giovedì 14 aprile 2011
THE PRICE OF OLD PIPE
The price of an old pipe is the result of three factors: the law of supply and demand, the state of the pipe. its rarity. In fact, the old pipe collectors have a very fluctuating market that fluctuates depending on the exchange of customer enthusiasm sudden and ephemeral, the interplay of supply and demand. With some approximation, one can establish a scale of prices, just to give an estimate of the passionate collectors. Among the pipe Gambier, countless Jacob cost approximately Euro 60.00 each. For a meerschaum, dating from the turn of the century, which is carved, it can be calculated from 60.00 to 200.00 euros, while a sculpted, you have to start from 600.00 Euro. For all the pipes of wood depends on the work of sculpture, while the great pipes of porcelain, hand painted at the beginning of the century, prices range from 600.00 to over 1200.00 Euro. The greatest masterpieces of the pipe are certainly some foam pipe dating from the early nineteenth century, with cover of silver and amber mouthpiece, the various actors sculpture (busts, heads of characters, animals, hunting scenes or mythological). One of these pipes with cover and silver frame, can be worth around 3000.00 Euro. As for the modern briar pipes is possible to commission a master of Saint-Claude a pipe with the effigy of a relative, friend or themselves. The deployment of three photographs (face and both profiles), possibly a site visit (should) well enough to finish this custom creation, for which it takes two months of waiting. The cost of a pipe that ranges from 5000.00 to 12000.00 Euro.
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