She is not plodding, unseemly, scarred or marred...She's tan and lovely:
A Marxman Is A Lovely Lady
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I've posted this pipe before. I was thinking of selling it but after taking this picture, I thought otherwise. It's such a good looking pipe, I will keep it. It's really a keeper. I thought these pictures came out really well. This pipe is so small and dainty. And it's a nice little shape. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems unusual compared to the Marxman-s people usually post which can be bigger and rougher.
A non standard shape. I don’t have one and haven’t seen one remotely like it.
That A size stamp is kinda sorta rare, too. Let’s say not common.
Most A size $5 pipes didn’t get an A stamp but a few did.
The $7.50 B size and $10 C size did get size stamps. The $15 “Big Boy” size is determined by being a really big pipe with no size stamp,,,,until I see one with a D.
I wonder how many Marx sold of each size?
Congratulations on a beautful pipe.
It's a "benchmade." I might have gotten it unsmoked since it was quite a bit lighter before. I actually didn't read everything very carefully when I bought it online and expected something bigger. It's tiny.A non standard shape. I don’t have one and haven’t seen one remotely like it.
That A size stamp is kinda sorta rare, too. Let’s say not common.
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Most A size $5 pipes didn’t get an A stamp but a few did.
The $7.50 B size and $10 C size did get size stamps. The $15 “Big Boy” size is determined by being a really big pipe with no size stamp,,,,until I see one with a D.
I wonder how many Marx sold of each size?
Congratulations on a beautful pipe.
The standard A bore seems to have been about .775.”
There was no machine fraising on Benchmade or Jumbo pipes to a certain shape. And it seems as a rule they came natural and not stained (unless they were stained.
)Marx sold a ton of $5 pipes in a time when the Sears catalog featured a good, imported briar pipe in choice of shapes for 40 cents (usually 50 cents in stores they claimed).
There are letters claiming Marx spent over $200,000 a year (3 million todays dollars) on advertising the brand.
$2,500 would have bought him a Packard convertible.
I sure hope he had two, one for him and another for his sweet wife.
milk:
That's a pipe that I would be proud to have in my collection. I hope that it proves to be an excellent smoker and a firm friend to you throughout the years!
That's a pipe that I would be proud to have in my collection. I hope that it proves to be an excellent smoker and a firm friend to you throughout the years!
The more I admire pipe shapes the more I want a pipe with a deep bend. Beautiful pipe!