Vintage collectors pipes

BatCave

BatCave

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A friend gifted these to me 5 or 6 years ago, his father collected them from his travels overseas, most are from the Opium Dens of the 1800's. I don't know what they are all worth, but I showed the case to a local friend that owns a head shop and he offered me $1k on the spot, of course I declined the offer. I never had them appraised, but they are pretty cool to see the handy work.

Some interesting very old school smoking accesories ;). My favorite is the long all brass one along the top, it just screams Opium Dens from the movies you see the old Asian guy with a long beard smoking with it

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cannabineer

cannabineer

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I do like how beautifully presented they are in that frame.
What is the carved lump of jade? I'm tempted to say "bowl without a stem" but the shape seems not right for that. cn
 
BatCave

BatCave

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CinnamonGirl said:
I was gonna say the jade piece alone is probably worth 2k or more. . .b e a u t i f u l
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That piece has some hand carved horns and other things on it. It has holes in the sides, the guys said it was used to store/stash opium inside of. Maybe an old school dug-out
 
BatCave

BatCave

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tontoboy said:
some beuts there, bottom one looks like it could double as a club
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Yes that one is the biggest of the bunch, the mouthpiece is wood and the fist is wood wrapped around what looks to be a brass bowl, shaft looks to be bamboo or rattan.
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Kodank Moment

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Lock those up tight man. People get greedy. Not saying you know a sketchy person...but someone who tells someone might. That jade piece blew my mind. Those are worth a large sum of money to a lot of different types of collectors. You could go 20 different ways with those. Antique road show would love to have you on. Do that man, way cool.
 
Kush70

Kush70

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Kodank Moment said:
Lock those up tight man. People get greedy. Not saying you know a sketchy person...but someone who tells someone might. That jade piece blew my mind. Those are worth a large sum of money to a lot of different types of collectors. You could go 20 different ways with those. Antique road show would love to have you on. Do that man, way cool.
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i agree with lock those up tight ! but PLEASE never sell em :)
 
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