I've been known to lurk on the bay looking for that diamond in the rough, or some treasure that has been overlooked for some reason from time to time. Generally I check out all of the pipes that meet my criteria that are closing in the next 24 hours, or checking the freshly posted "Buy it Now" listings in the hopes that a seller has a gem that they may not have researched and post well under market value. I really enjoy Danish Freehands, and have been searching for sometime for a Celius Fantasy. This weekend while making my rounds on the bay I happened upon a Celius Fantasy that had appeared to go unnoticed. It was about midnight and the pipe had like 8 hours left. As it has been a month for bucket list pipe purchases, I figured "What the hell, why not!". I placed a rather meager bid and went to bed shortly there after. I awoke Sunday morning, and to my amazement, I had "Won" the auction. Feelings of excitement were soon trumped by feelings of doubt. I thought to myself, "I must have missed something, it must be flawed and the other guys just passed on it." Well the pipe arrived today. I opened the box fearing the worst. Thoughts like "burnout" and "cracked shank" were racing through my mind. Guess what guys and gals, I freaking won on Ebay! Not only was the pipe in perfect condition, it's unsmoked! :nana: :puffpipe: