Lucky *******!!!!

**Dave Livesey** · 08-10-2012, 13:55

Hi Guys
Had to relate this story to the group
Some time ago, I was looking around a local indoor Antique market and came across a stall that held a number of estate pipes most of which had seen better days. However there were a couple that that took my eye, straight billiards. A bit dusty but potentially nice pipes. The small sticky price tags shown £5 each and so I parted with my hard earned cash and toddled off home.
When the time came to clean them I prepared all the odds and sods needed to polish them and proceeded to remove the price tags. Imagine my delight when the Dunhill White spot appeared on both pipes. My wife must have thought I'd won the Lottery, and I suppose in pipe circles, I had.
I foolishly mentioned my find to the trader next time I visited the market, and since then have never had the same luck. Me and my big mouth
Happy smoke rings Guys
Dave

**Bob** · 08-10-2012, 13:58

Open mouth, insert foot!!! Lmao!
Well at least you got two Dunhill's from him!! Congrats. Pictures would be nice also!!

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**Dave Livesey** · 08-10-2012, 14:02

Open Mouth, insert both feet up to knees.

**ol gto** · 08-10-2012, 14:07

Congrats, excellent catch with the Dunhills, hope the hoof & mouth disease isn't fatal

**Dave Livesey** · 08-10-2012, 14:14

Preventive medicine Ol. Say nothing and reap the benefits

**Arkie_** · 08-10-2012, 14:27

I envy you. For the last several years all the local antique markets here have been asking ridiculous prices. I suspect the inflated opinion of their good's worth is due to watching too many of the television shows about antiques and flea markets.

**Dave Livesey** · 08-10-2012, 14:30

You're right there Arkie.
The trick is to find the stupidest looking trader and have a GOOD look at his stall LOL

**Dave Livesey** · 08-10-2012, 15:16

I have found some real winners at local markets over the years. I picked up 2 estate pipes from 1898 and 1916. Both independant carvers and both having silver bands. I was informed, rightly or wrongly, that they were carried all through WW1 by their previous owner. Don't know if the story was true but I loved the fact that it could have been. When I smoked them, I felt a certain bond between the Old officer, as an officer he surely must have been, and myself.

**Tony Malerich** · 08-11-2012, 14:10

I very much feel for you. As a kid, I won at BINGO a lot at the church fairs... until I made the mistake of commenting on that fact once. Never have won since. 'Grats on the two Dunnies at least!