The Holy Grail: My Cheap Dunhill

[rigmedic1]

I bid on this Dunhill on eBay, and apparently everyone else was asleep at the wheel, so I secured it for the low, low price of $37.00. The nomenclature is DUNHILL SHELL, England 12, Canadian, a blurred patent ending in 45/21, and Pending. The dating guide puts the manufacture date at approximately 1932.

It was very clean, inside and out, but the stem is really thin at the button end. I have been smoking EMP and Princes Street in it, and it smokes very well. I plan on displaying it with my Broken Castello when it comes back from Walker Briar Repair.

 

[kashmir]

Yowza! Homerun there.

Major congrats on a fine Dunnie for a mere pittance of what its really worth.

 

[rigmedic1]

I just got back a Castello that Mike Myers repaired, that is in another post. I plan on having a new stem made for this baby also. I bought it to smoke it, so far, EMP and Princes Street. It seems to like Princes Street best, lol.

 

[javajunkie]

Go play the lottery, my friend, that pipe WITHOUT the Dunhill badge was a steal at that price! With it? WOW!! All i can say is you done very, very good. Congrats!

 

[dervis]

Nicely done. Of course you might have just used up all your luck for forever. I'd say it was worth it though

 

[john218]

A pre-war Dunhill for the price of a drugstore brand pipe!
Great score, rigmedic; it looks like it was well cared for. Happy smoking!

 

[rigmedic1]

Thanks! I love a great deal, and am a cheapskate besides, lol. Plus I subscribe to Mark Twain's philosophy of having someone else do the hard work of breaking in a pipe.

 

[cigrmaster]

That may be the best score I have ever heard about on Ebay. A patent Era Dunhill for that kind of coin is insane. Congrats on your new Dunhill and smoke it in good health.

 

[flmason]

Congratulations on your new pipe. That is an excellent find. Perhaps the seller did not know the true value of the item offered for sale. I would check out future auctions from the same seller. You might get some additional deals.

 

[tbradsim1]

Rig, you done better than good. :worship:

 

[mustanggt]

Well done!!! I got a 1935 Dunhill a few months back for $153 and thought that was as good as you could do. Now there is you. :D

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Nice score. The seller is probably still in disbelief at how little this pipe went for.

 

[ssjones]

I bet the seller had no clue what it was and was probably surprised someone would pay close to $40 for a used pipe....

Hell of a score! (I'm a fan of Princes Street myself)

 

[numbersix]

Wow - big congrats! The seller must be killing himself over that sale!

 

[kanaia]

That is fantastic,good job.

 

[gisboro]

Nice looking pipe, enjoy the smoke.

 

[trailspike48]

I wasn't sleeping, but I did miss the finish bell. I had planned on bidding on this one as the bidding was slow. It all worked out for the good though. One of us would have paid an lot more for this beauty. Congrats.

 

[allan]

Everyone deserves to get a great deal once in a while. That is a steal.
Enjoy!