Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes

[jaingorenard]

This was interesting. The charity organization seller listed this Ashton seven-day pipe box with the initials MCO on the case:

Ashton Smoking Pipe Wooden Storage - Solid Case | eBay

Originally built for Ashton pipes but could take other pipes.

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And five silver-banded pipes with the MCO initials. They also listed several other Ashtons, but they weren't banded.
I hope the same buyer won the box and pipes (not sure why you would want the box if you didn't have the pipes)

MCO smoked them pretty hard!

Ashton Smoking Pipe Graggy Briar Wood Red Spot 9ct Gold Band 1980's Rare (#2) | eBay

This wonderful pipe in is good previously enjoyed used condition. Ashton's used the slogan "Quality from bowl to tip". This pipe was donated to the charity straight from the family of the previous owner.

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Ashton Smoking Pipe Calabrian Briar Wood Red Spot 9ct Gold Band 1980's Rare (#5) | eBay

This wonderful pipe in is good previously enjoyed used condition. Ashton's used the slogan "Quality from bowl to tip". This pipe was donated to the charity straight from the family of the previous owner.

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Ashton Smoking Pipe Calabrian Briar Wood Red Spot 9ct Gold Band 1980's Rare (#4) | eBay

This wonderful pipe in is good previously enjoyed used condition. Ashton's used the slogan "Quality from bowl to tip". This pipe was donated to the charity straight from the family of the previous owner.

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Ashton Smoking Pipe Calabrian Briar Wood Red Spot 9ct Gold Band 1980's Rare (#3) | eBay

This wonderful pipe in is good previously enjoyed used condition. Ashton's used the slogan "Quality from bowl to tip". This pipe was donated to the charity straight from the family of the previous owner.

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Ashton Smoking Pipe Calabrian Briar Wood Red Spot 9ct Gold Band 1980's Rare (#1) | eBay

This wonderful pipe in is good previously enjoyed used condition. Ashton's used the slogan "Quality from bowl to tip". This pipe was donated to the charity straight from the family of the previous owner.

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As you say, I really hope they went to the same buyer. Strange they chose to sell them separately. I wonder who MCO was!

 

[orlandofurioso]

A Barling's with a rare stamp.
Serious coin for a poorly topped pipe with a ruined stem.

🇬🇧 Barling’s Make Ye Old Wood “Birdseye” TVF Estate Pipe. Read. | eBay

<p>It appears to me that the rim as been topped as it has a different texture However it’s very minimal. Maybe it just needs cleaned really well as the color is pretty consistent with the rest of the bowl? </p><br /><p>The stem is oxidized and has an impressions as shown in the photos. </p><br...

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[georged]

A Barling's with a rare stamp.
Serious coin for a poorly topped pipe with a ruined stem.

🇬🇧 Barling’s Make Ye Old Wood “Birdseye” TVF Estate Pipe. Read. | eBay

<p>It appears to me that the rim as been topped as it has a different texture However it’s very minimal. Maybe it just needs cleaned really well as the color is pretty consistent with the rest of the bowl? </p><br /><p>The stem is oxidized and has an impressions as shown in the photos. </p><br...

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How Do I Describe This “Damage” :: Pipe Talk

I have a pipe I was going to send out for restoration. However after getting it I realized it had been topped or something is off with that. But, the chamber has a lip from the walls to the bottom curve at the 12-2 o’clock position. The walls are pretty even and really damn thick, so I know...

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[bayareabriar]

How Do I Describe This “Damage” :: Pipe Talk

I have a pipe I was going to send out for restoration. However after getting it I realized it had been topped or something is off with that. But, the chamber has a lip from the walls to the bottom curve at the 12-2 o’clock position. The walls are pretty even and really damn thick, so I know...

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There were a few bidding on it. I think it was described pretty well?

 

[jguss]

A Barling's with a rare stamp.
Serious coin for a poorly topped pipe with a ruined stem.

🇬🇧 Barling’s Make Ye Old Wood “Birdseye” TVF Estate Pipe. Read. | eBay

<p>It appears to me that the rim as been topped as it has a different texture However it’s very minimal. Maybe it just needs cleaned really well as the color is pretty consistent with the rest of the bowl? </p><br /><p>The stem is oxidized and has an impressions as shown in the photos. </p><br...

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I’m unsurprised. A Barling Birds Eye is rare indeed, and if you want one you pretty much have to pounce when opportunity offers.

Considering the US Design Patent 98046 stamp on the stem this pipe was presumably made between early January of 1936 and early January of 1950.

 

[ssjones]

This 8-Dot did well, and is in very good condition.

Vintage Sasieni Tobacco Smoking Pipe | eBay

The pipe is stamped Sasieni - LONDON MADE - PAT. No. 1513429 - MADE IN ENGLAND - STRAIGHT GRAIN. It is in good condition but would benefit from a clean (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION). THE PIPE STAND IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE PIPE.

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I thought this one might have gone higher:

🇬🇧 1925 Patent Dunhill Shell Briar Estate Pipe Amazing Blast Awesome Shape! | eBay

<p>Rare shape!</p><br /><p>DUNHILL’S “SHELL” MADE IN ENGLAND</p><p>134</p><p>PAT No 1341418/20 5</p><br /><p>Length: 4.76”</p><br /><p>Weight: 1.5 ounces </p><br /><p>Bowl Height: 1.85”</p><br /><p>Chamber Depth: 1.68”</p><br /><p>Chamber Diameter: 0.74”</p><br /><p>Outside Diameter...

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[jaingorenard]

Comoys Extraordinaire 804 Large 9.5" Billiard Briar Wood Pipe & Storage Bag | eBay

The stem is marked as Comoys 'Extraordinaire' on one side. we believe the stem is vulcanite, it bears the Comoys 'C' mark on the side. a sleek bent billiard shape with richly polished briar wood bowl.

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[georged]

I thought this one might have gone higher:

🇬🇧 1925 Patent Dunhill Shell Briar Estate Pipe Amazing Blast Awesome Shape! | eBay

<p>Rare shape!</p><br /><p>DUNHILL’S “SHELL” MADE IN ENGLAND</p><p>134</p><p>PAT No 1341418/20 5</p><br /><p>Length: 4.76”</p><br /><p>Weight: 1.5 ounces </p><br /><p>Bowl Height: 1.85”</p><br /><p>Chamber Depth: 1.68”</p><br /><p>Chamber Diameter: 0.74”</p><br /><p>Outside Diameter...

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Indeed. The overall shape and stepped tenon design (?!) are unique in my experience.

 

[georged]

Comoys Extraordinaire 804 Large 9.5" Billiard Briar Wood Pipe & Storage Bag | eBay

The stem is marked as Comoys 'Extraordinaire' on one side. we believe the stem is vulcanite, it bears the Comoys 'C' mark on the side. a sleek bent billiard shape with richly polished briar wood bowl.

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For reasons unknown, 800 series Comoy's have never performed well as estates.

It's a legit mystery. They are really nice designs, jumbo sized, and well executed.

 

[ssjones]

Missed this one by $5....

ASHTON 1990 SOVEREIGN SG3 TAYLOR MADE STRAIGHT GRAIN BENT RHODESIAN ESTATE PIPE | eBay

He was so reserved with it that you simply do not even find many SG 1, let alone an SG 3 seen here, and on a Rhodesian shape no less! I then hand buff and finish with a flannel wheel with high quality carnauba applying multiple coats as they do at the factory as well.

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[orlandofurioso]

For reasons unknown, 800 series Comoy's have never performed well as estates.

It's a legit mystery. They are really nice designs, jumbo sized, and well executed.

Need to check my Comoy's to be sure, but I believe I own a 804 Extraordinaire.
Bough it for 10,00 on a Dutch auction site. The largest bent billiard in my collection.
I do not understand either; to me the design and execution are perfect.

 

[orlandofurioso]

This 8-Dot did well, and is in very good condition.

Vintage Sasieni Tobacco Smoking Pipe | eBay

The pipe is stamped Sasieni - LONDON MADE - PAT. No. 1513429 - MADE IN ENGLAND - STRAIGHT GRAIN. It is in good condition but would benefit from a clean (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION). THE PIPE STAND IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE PIPE.

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I thought this one might have gone higher:

🇬🇧 1925 Patent Dunhill Shell Briar Estate Pipe Amazing Blast Awesome Shape! | eBay

<p>Rare shape!</p><br /><p>DUNHILL’S “SHELL” MADE IN ENGLAND</p><p>134</p><p>PAT No 1341418/20 5</p><br /><p>Length: 4.76”</p><br /><p>Weight: 1.5 ounces </p><br /><p>Bowl Height: 1.85”</p><br /><p>Chamber Depth: 1.68”</p><br /><p>Chamber Diameter: 0.74”</p><br /><p>Outside Diameter...

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I never spent so much coin on estate pipes as on the, possibly unsmoked, cased Charatan Super pipes
and when I hit the key on the last third second my heart was racing.
All things considered I bought them for a song .

 

[orlandofurioso]

How Do I Describe This “Damage” :: Pipe Talk

I have a pipe I was going to send out for restoration. However after getting it I realized it had been topped or something is off with that. But, the chamber has a lip from the walls to the bottom curve at the 12-2 o’clock position. The walls are pretty even and really damn thick, so I know...

pipesmagazine.com

Blimey
It's a small world afterall .

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Comoys Extraordinaire 804 Large 9.5" Billiard Briar Wood Pipe & Storage Bag | eBay

The stem is marked as Comoys 'Extraordinaire' on one side. we believe the stem is vulcanite, it bears the Comoys 'C' mark on the side. a sleek bent billiard shape with richly polished briar wood bowl.

www.ebay.co.uk

For reasons unknown, 800 series Comoy's have never performed well as estates.

It's a legit mystery. They are really nice designs, jumbo sized, and well executed.

Need to check my Comoy's to be sure, but I believe I own a 804 Extraordinaire.
Bough it for 10,00 on a Dutch auction site. The largest bent billiard in my collection.
I do not understand either; to me the design and execution are perfect.

Having missed out on two (or three) 800s in the last two years, hopefully the third time’s the charm. My fear now, is losing this to eBay Global Shipping. Fingers crossed.

 

[bayareabriar]

Having missed out on two (or three) 800s in the last two years, hopefully the third time’s the charm. My fear now, is losing this to eBay Global Shipping. Fingers crossed.

I’ve lost so many to them! Fingers crossed for you!

 

[ashdigger]

Having missed out on two (or three) 800s in the last two years, hopefully the third time’s the charm. My fear now, is losing this to eBay Global Shipping. Fingers crossed.

It’s coming to you through Global Shipping? Ugh.

It’ll be listed as drug paraphernalia and confiscated.

Oh man, I hope yours slips through the cracks, but realistically, expect your refund.

 

[ssjones]

It’s coming to you through Global Shipping? Ugh.

It’ll be listed as drug paraphernalia and confiscated.

Oh man, I hope yours slips through the cracks, but realistically, expect your refund.

One of the big sellers said that the Global Shipping was eliminated or changed significantly

 

[TheIronMonkey]

One of the big sellers said that the Global Shipping was eliminated or changed significantly

For the better?

 

[ashdigger]

For the better?

There is no possible way it can get worse.

 

[ashdigger]

One of the big sellers said that the Global Shipping was eliminated or changed significantly

Honestly , I don’t trust what any seller says. As a buyer I’ve been burned by that garbage dump.

I purchased a pipe two months ago that I wasn’t concerned if it was confiscated. Just a nice little Peterson to test the waters.

Well, it got confiscated and I received a refund.

I’m a sub sample of one. Anything of value I use cutouts and intermediaries