VINTAGE MINT BEN SIM CO. MD MEERSHAUM TURK PIPE ORIGINAL WRAPPER & ADVERTISMENT

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VINTAGE MINT BEN SIM CO. MD MEERSHAUM TURK PIPE ORIGINAL WRAPPER & ADVERTISMENT :
$35.00

CIRCA 1973 OR OLDER MEERSCHAUM TURK HEAD PIPE HAND CARVED IN TURKEY AND MARKETED BY BEN SIM AND CO. OF BETHESDA MD. IN ITS ORIGINAL CLEAR PLASTIC ADVERTISING BAG FROM TIME OF IMPORT. HAS ITS ORIGINAL PARCHMENT LIKE PAPER ADVERTISEMENT FROM BEN SIM. THE PAPER IS FOLDED, SHOWS SOME AGE AND OR SOILING. THE PIPE HOWEVER HAS BEEN IN ITS APPROX.45 PLUS YEARS OLD PLASTIC BAG, LOOKS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF A TIME CAPSULE IT IS SO FRESH.. A RARE FIND FOR THAT REASON. IT IS THE NEWEST PIPE THAT WAS IN A VERY OLD COLLECTION. THE ONLY THING I FOUND FROM BEN SIM ON IS IN COMPLETED sales WHERE THERE IS A 1973 PIPE CATALOG. THEY MARKETED A LARGE LINE OF TURKISH MEERSCHAUM PIPES. THIS PIPE IS LISTED AS STYLE VEZIR NUMBER 30 AND IS PICTURED IN ONE OF THE PHOTO\'S. SINCE EACH PIPE IS HAND CARVED THERE ARE VERY SLIGHT DIFFERENCES, BUT IT IS CLEARLY THE SAME STYLE. THE WINNER OF THIS PIPE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE A COPY OF THE REFERENCED CATALOG AS A GO WITH. IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE IN THE BEN SIM CATALOG THEY INCORRECTLY DESCRIBE MEERSCHAUM AS COMING FROM TINY SEA CREATURES THAT DIE, DRY UP FORMING THE WHITE CLUMPS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY DUG UP LIKE FOSSILIZED REMAINS, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, AND CARVED INTO PIPES WHICH MAKE FOR A MOST PLEASURABLE SMOKE.FULL SIZED, MEASURES APPROX 6 1/2 INCHES L, 2 1/2 INCHES H, 2 INCHES BOWL DIAMETER, BOWL BORE 5/8 INCH.IN ABSOLUTE CRISP MINT AS MADE CONDITION FROM OVER 40 YEARS AGO, VIETNAM WAR ERA PIPE. WITH ORIGINAL PACKAGING. WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND ANOTHER LIKE THIS, AT A REASONABLE OPENING offer.

Payment within 3 days of sale close. 4.75 Domestic s/h, 12.00 International s/h includes tracking, Multiple purchases will be consolidated to reduce shipping cost. No insurance for international shipping due to high cost. The seller is not responsible if the postal service fails to complete delivery..