Cooke Calabash sold for $4600 - CoopersArk on eBay

[Hermit]

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

Wow that is a beautiful pipe, but no pipe is worth that much IMO.

How much is a Piccaso "worth?"

[commonsenseman]

Originally Posted by Hermit

How much is a Piccaso "worth?"

True. But piccaso is dead.

Since they usually sell for much less, the price seems to be outrageous. However, you are correct in that whatever people will pay is what something is actually worth.

[Hermit]

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

True. But piccaso is dead.

Think what a Cooke will cost when he's dead.

[indigosmoke]

Originally Posted by commonsenseman

True. But piccaso is dead.

That's true enough. And not only that but Picasso's family are very asute business people who have quite a large supply of works by Picasso underwraps that they have only very gradually released to the public to keep those prices very high. Here's a Picasso that went for a pretty penny: Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe). See the article referenced below for how much a painting of a pipe can go for!



BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Picasso painting sells for $104m

[tedski]

The bids for that pipe look really odd to me ...

10 bids total :

9 of them all within 52 minutes on the first day (Oct 8 )

The final (and winning) bid came in 45 min before the auction ended on Oct 18.

[juni]

It was me!

(Just kidding, I think I'd go for a few Dunhills if I had that kind of money to spend on pipes)

[David M]

Originally Posted by tedski

The bids for that pipe look really odd to me ...

10 bids total :

9 of them all within 52 minutes on the first day (Oct 8 )

The final (and winning) bid came in 45 min before the auction ended on Oct 18.

None of us will ever know the truth - however - there is considerable talk here at the show that something was definitely 'off' about that auction.

[MarkC]

Interesting.