Sasieni Specialty Selected One Dot - Unsmoked

[ssjones]

This has to be a pretty rare pipe, and unsmoked with box and papers. I thought it might go $800 or so, but it far exceeded that.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-Rare-1923-Specially-selected-Sasieni-pipe-duplicated-1-dot-Unsmoked-w-box-/172661727185?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=T7gpRwTUHdKxW7KcBeymZ03Qzyg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
The box has "Saddle"on it, or at least it looks like that. The rest of the box seems to match up.

Two bidders wanted this one pretty badly.

 

[georged]

"Matured by Patent Process" indeed.
Bake the blocks a shipment at a time in an oven for a long time, discard the ones that crack, and use the survivors. :lol:
The world was once a simpler place. ::

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ah! Semi-destructive testing!!

 

[ashdigger]

I saw that for bid. It does have the elusive side dot. But I'll take my one Dot that cost a fraction of that one.

 

[sablebrush52]

Gotta love the stratospheric snipers! Still, there can't be too many unsmoked "specially selected" duplicated one dots floating around, much less one with its original box and paper. Wonder what happened to the sock?

 

[ashdigger]

Wonder what happened to the sock?

The seller couldn't sew. :mrgreen:

 

[jguss]

Anyone really know when pipe socks began to be packaged with pipes?

 

[ssjones]

@jguss - that's a great question.

 

[jguss]

It may well have varied by mfr; even by model within a given mfr. I only have isolated data immediately at hand (eg at least some Ben Wades had socks by '39).
What makes it tricky is the scarcity of surviving packaging that is known to be original and complete. I've seen many examples of pipes in incorrect boxes and/or socks etc. Failing that contemporary ads or company literature are useful, but don't always show whether or not a sock was included. Early Dunhill catalogs would be a great place to look but I'm traveling and don't have access to any.

 

[ssjones]

It would be interesting to learn when fitted cases made the transition to fabric socks.

I'm not sharing this with my wife. Are we a bunch of weirdo's or what??

 

[georged]

Are we a bunch of weirdo's or what??

Briar Otaku

 

[dmcmtk]

Early Dunhill catalogs would be a great place to look but I'm traveling and don't have access to any.

Jon, I just looked in the Dunhill 1927 About Smoke. No socks shown, but they would sell you just about anything else! :wink:
edit: Silly me, the Dunhill man used an Antelope Leather glove!

 

[ssjones]

A recently shared catalog had some interesting Sasieni image.
No sock, but I'd sure love to find a Sasieni "Buddy Glove". Google didn't yield any results on this piece.
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The pipe in question seems to have the Fishtail mouthpiece, as shown in the catalog snip. Was this optional?
click image uploadcertificity.com

 

[orlandofurioso]

On the box is says "large billiard " Hmm...

 

[sablebrush52]

On the box is says "large billiard " Hmm...

Well spotted, and the label also says "saddle" in pencil. So clearly not the original box for the pipe pictured. So what else might not be original? :mrgreen:

 

[jpmcwjr]

I thought I was going blind until I found the photo you chaps reference:

 

[dmcmtk]

The pipe itself looks genuine. Of course, with these old Sasieni pipes, I like to see the stem off to check for the hardware. Note also the sweeping cross grain on both sides of the stummel, A LOT nicer than the grain one sees on the "Specially Selected" pipes made...um, I mean being sold, in Italy.

 

[orlandofurioso]

If memory serves me correctly the seller did not claim the box to be original to the pipe and it is in very decent condition.

So never mind the box , consider it an extra. I love the pipe , but it is not a LB :mrgreen: