Super Expensive Pipes

[fireground_piper]

Go to smoking pipes and danish pipe shop, sort by highest price.

most of what you will see is just very clean, well shaped pipes in the $2k-$7k price range by the top people one would expect.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I want to see what I’m missing out on.

Other than aesthetics, you're not missing out on anything.

 

[DanWil84]

The first 3 words (the topic) of this question is subjective and we manage to fill 6 pages with it, you see how nutty we are on pipes.

We (our family) have been looking at another house. We set a fixed price where we find ourselfs comfortable to pay in mortgage every month. We do know we have a house in a much wanted neighbourhood of our city, still we didnt put it up for sale yet. Greet hasn't found us yet to just push the house on the market, cash big time (maybe twice the mortgage now on it), as we still have to spend more than we would like to to buy another house.

It's the same with cars. We own 2 because we need to. But we always wanted another car to tow our RV. Our present towing car does what it has to (tow the RV), is only 10 years old with 100K miles / 160K KM, drives great, hasnt been that expensive in maintaince, tyres, title and insurance. So why on earth would we for those 2000 km we use as a towing vehicle? Now with COVID not going away we stay in the country anyway and we don't have to tow over mountains.

This goes for anything. Homes, cars, clothes, watches, going to diner, holidays. Everything. Spend what you are comfortable with. If that is what you can spend have at it.

 

[sandollars]

 

[anotherbob]

This sounds tasteful. I have to say that for my tastes, a lot of the high priced pipes are overworked eyesores with a shape that looks ergonomicly poor. I’d rather spend that kind of $ on artwork that is not a pipe. That said I’ve seen some expensive ones that are more traditional in shape that I like. I don’t think I spent more than a few hundred dollars on any of mine.

I agree this thread wants more pictures of expensive pipes.

there are a lot of pipes that give me more of a sculpture vibe then smoking tool vibe. Nothing wrong with that. But there are certainly ones that I don't imagine getting smoked regularly or even on special occasions. Though at that price a piece has to stand out. And it doesn't need wide appeal, it needs really sharp appeal. One person has to like it a lot.

 

[karam]

Go to smoking pipes and danish pipe shop, sort by highest price.

most of what you will see is just very clean, well shaped pipes in the $2k-$7k price range by the top people one would expect.

I did that just now, most of what I saw was - to my eyes - a parade of ugliness, like a first year art student modern art gallery.

 

[fireground_piper]

I did that just now, most of what I saw was - to my eyes - a parade of ugliness, like a first year art student modern art gallery.

We find what we seek

 

[AroEnglish]

I did that just now, most of what I saw was - to my eyes - a parade of ugliness, like a first year art student modern art gallery.

Even this?

Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem | Buy Tao Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes.com

Smokingpipes.com is your one stop shop for Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new tobacco pipes and estate tobacco pipes to tin pipe tobacco and bulk pipe tobacco, we have everything you need

www.smokingpipes.com

 

[karam]

Even this?

Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem | Buy Tao Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes.com

Smokingpipes.com is your one stop shop for Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new tobacco pipes and estate tobacco pipes to tin pipe tobacco and bulk pipe tobacco, we have everything you need

www.smokingpipes.com

Boring, divide the price by 12-15x and maybe

 

[alan73]

Haven’t noticed any mention of the collector personality … being a collector of anything has a cost of admission … if you collect pennies , several of them will cost you hundreds of dollars if not a thousand , there is no increased utility of that penny but it costs more , if you want every penny it will cost you a lot ….

If you want to collect pipes from the well known and highly collectible pipes from the masters of pipe making it will cost you a lot . Do they smoke better? no . but I ? my pipe collection. And higher end pipes do hold their value relatively well ( I am on a long term lease with 200 pipes)

 

[hauntedmyst]

Even this?

Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem | Buy Tao Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes.com

Smokingpipes.com is your one stop shop for Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new tobacco pipes and estate tobacco pipes to tin pipe tobacco and bulk pipe tobacco, we have everything you need

www.smokingpipes.com

Boring, divide the price by 12-15x and maybe

Agreed. Tao is either killing whales for stems, which is despicable. Or they are providing whales pro bono (whales don't have insurance) dental services and just using the extractions, which is admirable. Either way, Lucite is cheaper.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I've had conversations with my fellow collector friends about the collector mentality or personality. Part of it seems like it could be biological, related to hunter/gatherer wiring/genes; I suspect another element has to do with an emotional response, possibly related to a disruptive or traumatic childhood event that was out of one's control—in my case, the introduction of an oldest half brother that was unknown to my brothers and me that resulted in my father moving away to take care of that other side of the family, effectively making me a "son of divorce," even though my parents weren't divorced. With collecting, I found a sense of security and stability in a world of chaos—with collecting, I made the rules; I decided what and how I'd collect. In your little collector microcosm, things are in control, in order, where you want it. Then again, maybe I just like stuff. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and ceci n'est pas une pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Even this?

Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem | Buy Tao Tobacco Pipes at Smokingpipes.com

Smokingpipes.com is your one stop shop for Tao Smooth Billiard with Antique Whale Tooth Stem Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new tobacco pipes and estate tobacco pipes to tin pipe tobacco and bulk pipe tobacco, we have everything you need

www.smokingpipes.com

Too plain.



Reminds me of those Ropp Vintage pipes with the horn stems.

 

[AroEnglish]

Boring, divide the price by 12-15x and maybe

That’s fair. Your original comment made me thinks that those expensive pipes on SP were too avant-garde.

 

[AroEnglish]

Too plain.

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Reminds me of those Ropp Vintage pipes with the horn stems.

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Funny you mention the similarities because I actually bought one these Ropps (though I ended up returning it because the draw was too tight).

 

[karam]

That’s fair. Your original comment made me thinks that those expensive pipes on SP were too avant-garde.

Actually that’s what I meant, you’re right, but this one with the whale tooth is too plain for one so the cost seems even more absurd. I was referring to this one as just plain ugly to me Anne Julie, Red Lady Leg - Anne Julie - The Danish Pipe Shop - https://www.danishpipeshop.com/d/Anne-Julie-Red-Lady-Leg-i14812.html

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Actually that’s what I meant, you’re right, but this one with the whale tooth is too plain for one so the cost seems even more absurd. I was referring to this one as just plain ugly to me Anne Julie, Red Lady Leg - Anne Julie - The Danish Pipe Shop - https://www.danishpipeshop.com/d/Anne-Julie-Red-Lady-Leg-i14812.html

Wow, no offense to anyone that bought one like that and loves it, but, it looks like a pre-schooler made that out of Play-Doh. Oof.

 

[warren]

"Wow, no offense to anyone that bought one like that and loves it, but, it looks like a pre-schooler made that out of Play-Doh. Oof."

Obviously neither you nor I are a part of the targeted audience.

 

[karam]

"Wow, no offense to anyone that bought one like that and loves it, but, it looks like a pre-schooler made that out of Play-Doh. Oof."

Obviously neither you nor I are a part of the targeted audience.

I'd wonder who is the target audience for a pipe made to look like Jessica Rabbit's leg :D

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I'd wonder who is the target audience for a pipe made to look like Jessica Rabbit's leg :D

I much prefer Oguz Simsek's skull pipes (I own several), but this seems fitting to post: