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[[File:City de Luxe-6.jpg|thumb]]City De Luxe was a subbrand of [[GBD]] and [[Oppenheimer Pipe]] started in 1921 and for a time the most popular pipe in the 5/6 shilling range of pipes in Britain in the 1930s. 
[[File:City_DeLuxeAd_01.jpg|thumb|Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:City_DeLuxeAd_02.jpg|thumb|Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:CityDeluxe_Tuscan_Lip.jpg|thumb|Tuscan Lip box, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]


The trademark of the line was an inserted star on the stem, and pipes were made with both English and French markings.  For more information see [[GBD]].
[[City de Luxe]] was a subbrand of [[GBD]] and [[Oppenheimer Pipe]] started in 1921 and for a time the most popular pipe in the 5/6 shilling range of pipes in Britain in the 1930s.


<gallery widths=225px heights=185px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
The trademark of the line was an inserted star on the stem, and pipes were made with both English and French markings.
 
For more information see [[GBD]].
 
== Advertisement ==
 
<gallery widths=200 heights=275>
File:City de Luxe-6.jpg
File:City_DeluxeAd_03.jpg|Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:City de Luxe-01.png
File:City De Luxe bulldog.JPG
</gallery>
 
== Catalog ==
 
Several Catalog pages from a [https://pipedia.org/images/2/2f/1950s%3FGBDcatalog.pdf Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog] featured City de Luxe models.
 
<gallery widths=200 heights=275 caption="Pages from Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog, courtesy Václav Blahovec">
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg13-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg14-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg15-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg16-CityDeLuxe.JPG
</gallery>
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 mode="packed-hover" caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
File:GoldStar01.jpg|Gold Star
File:GoldStar07.jpg|Gold Star Detail
File:CityDeluxe01.jpg
File:CityDeluxe01.jpg
File:CityDeluxeTuscanLipStem.jpg
File:CityDeluxeTuscanLipStem.jpg
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CityDeLuxe-BentBilliard10.jpg
CityDeLuxe-BentBilliard10.jpg
CityDeLuxe-BentBilliard13.jpg
CityDeLuxe-BentBilliard13.jpg
CityDeLuxe14-BentBilliard.jpg
City de Luxe Straight Grain.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>
Several Catalog pages from a [https://pipedia.org/images/2/2f/1950s%3FGBDcatalog.pdf Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog] featured City de Luxe models.
<center><gallery widths=200px heights=275px caption="Pages from Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog, courtesy Václav Blahovec">
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg13-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg14-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg15-CityDeLuxe.JPG
File:1950sOppenheimerCatalogPg16-CityDeLuxe.JPG
</gallery></center>
<gallery>
File:City de Luxe-01.png
File:City De Luxe bulldog.JPG
File:City de Luxe Straight Grain.jpg
</gallery>


[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Great Britain]]
[[Category: Great Britain]]

Latest revision as of 15:42, 3 December 2022

Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka
Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka
Tuscan Lip box, courtesy Doug Valitchka

City de Luxe was a subbrand of GBD and Oppenheimer Pipe started in 1921 and for a time the most popular pipe in the 5/6 shilling range of pipes in Britain in the 1930s.

The trademark of the line was an inserted star on the stem, and pipes were made with both English and French markings.

For more information see GBD.

Catalog

Several Catalog pages from a Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog featured City de Luxe models.

Gallery