What Is a Dried Out Classic Tobacco Worth To You?

[anotherbob]

There is a Balkan Sobranie opened and 'dusty' tin for sale on Tin Bids! I would pay nothing for it. I usually send my tin failures to Ashdigger as he runs the best tin disposal business on the West Coast!!

Are you jumping the gun on the Arizona coast? Still got a few years before he owns beach front property.

 

[jaingorenard]

I thought 'dusty' was an overstatement until I looked at the pictures...

 

[kcghost]

I am afraid I wouldn't pay anything for it.

 

[jpberg]

Yay! I get to say it.

Treefiddy.

 

[anotherbob]

like the tin.
I'd pay five bucks for that.

 

[AJL67]

Here's the hypothetical:

Someone is listing a tin of a legendary tobacco, one that hasn't been in production for at least 40 years, but that tin has been opened, partially smoked, and now the contents are dusty. Tins of this tobacco rarely show up and when they do, usually sell for $400. What would you pay for such an opened tin?

Nothing.

There were packages of esoterica stuff from the 90s on tinbids, cello or plastic bags it came in kind of wrapped, the seller even said this stuff was left out and was completely dry, ppl still bid in the mid 100s for it. To each their own i suppose. My guess would be the bidders native language is not English and even a chance they aren’t pipe smokers.

 

[condorlover1]

Tin Bids can be quite amusing. On the two occasions I purchased 'sealed' tins on that venue I received the equivalent of the Russian T90 tank effect in that the top of the tin fell off when I opened the box! The other term I love is 'rehydration project' which means you are buying a tin of mummy dust. I hate to sound like George Carlin but some of the terms bandied around such as 'aged tobacco' on the retail scene would provide George with a ton of material if he was still alive and doing pipe commentary.

 

[warren]

Zilch, I'm don't "chase." I simply enjoy the few blends I enjoy.

 

[huntertrw]

I

I can just imagine the conversation of the two individuals featured on the label of this tin:

First Individual: Do you believe it? This tobacco is like the dust of the desert!

Second Individual: Yes, my friend, but crazy people do crazy things. Remember the old, old saying about a fool and his money!

First Individual: At my home I have old weeds and debris from my hoeing of last year's garden. How much do you suppose they would pay? It looks similar, you know.

Second Individual: I knew not that you had a garden. What did you grow?

First Individual: Many beautiful flowers, but the best are mums.

Second Individual: Let us see how much this tin brings, then we will offer some of your "Oldbranie." Perhaps we may both become rich.

First Individual: Mum's the word!

 

[mso489]

The container is the item of value, but I'm not needing extra historical tins, so it is no thanks from me. If the container filled some nice in someone's collection of empties, I think $35 might make sense, to round out a set.

It is difficult to imagine who would pay hundreds of dollars for something they should know is unusable. If people have smoked pipes for a while, enough to know how it works, they wouldn't want a spoiled tin. Like buying wine that is certain to have gone flat or sour.

I think these online auctions have a high element of farce, even when the items have some efficacy. It requires a pretty sophisticated auction house to keep the bidding real and offer value for what excited people will spend.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Completely unrelated, but does anybody know what landscape is pictured in the background of the tin art? Or is it just some random peaks

 

[gamzultovah]

Nada…

 

[AJL67]

Completely unrelated, but does anybody know what landscape is pictured in the background of the tin art? Or is it just some random peaks

Without googling it I'm going to guess there is an actual Balkan Mountain range.

 

[Davy]

Here's the hypothetical:

Someone is listing a tin of a legendary tobacco, one that hasn't been in production for at least 40 years, but that tin has been opened, partially smoked, and now the contents are dusty. Tins of this tobacco rarely show up and when they do, usually sell for $400. What would you pay for such an opened tin?

Are you fishing to know how much to ask for your tin?

 

[condorlover1]

@Ahi Ka : Thats the view of Brooklyn Heights in New York. The person on the left is Mrs Patel who owns the local corner shop and the one on the right is the cleaning lady from the Dr Shah's dental practice!

 

[huntertrw]

...does anybody know what landscape is pictured in the background of the tin art? Or is it just some random peaks

Grand tetons?

 

[condorlover1]

@huntertrw : I wonder what she will look like at 45?

 

[hawky454]

The tin would be cool to have. I’d be willing to pay $15 or so for the tin. I bought some old dried out Condor for the packaging. The flakes inside were not worth rehydrating but it’s nice to have to lay out with my pipes.

I’m curious what the winning price will turn out to be. If you zoom in, there appears to be rat turds or something in there that is most definitely not tobacco, so, whoever wins that bid may get an extra treat! Maybe that was the secret behind the unparalleled taste of Balkan Sobranie though, who knows. It wasn’t the Yenidje, that gave it that soda flavor, it was the rat turds all along!

 

[mingc]

Here's the hypothetical:

Someone is listing a tin of a legendary tobacco, one that hasn't been in production for at least 40 years, but that tin has been opened, partially smoked, and now the contents are dusty. Tins of this tobacco rarely show up and when they do, usually sell for $400. What would you pay for such an opened tin?

Hypothetically, it could be Captain Black for all anyone knows.

 

[Ahi Ka]

@Ahi Ka : Thats the view of Brooklyn Heights in New York. The person on the left is Mrs Patel who owns the local corner shop and the one on the right is the cleaning lady from the Dr Shah's dental practice!

Now if we could just get Jon’s protégé @georged to give us a history lesson this thread could become a sticky…much like hunterw’s pants