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Hello to all meerschaum lovers.. I am very happy to annonce you that I have started to sell my museum quality pipes myself on Ebay.Afterwards all my museum quality meerschaum art of works will be sold ONLY by tekinmeerschaum ID and seangel23 ID on Ebay.

I am sure that you will enjoy my art of works as you did in the past.

In the past many sellers have sold my smoking pipes and still some of them have been selling them in stores, on Ebay and on the Internet.I decided to sell them myself.This will bring you some advantages for sure.Firstly you are going to buy my signature items from lower price.

I would like to thank all you people who were interested in and will be interested in my products.

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Artisan Tekin Gok Brief description for Meerschaum Meerschaum has been called Venus of the Sea, White Goddess, sepiolite, sea-foam or froth, the Aristocrat of smoking substances!

Mined 30 to 450 feet below the surface of the earth, the magnesium content provides strength while the hydrogen and oxygen contribute to its porosity. It is, in the words of one, ". . . soft and light as a fleeting dream, creamy, delicate and sweet as the complexion of young maidenhood." -Benjamin Rapaport, A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes. 1979.
Meerschaum steadily gained favor among wealthy smokers throughout Europe. After 1750 pipes of the new material were in exceptionally heavy demand. Unlike clay, however, which was available to everyone, meerschaum was restricted to the rich and titled who could afford to commission the handiwork of a carver or an 'artist.' The meerschaum rapidly became the pipe of the stylish smoker and the effort and money spent by these smokers to outdo their peers probably accounts for the artistic meerschaum s created in those times.

"A perfect Meerschaum pipe is decidedly one of the choicest and rarest gifts of the gods; but like all choice and rare gifts, it is a source of considerable anxiety to the owner. Like women, its, 'name is frailty.' As originally taken in hand, and presented to the lips, nothing can exceed the loveliness of its looks--its delicious smoothness, its graceful rotundity of form, and apparent innocence from everything that can tarnish a reputation. But, alas! you take it as you take a wife, 'for better and for worse;' and again, alas! it does not fare better with the smoker and his Meerschaum than with man and wife."

-The Smoker's Guide, Philosopher and Friend
A Veteran of Smokedom, 1876
Lion King from mythological perspective
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Retailer price : $ 350 in USA market

Comes with its special fitted case

Dimensions:
Height :6.5 cm (2.6 inches)
Lenght: 17.8 cm (7.0 inches)
Width: 5.0 cm (2.0 inches)

Comes with its special fitted case Carved from Eskisehir/Turkey first quality block meerschaum Life-time guarantee 100% Handmade Signed Will ship to ...

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