Yard Sale Finds

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Picked up a few pipes and a humidor at a yard sale this weekend. A meer billiard, a gourd calabash, a cob, a Motorist, and a Mastercraft weatherproof sparkproof pipe. Along with a Ranger reamer, a continental lighter, tobacco pounch, stand and some odds and ends in the humidor. $20 for the lot.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Nice haul! Love the Gale pipes, those things are cool. I have a few of those Bakelite rests, love em. Those adjustable reamers actually work quite well.

 

[Arthur Frayn]

Picked up a few pipes and a humidor at a yard sale this weekend. A meer billiard, a gourd calabash, a cob, a Motorist, and a Mastercraft weatherproof sparkproof pipe. Along with a Ranger reamer, a continental lighter, tobacco pounch, stand and some odds and ends in the humidor. $20f or the lot.View attachment 205809View attachment 205822

Yesss. My favorite kind of post.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

You did good! That's a lot of stuff for $20. Congrats.

 

[mso489]

For twenty bucks. You could turn these around on fleaBay for a good bit more. However, they all look like keepers to me.

I surmise that pipes at yard sales are a regional thing, and I seem to be in the cigarette region. It seems like no one here ever smoked a pipe or had a family member who did. It does help if the relatives don't know pipes. It's just clutter to them, and twenty bucks sounds pretty good.

 

[Briar Tuck]

Nice score!

 

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For twenty bucks. You could turn these around on fleaBay for a good bit more. However, they all look like keepers to me.

I surmise that pipes at yard sales are a regional thing, and I seem to be in the cigarette region. It seems like no one here ever smoked a pipe or had a family member who did. It does help if the relatives don't know pipes. It's just clutter to them, and twenty bucks sounds pretty good.

I don't come across a lot here, but when I do they seem to be well taken care of pipes. The last batch I found for $20 included a Dunhill and some other nice pipes. That batch ended up costing 73 cents per pipe. I need to start culling the herd, the pipes are taking over. LOL

 

[BCF]

Holy shit! Nicely done!

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Great score!

 

[scloyd]

Picked up a few pipes and a humidor at a yard sale this weekend. A meer billiard, a gourd calabash, a cob, a Motorist, and a Mastercraft weatherproof sparkproof pipe. Along with a Ranger reamer, a continental lighter, tobacco pounch, stand and some odds and ends in the humidor. $20 for the lot.View attachment 205809View attachment 205822

The Zippo type lighter is a True cigarettes lighter.



Nice find BTW

 

[SBC]

Win!

 

[mso489]

If I found lots like this for twenty skins, I'd have pipes packed in the cupboards. If you don't have the time to re-sell, you could send selected pipes to SP for store credit, toward particular pipes you want. I guess I don't shop yard sales and flea markets enough. There's a big state flea market at he fairgrounds near me, but usually the pipe inventory is zip, or so-so items way overpriced. Flea market sales tend toward pricey. That's the culture.

 

[Kobold]

Wow! That’s pretty awesome!

 

[SBC]

I've never found anything at a yard sale or flea market, but I've made some really nice scores at antique shops.

This has waned enormously, though. 10+ years ago I regularly found pipes in the Savinelli/Peterson/Comoys type range for $5 or so. Now, when I ask an antique dealer if there are any pipes around, he says that he used to struggle to offload them, but now they're snatched up the moment they come in the door.

I blame all you guys ;-)

 

[fMf Piper]

Wow, nice find. Congratulations!

 

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If I found lots like this for twenty skins, I'd have pipes packed in the cupboards. If you don't have the time to re-sell, you could send selected pipes to SP for store credit, toward particular pipes you want. I guess I don't shop yard sales and flea markets enough. There's a big state flea market at he fairgrounds near me, but usually the pipe inventory is zip, or so-so items way overpriced. Flea market sales tend toward pricey. That's the culture.

I'll probably see if any of the members here want to just trade a few of the pipes in my collection for a Peterson system pipe. I know some hate those and if they could acquire a few pipes in exchange it would be a win win for all. I like system pipes especially the spigot systems. I don't think I'd get much credit for my pipes at SP except maybe the Dunhill.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Great score!
I rarely find stuff (of any sort) that’s good in my area.
Living in the southwest there’s hoardes of trucks roaming sales to stock up for resale in Mexican border towns.

 

[FurCoat]

Now that's a nice haul. Cool assortment.

 

[MCJ]

Love it!

 

[kcghost]

Some days it's just great to be alive, isn't it??