UNSMOKED CELLINI "ORIGINAL" DUBLIN BRIAR PIPE

Description: UNSMOKED CELLINI CELLINI "ORIGINAL" DUBLIN BRIAR PIPE 5.5 INCHES LONG 1.8 INCH HEAD HEIGHT 27 GRAMS Cellini, or better, the Cellini Pipe Shop as it became known for its brand "Cellini" from its company name, Victory Pipe Craftsmen, was located in the heart of downtown Chicago, Illinois: 170 N. Franklin St, Chicago IL, 60606. Ideally for those who liked short ways, one of Cellini's locations was across the street from Zimmerman's Liquor Store. The company got it's start in 1927 aided by a friendship between Arthur (Art) Silber and Tracy Mincer(??) who went for Custom-Bilt fame in 1934.Art Silber (also known as the “Art” of pipe smoking) made Cellini a full service Pipe and Tobacco Shop offering tobacco blends and a complete line of accessories as well as an extensive and varied line of pipes ranging from Indian Peace Pipes to porcelain, cherrywoods, meerschaums and hefty sculptured freehands. The Catalogues were nearly 100 pages long - including some cigars, but absolutely NO cigarettes! - primarily pipes and pipe-related products! Cellini Pipes have Good Collectible value of their own commanding good prices on auctions today, developing somewhat of a Cult Following among Collectors.Art was joined by his wife Ruth, daughter Bobbe (short for Barbara, also an established artist) and his 2 sons Stuart (who created the Cigar Pipe, crafted various Cellini pipes and freehands, became a cigar aficionado, was an antique and Meerschaum repair expert and more),and Elliot (who also worked as a physicist and an organic chemist).Victory Pipe Craftsmen became the largest pipe repair shop in the country (probably in the world), repairing up to 2000 pipes per week for some 1200 pipe shops in the U.S., from replacing and customizing stems (mouthpieces) to Meerschaum and antique repair. Art Silber innovated many developments in the pipe industry. He invented a keyless 4-jaw chuck for nearly instant mounting of almost every shape mouthpiece. The result was finely crafted, custom-fitted complete stem replacement (including sanding with 3 grades of sandpaper, proprietary custom staining to match, bending if needed, and polishing on 2 different polishing wheels) in 8 1/2 minutes!! Cellini was famous for while-u-wait pipe repairs, which of course allowed the customer to browse the thousands of Cellini pipes on display.At their peak, they had 5000 of their own pipes on display in a 4000 square foot store (with a 4000 square foot lower level) in downtown Chicago. In the 1970's, the French Guide Book to downtown Chicago highlighted 3 places to visit: Sears Tower, Water Tower Place... and Cellini Fine Pipes. Tours of the smallish factory were given (mostly by Elliot) to French tourists in groups of up to 14 people. Elliot says he never did learn to speak French.In the early 70's, Elliot's engineer friend from Argonne National Laboratory designed, invented and built the first 3-dimensional carving machine to shape pearlized acrylic (aka "lucite") pipe stems. This material cannot be molded and the acrylic stems have traditionally been hand made from large sheets or rods of cast acrylic.Although Cellini offered a very small variety of brands by other makers, their primary business was selling their own pipes made in their Chicago factory. Art Silber (also known as the "Art of pipe smoking"), who made pipes himself once upon a time, employed his own pipemakers (with "Primo Polidori", former factory supervisor of the Chicago Dr. Grabow/Linkman factory, being the most recognizable name). The company was Victory Pipe Craftsmen, (Victory Pipe Craftsmen Inc. was the actual corporate name for "Cellini of Chicago") The most experienced pipemaker there was Primo Polidori. INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS MUST USE EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING

Price: 65 USD

Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

End Time: 2023-09-21T13:59:05.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8 USD