BO NORDH NAUTILUS * NEW & UNSMOKED * AS GOOD AS IT GETS

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THIS IS A (10) TEN-DAY (10), NO RESERVE , AND INTERNATIONAL COLLECTABLE BRIAR PIPE AUCTION. This very pipe offering is the strongest that I have listed this year. This auction represents both a very rare and extremely special opportunity to own and enjoy one of the finest ultra high grade hand made briar pipes that has ever been crafted, by the universally acknowledged best pipe maker of all time, Mr. Bo Nordh. PLEASE ALL OF THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL, NEW, OR FULLY RESTORED AND RECONDITIONED HIGH GRADE COLLECTABLE PIPES THAT I HAVE LISTED FOR AUCTION THIS WEEK ON EBAY! Some personal Musings: Two year ago, I became good friends with Bo Nordh. The friendship developed when he finally got a computer and we started to correspond on a virtual daily basis exchanging jokes, muses, some common interests (especially music!) and pipe information. He would follow my auctions, as he was very curious how many various high grade carvers pipes would do on a no reserve auction format. He also respected my work, as I respected his. After reading a description that I had written about him in one of his pipe auctions, he sent me an e-mail complimenting me on the description that I gave of him. He said, "Thank you for writing my obituary!" Such was his sense of humor! It is still a note that reverberates in my head, as Bo had no idea that he was not going to be around within the year of that e-mail. In May of 2006, we shared a private lunch together in Chicago. Before lunch he gave me a copy of a photo CD disk that he had put together as part of a presentation that he was giving at the Chicago Pipe Club Show. He wanted me to have the disk as he knew that at one time I collected his pipes, and he also thought that if I have the occasion to sell any of his pipes on eBay, that the winning bidder should have a copy of the disk to help further his appreciation for Bo's incredible work. It is at once with sadness at his loss, but with posthumous joy that I can fulfill his wishes that whenever I sell one of his pipes on eBay the winning bidder will receive a copy of the photo disk with about 160 photographs of his pipes that Bo has taken over the years. The winning bidder of this auction will receive a copy of the disk. I have included a few pictures at the end of this listing that are representative of the photographs that are on the disk. Please do not ask me for a copy of this disk. It is only available to the auction winner. I miss Bo terribly. I miss his jokes, and his daily musings. The pipe world lost the best briar carver who ever lived. He was top tier. The best of the best. T has never been anyone who could come even close. Bo was also a gentleman with an appreciation for life and nature. I know that I am not alone in the tremendous sense of loss that I feel. The pipe world is just not the same without him. About this beautiful and special Bo Nordh pipe: You are bidding on an UNSMOKED & BRAND NEW CONDITION amazing cross grain "Nautilus" shaped pipe that Bo Nordh had carved in 2004. This pipe is one of Bo's signature shapes. Bo's signature shaped pipes, such as the "Nautilus", "Ramses", "Elephant's Foot", "Ballerina", and "Oliphant Horn" are among his most famous and most valuable shapes. These are the pipes that helped to make Bo Nordh the legend that he was and still is. Naturally, t are his priciest pipes, and in unsmoked condition, even pricier, as in their original and unsmoked condition are as rare and as desirable as any briar pipes on the planet. To have the opportunity to possess an unsmoked Bo Nordh "signature" shaped pipe is an opportunity of a lifetime. This is an investment grade pipe, as t simply are no more. This is your chance to have the pride of ownership of that comes with owning the best of the best that is also no longer attainable. This is like owning an original Monet or Van Gogh oil painting. This is an opportunity that cannot and will not be repeated.I believe that this "Nautilus" shaped pipe was the very last of this wonderful shape to ever be carved ... read more

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