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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Puff Daddy" data-source="post: 98980" data-attributes="member: 3">It's purely for the collectors eye, the guys with $$$ and a penchant for rare things. I've seen grain just as fine on $800 Castellos - let an estate Le Catene slip through my fingers when I paused to think about the $500 price tag and someone else snatched it up, one of the pipes that still haunts me. My take on it (the DR G) is that the value is forced just because it's made by who it's made by and the rarity of the grading. It is a fine pipe and worth every bit of a thousand dollars, but not 10 grand plus (although I certainly don't begrudge or belittle the fellow who does value it at it's present sale point, I just don't see it that way personally).It is a pretty pipe though, some gorgeous cascading ring grain  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>