8 3/4” Great Pipe Dixon, Tn

[Sunny Side]

We all know how to feel about stories, hopefully we take them with a grain of salt. I believe this one though. Previous owner purchased this piece from a woman in the 50’s who had found it in an old travel trunk wrapped in tobacco leaves under old linens at an estate sale in Dixon.

 

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[Out Of Time]

Another wonderful artifact.

Got to say how much I've been enjoying your fantastic collection.

Amazing if it really was an estate sale find.

 

[Saguache]

...like he said...plus one

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

Beautiful piece. What is the material?

 

[tnmudman]

Wow, thats amazing. You have a heck of a collection.

 

[unclemac]

shouldn't be hard to authenticate.

 

[newnan man]

I might be a bit confused but has this pipe has been shown on this site before?

 

[dognose]

That pipe would be a good candidate to take to a relic show, look up Steve Hart, and get some feedback from him on the piece.

 

[Sunny Side]

I might be a bit confused but has this pipe has been shown on this site before?

I had forgotten that I posted this piece in a different thread, sorry.

 

[Tdog]

It looks like a goose effigy pipe.

 

[joshuaream]

That pipe would be a good candidate to take to a relic show, look up Steve Hart, and get some feedback from him on the piece.

If this is from the Platter collection, I'd bet Steve's dad would have known the original collector back in the day.

 

[Sunny Side]

If this is from the Platter collection, I'd bet Steve's dad would have known the original collector back in the day.

In the

 

[Sunny Side]

My last comment didn’t post correctly. He may have known Platter, but I doubt he knew the original collector. If the story is correct it was found In A trunk. Pretty much forgotten about.

 

[joshuaream]

My last comment didn’t post correctly. He may have known Platter, but I doubt he knew the original collector. If the story is correct it was found In A trunk. Pretty much forgotten about.

Sorry, my comment was awkward as well with regards the original collector.

I'd bet Gordon Hart knew Platter. They attended some of the same auctions. Gordon's collection was stolen in the 1960's I believe, and he was active at almost every show in Indiana & parts of Ohio and knew most collectors where Platter lived. (Plus they lived about 20 miles from each other.)