Season's Greetings
23 décembre 2023
With some vintage tobacco pipes we wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year !
These new old stock pipes are typical for the 1980’s, made by Butz-Choquin, Chacom and Georg Jensen. They bring bright colour in the dark days of December.
PermalinkAcquisition from far away
22 décembre 2023
This rare tobacco pipe will be the last to be added to the collection this year. The object is carved from ironwood with the style characteristics of the Marquis Archipelago in the South Pacific. Due to its material and intriguing carving of the three portraits around the pipe bowl, it is a magnificent example of local art from a remote region. In addition, the pipe has a special pedigree. For more than thirty years it was part of the collection of a traveling artist couple in Geneva who sailed to the islands themselves. Their house full of curiosities inspired many artists. Now it is undoubtedly the object in our collection that has made the longest journey to finally reach Amsterdam.
PermalinkArtificial Intelligence
16 décembre 2023
Curious about the broad discussion over Artificial Intelligence, we decided to ask for the ultimate pipe. By asking four times more beautiful and even more decorative, we got these results, which we did not want to withhold from the reader of our news items. It is clear: for AI, beauty mainly lies in the decorations, which are certainly not functional. Subtle design is quickly exchanged for gemstones, sparkles and other excesses that the conservative pipe smoker will not easily choose. Nevertheless, enjoy looking at the results.
PermalinkArticle about pipe stoppers
10 décembre 2023
The acquisition of a large collection of pipe stoppers from a passionate collector last summer prompted us to study this subject again. The result is now ready, just before the end of the year: an extensive article about this handy object that not only charmed pipe smokers but also stimulated collectors for generations. Read the story about the pipe stopper on our website and learn more about the great popularity of that trivial object. Follow the link: article-pipe-stoppers
PermalinkSnuff curiosities on sale
5 décembre 2023
The auction of the historic British American Tobacco Collection of Tobacco Containers took place in London today. This concerns an exclusive group of snuff jars and related objects, each object of museum quality and high artistic value. In the 1980s it was the BAT, a tobacco multinational, that created this collection. Objects only appeared sporadically at authoritative exhibitions, from London to Vienna. The collection has never been shown again in the last twenty years and has therefore been forgotten. Due to the auction, the objects will now be lost for years, spread all over the world. Once again a tobacco collection has been 'broken'.
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