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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 411702" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Last year I noticed the price of vintage Elizabethan was edging skyward, which interested me since I had an uncracked log of five and an additional three loose tins all with Murray markings from year 2000 in a box under my bed. I even had the receipts in my "pipe stuff" file. (Okay, I can be a little OCD.) All seals were intact, and the tins were bought new by me. I'd opened a tin and wasn't that crazy about it. So I phoned a respected consigner of vintage pipeweed and we agreed to a price -- $80 per tin. Couple evenings later I checked, and they were posted already. Couple days later I checked again, and my tins were gone. I called the consigner who said he'd put them up in an afternoon and the next morning they were gone in two phone calls. And guess where both calls were from? (hint: anihc) So in my mind there's no such thing as "actual worth" if you're dealing with wealthy nouveau riche fascist capitalists. We shoulda tested the market for $125, starting with one of the single tins. No, this wasn't eBay. And to get top price you need to have a tin that's something of a legend. (Say, this might be post 1000 for me. I guess I've said everything I know about pipery fifty times over.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 411702, member: 2318"] Last year I noticed the price of vintage Elizabethan was edging skyward, which interested me since I had an uncracked log of five and an additional three loose tins all with Murray markings from year 2000 in a box under my bed. I even had the receipts in my "pipe stuff" file. (Okay, I can be a little OCD.) All seals were intact, and the tins were bought new by me. I'd opened a tin and wasn't that crazy about it. So I phoned a respected consigner of vintage pipeweed and we agreed to a price -- $80 per tin. Couple evenings later I checked, and they were posted already. Couple days later I checked again, and my tins were gone. I called the consigner who said he'd put them up in an afternoon and the next morning they were gone in two phone calls. And guess where both calls were from? (hint: anihc) So in my mind there's no such thing as "actual worth" if you're dealing with wealthy nouveau riche fascist capitalists. We shoulda tested the market for $125, starting with one of the single tins. No, this wasn't eBay. And to get top price you need to have a tin that's something of a legend. (Say, this might be post 1000 for me. I guess I've said everything I know about pipery fifty times over.) [/QUOTE]
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