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<blockquote data-quote="Puff Daddy" data-source="post: 99030" data-attributes="member: 3">$1,000.00 for the pipe, another $10,000.00 for the nomenclature.Dunhill Root briars regularly sell for about 40 - 50% more than Castello &quot;Castello&quot; grade pipes (quality is about the same between the two grades) but the Fiamata and the DR can be pretty close to the same (until you get into the ***&#039;s and added letter grades to the &#039;Root&quot;). The former is absurd in terms of getting what you pay for, basically you&#039;re paying for the Dunhill name even though the &quot;Castello&quot; is every bit as good for half as much. I&#039;d still take a Fiamata over a DR for $1,000, but that&#039;s just my own preference and I can see the value of that $1,000 DR. When you start paying into the stratosphere for those **&#039;s and letters, you&#039;re buying the Dunhill highchurch aura and really nothing more. If that&#039;s your thing, that&#039;s cool, I won&#039;t knock it other than to say it&#039;s out of my range so, like Breguet watches, I don&#039;t spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to get one (although I always drool over the Breguets and I do look at them, they&#039;re freakin gorgeous). I&#039;ve actually been lucky enough to handle several ultra high grade Dunhills, including a DR G. I respected the value of it, but I&#039;ve also handled some Fiamatas that so totally blew that DR G out of the water (at 20% the cost) that it wasn&#039;t even close. But, to each his own. I&#039;d hope that whoever buys that sucker smokes it and enjoys it.What the hell, let&#039;s stir it up!&nbsp; :twisted:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Puff Daddy, post: 99030, member: 3"] $1,000.00 for the pipe, another $10,000.00 for the nomenclature. Dunhill Root briars regularly sell for about 40 - 50% more than Castello "Castello" grade pipes (quality is about the same between the two grades) but the Fiamata and the DR can be pretty close to the same (until you get into the ***'s and added letter grades to the 'Root"). The former is absurd in terms of getting what you pay for, basically you're paying for the Dunhill name even though the "Castello" is every bit as good for half as much. I'd still take a Fiamata over a DR for $1,000, but that's just my own preference and I can see the value of that $1,000 DR. When you start paying into the stratosphere for those **'s and letters, you're buying the Dunhill highchurch aura and really nothing more. If that's your thing, that's cool, I won't knock it other than to say it's out of my range so, like Breguet watches, I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to get one (although I always drool over the Breguets and I do look at them, they're freakin gorgeous). I've actually been lucky enough to handle several ultra high grade Dunhills, including a DR G. I respected the value of it, but I've also handled some Fiamatas that so totally blew that DR G out of the water (at 20% the cost) that it wasn't even close. But, to each his own. I'd hope that whoever buys that sucker smokes it and enjoys it. What the hell, let's stir it up! :twisted: [/QUOTE]

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