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I needed a new heating system worse than tobacco. That, and cracking open a hundred dollar tin disturbed my frugal senses. I have many enjoyable WCC blends I like just as much. Let wealthy people enjoy their wealth with status symbols. It will soon be subzero here but warm indoors.
 
gravel said:
I paid for our 25th anniversary trip to Hawaii with proceeds from the sale of many of my McClelland/McCranie tins.
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Any BS 759 handy? Only $695 for a tin from the 80s. This is blowing my mind.
 
I took a couple of years hiatus from smoking a pipe. I didn't realize the prices for MC tobacco got so crazy. I didn't hoard much so what I do have I'm going to keep. But there will be much more appreciation for it when I do.
 
I'm a little envious of the person who go the discounted Bengal Slices at $125 today. I know. I know. Both not McClellands and still a ridiculous price, but I'd make an exception for some AC era Bengal Slices and have to come to terms with a $20 bowl of tobacco. A special occasion smoke, you know? I've had $20 cigars, so why not a pipe?
 
The prices on Steve's auction site today were rather "eye-catching!" Smoking my Frog Morton/s and PCCA's could be an expensive proposition!!!!! FTRPLT
 
I wonder how long it will be before Dunhill tins really escalate in price, even though most of the blends are still available with the Peterson branding. I think in late 2023, it'll be five years since Dunhill tins were marketed, so any tins will have aged for 5 years.
I have about 100 that I panic bought in 2017 when I heard Dunhill was leaving the tobacco industry.
 
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Just watch Steve's/PipeStuds site every Saturday morning to monitor the prices!!! Those 100 are probably worth a bit of change!!! FTRPLT
 
A wish would be for both of them to do a podcast of adequate length, explaining their entire process. I'd even be interested in their business process and organization. They must've had upwards of 500+ recipes, if not more. 1000? Even if some were the same tobaccos with different labels, how did they go about all of it? Imagine just two people keeping that all straight and at that level of quality. Baffles me. How many labels did they keep in stock? How many shops did they do proprietary blends for (Peretti got me thinking about that this morning)? It too goes to show that if you have the ingredients, the recipe doesn't have to be perfect. Reminds me of my Italian grandmother taking me shopping when I was a kid. Go to the store with a certain recipe in mind, but if the ingredients weren't up to her standards, she'd pivot and make something else. Chefs always talk about ingredients and not recipes. Getting sidetracked...
 
I follow Steve's/Pipestud's auctions pretty closely. Yesterdays truly held my attention as dang near all the offered prices have escalated smartly!! I pointed out the above Balkan Sobranie item to my wife; then pointed to the various other tins and their pricing! I then averted her gaze to the accumulated stash behind her; pointing out various tins and their current "asked for" prices! She just shook her head and walked out of the room!! And, no, I have never seen pipe tobacco go for a $1,250 price! Wonder what some of these would go for at a real auction?? FTRPLT
 
Zeno Marx said:
Why not take that consignment percentage and just subtract it from the prices you feel fair, offering a real deal in the process? Handing over the hassle notwithstanding, which is definitely understandable to not want to mess with it all.
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might be the way to go. I understand Pipestud has to charge a 50% commission to keep the lights on. (Quite understandable for a business). So his prices are twice what the seller gets.
 
I’ve boughten some Christmas cheer, a couple McClelland tins and some McCrannies. I’m coming to the realisation that if I pass away my wife won’t now the “real value” of the tobacco I have. I’m middle aged and coming to the point where I’m thinking about selling a lot of my tobacco, I’m just too lazy to put it out there for sale.

I know a lot of people in various forums use Pipestud as a “price guide” to sell their tobacco and it’s “going price”. While I think the price of a tobacco is what anyone is willing to pay for it.

We have seen a emergence lately as younger pipe smokers have taken up the hobby and missed out on McClellands, which I believe is what’s increasing its price.
 
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