Carlos
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 |  Subject: eBay Lately!  Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:49 pm | |
| I can remember the ooohs and aaaahs last spring and summer at the prices I paid for some tins of tobacco. But it ain't nothing compared to what some of these guys are paying lately. I have been getting my backside kicked in some of these auctions.
A 50g tin of Dunhill Standard Mixture Medium, block lettering, just went for $68.99. A couple months ago I paid less than half that. 
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puros_bran
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| | Subject: Re: eBay Lately! Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:08 pm | |
| | Leaves me wishing I trusted ebay enough to sale some stuff there..... |
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thomas james
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| | Subject: Re: eBay Lately! Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:35 pm | |
| Carlos,
I am not familiar with "block lettering." About what year was that Dunhill Mix Med? |
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Danish_Pipe_Guy
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| | Subject: Re: eBay Lately! Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:04 am | |
| | thomas james wrote: | Carlos,
I am not familiar with "block lettering." About what year was that Dunhill Mix Med? |
TJ,
I think he's talking about what we called the "long tails lettering" that was the norm til' the current cursive lettering style came along... Just a guess? Am I correct Carlos?...
Best,
Dock
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Carlos
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| | Subject: Re: eBay Lately! Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:55 am | |
| John Loring's page describes it best. This particular tin would be 1980's or very early 1990's. It also has the royal warrant.
John Loring on Dunhill Tins
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| | Subject: Re: eBay Lately! Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:24 am | |
| | puros_bran wrote: | | Leaves me wishing I trusted ebay enough to sale some stuff there..... |
PB,
I haven't transacted any business lately on eBay but in the past I have sold quite a few pipes and have purchased quite a few items off of eBay. I can honestly say that I have never really had any problems with any of my eBay deals with the exception of one minor bump. I purchased an antique pipe display from a guy up in WI and he was very slow with shipping. I just called my credit card company and told them about it and I guess they contacted him. Needless to say it lit a fire under his a** and the item arived about two days later.
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