This isn’t mine. It could be if I suppose. It depends on my wallet. But I’m wondering…a question for the Kaywoodie collectors, have you seen pipes like these? This is obviously a college pipe…like…silly question, right? A rarity? 
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I've gotten 2 out of my 3 Kaywoodie from Nate at Greywoodie.com he is a great guy to do business with. Went above and beyond for me.
That's an absolutely beautiful pipe. And I'm going to go against the grain here and say that the quality of Kaywoodie in my opinion has gone up recently. They are worth way more than their prices suggest.
Ill be buying many more in the future.
College pipes do turn up—what kind of frequency is hard to say. Member @Humblepipe has been selling a cool collection of college pipes for a friend of his. A purist collector of a particular brand of pipe might not be interested because the numbers might be considered a detraction from a pure stock example; a hardcore collector might want any kind of variant. One of the nice things about graduation pipes is that it puts a pretty accurate date on a pipe for the collector. KB&B (Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy) pipes are fun because they precede Kaywoodie. While I do purchase Kaywoodie pipes that intrigue and interest me, my interest lies more in earlier brands like C.P.F. (Colossus Pipe Factory) that KB&B owned. But, I can usually only guess when a C.P.F. pipe is from—most stamps on those are faux hallmarks and cannot be used for dating. A graduation pipe helps date a pipe pretty well in terms of knowing it was made that year or earlier.
Thanks for the comment. That helps. I quite like this pipe, because, as you say, it’s so easy to date. It’s a fun little piece of history and exactly 100 years old. It looks to be in great shape. I can never guess what people will actually pay for something like this. I wonder how the briar was and smoking quality of their pipes at that time…
I have a number of Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy pipes (across different brands) from that era and they smoke fine. I suspect that there are people that feel briar from back then was better than what is available now. If it won’t break the bank, go for it, and see for yourself how it smokes. Like you said, it’s a neat piece of history and 100 years old. Just go slow with smoking to minimize the risk of cracking in case it’s dry.
Cornell Class of 1923, I've never seen a KB&B class pipe though. WDC made a lot of them, but KB&B did not. So it is a bit of a rarity. But the market for class pipes is relatively limited. That is a nice example in good shape though. Early KB&B pipes can be very collectible, but the grades vary wildly. Lower grade pipes are not super collectable while the higher grades can bring real money. A sterling is a high enough grade to be collectable.
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Thanks for these comments. I'm interested in the history. Recently I bought a new Nuttens pipe but that may be the last new pipe I buy for a long while. I really like estate pipes for the connection to the past and a century old K B&B in this condition would be great if I can swing it. I'm not getting my hopes up though as to winning it. It's an elegant pipe with the sterling.
I for some reason never posted my Kaywoodies in this thread. Maybe I did my first one, but it deserves another look anyway. These pipes are the pride of my briar collection. Each one is well worth way more than the price indicates, which is absolutely crazy to me.
Kaywoodie Redroot
This has been my Old Dark Fired Pipe.
My Second Kaywoodie, the Rustica in Chestnut finish.
This one has changed my mind about vulcanite stems forever. The stem is a bit thicker than im used to, but I actually grew to like it a lot! And the carvings are actually very comfortable to hold. Purchased from @crashthegrey at Greywoodie.com
And Last but not least, And definetly not my last...
My Kaywoodie Elegante bent Billiard. Also received from Greywoodie.com
This is a Beautiful hunk of Briar, with some awesome grain. I unfortunately got it in the middle of my meerschaum thread, so it remains unsmoked untill December. But it will be the first pipe I smoke when Im ready. But I do pick it up often and bask in its beauty. Seriously I do.
I like my Kaywoodies so much, that I have Nate at Greywoodie keeping an eye out for a very particular pipe, that I will be using for a very Particular experiment. He ships very fast, and has been a pleasure to work with, even for me, a seemingly difficult customer at times.
I recommend Kaywoodie to any and everyone who hasn't tried one. You seriously can't beat the quality for the price. It still blows my mind these days.
Kaywoodie Redroot
This has been my Old Dark Fired Pipe.
My Second Kaywoodie, the Rustica in Chestnut finish.
This one has changed my mind about vulcanite stems forever. The stem is a bit thicker than im used to, but I actually grew to like it a lot! And the carvings are actually very comfortable to hold. Purchased from @crashthegrey at Greywoodie.com
And Last but not least, And definetly not my last...
My Kaywoodie Elegante bent Billiard. Also received from Greywoodie.com
This is a Beautiful hunk of Briar, with some awesome grain. I unfortunately got it in the middle of my meerschaum thread, so it remains unsmoked untill December. But it will be the first pipe I smoke when Im ready. But I do pick it up often and bask in its beauty. Seriously I do.
I like my Kaywoodies so much, that I have Nate at Greywoodie keeping an eye out for a very particular pipe, that I will be using for a very Particular experiment. He ships very fast, and has been a pleasure to work with, even for me, a seemingly difficult customer at times.
I recommend Kaywoodie to any and everyone who hasn't tried one. You seriously can't beat the quality for the price. It still blows my mind these days.
They certainly have great prices for the new ones.
Yellow-Bole I don’t know anything about it but I think it is related to KW.
Yello-Bole was indeed made by KB&B and later SM Frank. That is a pretty exceptional Bamboo Blast YB, looks almost new? First smoke?
It was an estate but looked unsmoked when I got it. Not unsmoked now
As @TheIronMonkey shared, I did sell a very large collection of class pipes for a friend. Only a few remain. My friend (who authored the Pipedia article on class pipes) had inside information about nearly all the pipes in his collection. For example, a class pipe with a "C" like yours could be connected to any number of colleges that were in existence in 1923. My friend was able to identify, almost without fail, exactly what school the pipe was associated with. With that info, we did attract some collectors of specific colleges. All that to say, see if you can find out if the seller knows anything about the pipes background.
Nice 4 digit panel dog! Looks unsmoked? C designation is for Campus I believe, denoting smaller size.
Thank you. It had been smoked when I got it but maybe only a handful of times. I picked it up along with this push-stem "Export" 23 
Oh that’s a killer little square shanked appple! That’s a shape I’ve yet to add to my collection, they are fairly scarce. Does it have a push in stinger?
This is my newest Kaywoodie that I got last week. It's a Campus. 
No push in stinger, if it once had one it was lost along the way before I acquired it.
It’s a great smoker, not much of a clencher but I like the more open draw it has.