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WHY WOULD ANYONE PAY $500 OR MORE FOR THIS?
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<blockquote data-quote="Retrogasm" data-source="post: 382278" data-attributes="member: 3609"><p>I think you're reinforcing the point. Why would anyone buy a Picasso when there are plenty of other painters out there whos work actually look like their subject matter? It's a different aesthetic. The question is though, are pipe makers really becoming artists, is there value in using piping to express an idea or an ideal?</p><p></p><p>It seems that pipe smokers as a group have already accepted the notion that pipes don't necessarily have to be practical to be worth their price. Indeed the upper segments of the market seem to revolve entirely around looks with giant unwieldly blobs of briar fetching top dollar.</p><p></p><p>As someone that's very new to the pipe world I often have the same reaction that you guys seem to have to this pipe, but towards the forms and freeforms of the established masters.</p><p></p><p>Personally I wouldn't be caught dead with that pipe unless it was the murder weapon. I think there's a difference between an artist, and artistry in designing an object. I think I might be in the minority though in that I don't think he's alone in that among his peers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retrogasm, post: 382278, member: 3609"] I think you're reinforcing the point. Why would anyone buy a Picasso when there are plenty of other painters out there whos work actually look like their subject matter? It's a different aesthetic. The question is though, are pipe makers really becoming artists, is there value in using piping to express an idea or an ideal? It seems that pipe smokers as a group have already accepted the notion that pipes don't necessarily have to be practical to be worth their price. Indeed the upper segments of the market seem to revolve entirely around looks with giant unwieldly blobs of briar fetching top dollar. As someone that's very new to the pipe world I often have the same reaction that you guys seem to have to this pipe, but towards the forms and freeforms of the established masters. Personally I wouldn't be caught dead with that pipe unless it was the murder weapon. I think there's a difference between an artist, and artistry in designing an object. I think I might be in the minority though in that I don't think he's alone in that among his peers. [/QUOTE]
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