I also saw that, but fishtail, Bruyere, that all is correct. It is the original box as in, the family never changed the box. Perhaps something went wrong at the store where the pipe originally was purchased.
Unsmoked Patent Era Dunhill with Original Box and Reamer from 1950
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You are correct, I know such a person. Wants to have everything related to the 1930's. Clothes, jewellery, car, utility articles, house decoration etc. And of course pipes. He has some nice 1930's Dunhills.
Ah, yes a lovely unsmoked Dunnie.
Congrats to your friend Arno, I believe to know who bought the pipe
It was an absolute steal and still it lingered quite a while on the auction site.
However; I did not think much of the sellers conduct . The small size and the shape bothered me too.
A poorly repaired box which is possibly not original to the pipe. I can never bring myself to smoking an unsmoked pipe so valuble, so I would have bought it for profit only and I did not feel like that. Mayby I'm not yet entirely corrupted
Can be smaller sized pipes are less desirable, they are also more rare.
I've witnessed small Dunnies go for stellar prices on Feebay.
Like a tiny 1927 Shell Briar in like new condition, with a silver mount, which I bought for a song.
Congrats to your friend Arno, I believe to know who bought the pipe
It was an absolute steal and still it lingered quite a while on the auction site.
However; I did not think much of the sellers conduct . The small size and the shape bothered me too.
A poorly repaired box which is possibly not original to the pipe. I can never bring myself to smoking an unsmoked pipe so valuble, so I would have bought it for profit only and I did not feel like that. Mayby I'm not yet entirely corrupted
Can be smaller sized pipes are less desirable, they are also more rare.
I've witnessed small Dunnies go for stellar prices on Feebay.
Like a tiny 1927 Shell Briar in like new condition, with a silver mount, which I bought for a song.
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Good to see you too old friend!
I owe you so much and am so thankful! 
You got me basically on the Pipesmagazine radio show and being in the Greater Kansas City Pipe Club magazine gave my blog lots of exposure. I will never forget that 
There's always a chance. The salesperson at the tobacconist might not have cared about matching pipes to boxes and just grabbed one off the shelf. Happens a lot. And, the seller could have assembled the parts, which happens occasionally.
The Amsterdam shop ( closed 1973 ) with its last innkeeper :
How time goes irretrievable.
How time goes irretrievable.
Haha! He lives in the same city as youAh, yes a lovely unsmoked Dunnie.
Congrats to your friend Arno, I believe to know who bought the pipe
It was an absolute steal and still it lingered quite a while on the auction site.
However; I did not think much of the sellers conduct . The small size and the shape bothered me too.
A poorly repaired box which is possible not original to the pipe. I can never bring myself to smoking an unsmoked pipe so valuble, so I would have bought it for profit only and I did not feel like that. Mayby I'm not yet entirely corrupted
Can be smaller sized pipes are less desirable, they are also more rare.
I've witnessed small Dunnies go for stellar prices on Feebay.
It was a steal, think it lingered quite a while because the seller did not mention "Dunhill", only "Bruyere".
The box is my only concern, at least it is time-original.
For the price that my friend paid I would have documented it thoroughly first, then smoked it. Pipes are meant to be smoked in my opinion. But he saw a bit of profit, which is fine, to each their own.
You are right, another plus!
Thanks for the picture! Indeed, how time goes irretrievable.. Nowadays there is hardly a good (pipe) tobacco shop left in The Netherlands..
And I wish him all the best in the world and grant him his bit of profit more than anyone in this world
Only too happy if he does not start smoking it actually.
Only too happy if he does not start smoking it actually.
Sadly not, but every now and then a little wonder happens. Like with this little fellow.
There is an outstanding tobaccoshop in Apeldoorn .
My understanding is that this was quite common, maybe even the norm.
Does he only date women born in the 1930’s?
A miracle yes! There are so many Dunhill scams going on on Marktplaats. I really thought he would get a blanc box with a basket pipe inside. Luckily I was wrong!
Van Werven yes, I have been there. But like many tobacconists he is growing old. No one will like to take over a tobaccoshop and then *poefff* gone.. Just like Willem Schimmel in Zutphen.
You can laugh what you want, but he's an older geezer and this is his (younger) wife (of course the picture has been aged)..
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You can laugh what you want, but he's an older geezer and this is his (younger) wife (of course the picture has been aged)..
Thank God. I was thinking of something like this:
That could very well be. I have something similar with a 1967 Shell Briar lovat. The former and 1st owner was 100% sure that it came new in that box.
Looking at the shape nr. on this pipe, 59, I think it is of no use to look for 71 on the internet for info about it. / 'them'.
It is not a 59... I saw a few 259 F/T pipes on the internet that have somewhat the shape of this beautyful pipe. But certainly not the same. This is an interesting pipe anyway, with or without that box I think.