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Posted By: <b>Randy</b><p>Do you think this is a farce. Seems kind of suspicious<br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TY-COBB-personal-owned-and-used-pipe-collection-HALPER_W0QQitemZ170214908261QQihZ007QQcategoryZ501 33QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/TY-COBB-personal-owned-and-used-pipe-collection-HALPER_W0QQitemZ170214908261QQihZ007QQcategoryZ501 33QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a><br />

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>The pipe looks to be authentic. It seems to have the Halper Auction documentation, and the Sotheby's tag that accompanied all lots won from that event.<br /><br />As for the T206 Card... who knows? There is a pathetic scan, and no real information given about the card. The other stuff being thrown in (Tuxedo Tin, ad, photo), is of relatively little vale. <br /><br />A neat pipe for the Cobb collector, but probably not worth whatever the original person paid to Sotheby's.

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>Did a little more research... <br /><br />The original Halper/Sotheby's Lot contained quite a few of Cobb's personal effects... walking canes, belt buckle, poker chips, pen knife, and actually 3 different pipes (of which this is apparently one).<br /><br />Interestingly, this is one of the lots not pictured in the Halper Catalogue. So, I suppose someone could switch pipes, and few people (if any) would ever know. A lot of trust is necessary with a lot like this, but it does have good documentation and the initialed "TRC" pouch.<br /><br />That group lot in Halper sold for $13,800, so its rather hard to determine the value of this smaller grouping. I guess the free-market will dictate what it's worth.

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Posted By: <b>Randy</b><p>Thank you Mark. Good to know