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[[File:Ben-rapaport.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ben Rapaport, courtesy [http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/ben-rapaport-talking-meerschaums-on-radio-show-of-jan-23-2018 PipesMagazine.com]]][[File:Rapaport-guide-to-collecting-antique-pipes.jpg|thumb|A complete Guide to Collection Antique Pipes]]For the past 50 years, Ben Rapaport has been known internationally as an avid pipe smoker, antique pipe collector, and tobacco bibliophile. He was inducted into the International Academy of the Pipe in 1985, into the Confrérie des Maîtres Pipiers de Saint-Claude, France, in 1989, and was the recipient of the prestigious “Doctor of Pipes” achievement award from the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club in 2004. | [[File:Ben-rapaport.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ben Rapaport, courtesy [http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/ben-rapaport-talking-meerschaums-on-radio-show-of-jan-23-2018 PipesMagazine.com]]][[File:Rapaport-guide-to-collecting-antique-pipes.jpg|thumb|A complete Guide to Collection Antique Pipes]]For the past 50 years, Ben Rapaport has been known internationally as an avid pipe smoker, antique pipe collector, and tobacco bibliophile. He was inducted into the International Academy of the Pipe in 1985, into the Confrérie des Maîtres Pipiers de Saint-Claude, France, in 1989, and was the recipient of the prestigious “Doctor of Pipes” achievement award from the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club in 2004. | ||
He is the author of A Tobacco Source Book (1972); A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes (1979, 1998) | He is the author of A Tobacco Source Book (1972); A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes (1979, 1998). | ||
[[File:Rapaport-guide-to-collecting-antique-Meerschaum-pipes.jpg|thumb|Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes]]The Global Guide to Tobacco Literature (1989); Museum of Tobacco History and Art Guide Book (1996); | [[File:Rapaport-guide-to-collecting-antique-Meerschaum-pipes.jpg|thumb|Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes]][[File:Rapaport-European-Porcelain-Tobacco-Pipe.jpg|thumb|The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe, courtesy [https://www.amazon.com/European-Porcelain-Tobacco-Pipe-Illustrated/dp/0764346466 Amazon.com]]]The Global Guide to Tobacco Literature (1989); | ||
Museum of Tobacco History and Art Guide Book (1996); | |||
Collecting Antique Meerschaums: Miniature to Majestic Sculpture, 1850-1925 (1999); | |||
The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe (2014); | |||
Tobacco and Smoking Among The Blue and Gray (2014), available through the author, and [http://www.briarbooks.com Briar Books Press]. | |||
His sixth book, The Arts of an Addiction: Qing Dynasty Opium Pipes and Accessories (2005) was his first writing venture on a non-tobacco topic. | His sixth book, The Arts of an Addiction: Qing Dynasty Opium Pipes and Accessories (2005) was his first writing venture on a non-tobacco topic. | ||
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*You might enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Ben on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-122/#more-8729 Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | *You might enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Ben on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-122/#more-8729 Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | ||
*[http://tobaccopipeartistory.blogspot.com/ TobaccoPipeArtistory on Blogspot.com] | *[http://tobaccopipeartistory.blogspot.com/ TobaccoPipeArtistory on Blogspot.com] | ||
*[https://www.facebook.com/tobaccopipeartistory/ The Tobacco Pipe Artistory on FaceBook] | |||