry Gigger.
"The Drunken Collector" is characterized by his or her methodical searches for specific items. In this instance they will have saved e-Bay searches for: "asieni", "sabieni", "abieni", "8 dot", "eight dot", "Sasieni", "fishtale", "patent", "Vintage Playboy". This buyer NEVER bids until the last 12 seconds of any auction, and when the bid goes in it goes in at a price which is rational, affordable, and never unhinged; unless drink is involved. Auctions that end on Friday or Saturday nights after 10pm are this buyer's nemesis. Remember that $495 Dunhill Cumberland? How about the $395 Comoy Blue Riband with an aftermarket band? Bourbon or Balvenie, Rot-gut or Rye (ok... same thing), The Drunken Collector can and will, randomly, swoop in like an avenging angel and place defoliating bids in the last 12 seconds of an auction.
Now I know this auction ends at about 12:30pm on a Sunday... but I still have faith that this buyer comes out of the woodwork on this auction.
-- Pat
PS - Prices have already eclipsed what I think is fair value for the pipes. So I'm not jumping into any gang bidding. Sorry Gigger.
Great post Pat.
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Love the analytical breakdown!
btw
did anybody else notice this recently sold Assieni?
VINTAGE PIPE~ ?? ASIENI PIPE~LONDON MADE~"BOWLER"~CURVED STEM~PAT.151342?~LOOKIE
(it has a very rare zero dot stem!)
known by astute collectors as the ever elusive patent-era "no dot"
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Lasieni is a fave too!
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lasieni-rectory-pipe-london-pat-158899895
Dammit!
- I still regret not getting that old 8dot Lasieni when I had the chance! -
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Love the analytical breakdown!
btw
did anybody else notice this recently sold Assieni?
VINTAGE PIPE~ ?? ASIENI PIPE~LONDON MADE~"BOWLER"~CURVED STEM~PAT.151342?~LOOKIE
(it has a very rare zero dot stem!)
known by astute collectors as the ever elusive patent-era "no dot"
:D
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Lasieni is a fave too!
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lasieni-rectory-pipe-london-pat-158899895
Dammit!
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Yes I did. My comment at the time was,"I was curious to see what this pre-war Sasieni sold for, which was $92.66. It will be interesting to see if it shows up again in six months or so with a stem with eight blue dots and no stinger..." Something that fit this description, and I make no claim on the originality, or not, of the stem, sold later the same day for $555.
I was watching that Prince "Asieni" along with Dave. It will be curious to see if it resurrects with the proper stem... You know what they say about Sasieni? = Don't make an Assieni out of you and me.
It is curious that Rodrigo ends his auctions at such odd times (Unlike Rescke, etc which typically chose Sunday PM). I think some good deals can be had because of this ending time. I snagged a $300 Howell estate last year for $125 that ended on a Saturday afternoon.
It is curious that Rodrigo ends his auctions at such odd times (Unlike Rescke, etc which typically chose Sunday PM). I think some good deals can be had because of this ending time. I snagged a $300 Howell estate last year for $125 that ended on a Saturday afternoon.
Gigger: John sold that GBD a few weeks after I posted this. He was not in the shop today, so I couldn't get the price. Sorry, he must have sold it at a show.
ssjones, I do so love those odd ending times. In the age of smartphones and tablets, strange ending times probably matter less than they used to, but they still can give some of us the occasional good deal.
$4,827 ($689/pipe). That's decent outcome, MLC wins the prize.....our undying admiration.
I wonder to what country they are destined? All private bidders, so no speculation!
I wonder to what country they are destined? All private bidders, so no speculation!
Very cool, I love that the set is a variation on shapes and finishes as it seems many 7 day sets are a collection of basically the same pipe. Wish I could have seen a pic of the GBD you described, but the one Sam posted was very pretty.
Let's see. I think that I originally ranged it as between $4000 and $5000 before any of you interlopers. Where, oh where would any of you have been without my unique intelligence to guide you? :
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