Who Is H.G.P. of Barclay Rex Fame?

[jguss]

Thank you greeneyes!

Just found this article dated January 1, 1922 which suggests that poor Herman may not have been cut out for the retail trade…



Of course there's always the chance that he made it up on volume <rim shot>

 

[huntertrw]

jguss for the win! Thank-you, Sir!

 

[huntertrw]

It's interesting to me that the news item, dated January 1, 1922, doesn't yet list his last name as "Perry" but as "Pesetzky."

Also, do you suppose there was a "Meerschaum Mafia" operating in New York at the time? According to the U.S. Inflation Calculator Website (Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2025 - https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/) $4,700.00 in 1922 (a substantial sum then) would be worth $88,872.24 today.

 

[chilllucky]

If be curious to ask @SBC and @TheIronMonkey how this account jives with whatever secret theory they were hinting at earlier.

 

[ssjones]

Not a phrase you read every day: "...where it would excite the cupidty of thieves".

 

[TheIronMonkey]

If be curious to ask @SBC and @TheIronMonkey how this account jives with whatever secret theory they were hinting at earlier.

I was excited to see any new info regarding these pipes, because so little info is available online. I welcomed the supposition that Henri Gerin might be H.G.P., but am far happier to read the reality that Jon has presented. As far as I know, Scott and I had no secret theory about H.G.P. pipes, just a common interest in them going back a few years here on the forum.

One aspect of my pipe collection is that whenever possible, I enjoy smoking a tobacconist’s blend in a pipe marked with that tobacconist’s name. Barclay-Rex is of particular interest because it’s pretty much the only surviving tobacconist in New York, my hometown.

The mystery and lack of knowledge surrounding these pipes was kind of fun because of the limitless possibilities, but the info that @jguss pulls out of the corners of his mind and archive is always welcomed.