Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Here's a perfect example of the dangers that Ebay bagpipe buyers face.

This auction is getting bid higher and higher by people whom I'm guessing aren't all that knowledgeable about vintage pipes.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/L-M-Bagpipe...gAAOSwc2NgQX~m

Sellers are often ignorant about pipes, so it's up to the buyers to know what they're looking at. The sellers says the pipes are by L&M and of course L&M is a leather-works, making sporrans, belts, and pipe bags. It's very common for sellers to think that a name stamped on a bag is the maker of the pipes themselves.

That aside, let me throw it out to you all: what do you make of these pipes?

I reached out with a number of questions, but haven’t heard anything back yet. This is a charity selling something that was donated, so I go into it knowing that they likely won’t know much about the pipes and/or be able to answer many questions, so I try to ask fairly simple ones and give detailed instructions on the pictures and/or information I am looking for.

I personally don’t like the orange, and expect it to be Catalin, but you really can’t tell from the picture.

Rob