The joys and dangers of Ebay pipes

[Jock Scot]

A great bargain on a wonderful African Blackwood set by Dunbar (St Catherines, Ontario, Canada).

Some small nicks. Those things don't bother me a bit! All of my vintage sets have nicks.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/23448568987...YAAOSw4K9iOT9K

And a Gillanders & MacLeod set in seemingly great condition for a reasonable price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/23447389887...4AAOSwXUxiNiYu

Who knows how high the bidding will go on this R G Lawrie chalice set.

The late, great Alastair Gillies played a set like this, which sounded amazing in his hands of course.

This led many pipers to covet owning such a set, the idea being that chalice-top Lawries had a special magic that standard-profile Lawries lacked. AFIK all Lawries made at that time used the same specs and all are excellent pipes.

I wouldn't be surprised if, due to the Gillies effect, these sold for significantly more than a standard-profile Lawrie of that period would.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28471391935...sAAOSwxutiN2hG

Purely out of interest, at a guess(I won't hold you to it. Promise!)what sort of figures are we thinking about here? $'s or £'s it matters not. Low hundreds? High hundreds? A thousand? Thousands?