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From the lens Small Collectables - Pipe Tampers.
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MrDecisive
Mar 13, 2012 @ 10:13 am | delete
- A couple of days ago I found a Charles 1st Pipe tamper whilst detecting in the field out the back of my house. Any idea how much this might be worth?
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0ctavias0fferings
Mar 14, 2012 @ 5:31 am | delete
- That's quite a lucky find but so much depends on condition and often metal detector finds show a lot of corrosion. The pipe tamper above (lady's leg) which was sold in "as found" condition cost me about £5 including post and packing but it had a thick crust of corroded material on it. On the other hand, I've seen some of the rarest pipe tampers fetch over £100 in auction.
A number of questions are relevant to the value:what is the condition; what is the subject of the tamper; what is the age of the piece. I'm not sure what you are basing the age of the tamper on.
There are pipe tampers dating from the 19th century which carry images of older Kings and Queens, equally, there are letter seals (for stamping in wax) which can be mistaken for pipe tampers, so without seeing the item, the best answer to your question is probably somewhere between £5 and £120.
Sorry I can't be more specific.
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firebear
Mar 2, 2012 @ 12:25 pm | delete
- I learned a lot about tampers I did not know. Thank You it was very interesting.
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swoose1
Oct 16, 2011 @ 10:53 pm | delete
- My mother just gave me a wonderful set of old Dickensian characters for my birthday. They were my fathers, he acquired them in his old stamp & coin shop before 1970. There are 5 and stamped England on the bottom, you have one of them pictured here. There's one woman, another guy in tails, a WC Fields looking character and a dandy with his legs spread and hands on his knees too. I'd love it if you could tell me anything about them. If they were worthless it wouldn't matter to me, I'd still love them because they were my dad's, but it tickles me to find out they're actually valuable too! Any information would be appreciated, thanks!
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0ctavias0fferings
Oct 17, 2011 @ 6:37 am | delete
- Hi there, thanks for your comment and question. If you want to know the value of what you have then it's a good idea to search for pipe tampers on eBay. You'll find some of the Dickensian characters are available at buy now prices of around £30 but when they come up for auction bidding the same characters rarely go for as much as that. Yours have the advantage of a place of origin mark which few others carry. If you want any questions answered, you can contact me through the button on my lensmaster page (click my photo to get there).
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bbsikhs
Apr 27, 2011 @ 3:07 am | delete
- A very pleasing article! A boost for a serious collector!!!
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fanfreluche Feb 14, 2011 @ 7:04 am | delete
- Back with an angel blessing, from the resident collecting memorabilia angel!
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- You have a nice collection, the hand painted one is beautiful. Have you been collecting for long?
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0ctavias0fferings
Sep 16, 2010 @ 8:47 am | delete
- I've been a collector for many years but not specifically of pipe tampers. I've had a few pipe tampers lying around with my other 'interesting bits' for quite some time but it's only relatively recently that I've decided to make small collections out of all those interesting things.
The hand-painted one is gorgeous and very rare, wish it was in my collection ... maybe one day.
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WordCustard
Aug 12, 2010 @ 5:58 am | delete
- That's quite a collection! I didn't expect pipe tampers to be so fun... love the crazy cat and the little duck!
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