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<center>'''A personal | <center>'''A personal letter from Alfred H. Dunhill. August 1939.'''</center> | ||
(The Dunhill’s letter looks quite typical of what authors routinely send to a shortlist of acquaintances when a book they’ve written has just been published). | (The Dunhill’s letter looks quite typical of what authors routinely send to a shortlist of acquaintances when a book they’ve written has just been published). | ||
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'''Addendum:''' The four badly abused Dunhills and the pipe rack (dated by Sotheby’s to the mid-1950s) were Duke of Windsor’s Pipes. Lot 3248 (estimate $400-600) was among the very last lots offered in Session Sixteen of the sale held here in New York on the afternoon of 18 September 1997 and fetched an impressive $4887 (rather a bargain in comparison with the next lot—a locking, four-drawer "cigar humidor” with much the same estimate that sold for $31,000)<ref name=sothebys>Sotheby's Catalogue (September 1997). The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, "The Private Collections" & "The Public Collections". Published by Sotheby's. Provided by Guy Lesser.</ref> | '''Addendum:''' The four badly abused Dunhills and the pipe rack (dated by Sotheby’s to the mid-1950s) were Duke of Windsor’s Pipes. Lot 3248 (estimate $400-600) was among the very last lots offered in Session Sixteen of the sale held here in New York on the afternoon of 18 September 1997 and fetched an impressive $4887 (rather a bargain in comparison with the next lot—a locking, four-drawer "cigar humidor” with much the same estimate that sold for $31,000)<ref name=sothebys>Sotheby's Catalogue (September 1997). The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, "The Private Collections" & "The Public Collections". Published by Sotheby's. Provided by Guy Lesser.</ref> | ||
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<center>'''A personal letter between Alfred H. Dunhill and Edward, Duke of Windsor. May 1957.'''</center> | |||
(Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year). | |||
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*<font size="3">See more about curiosities here: '''[[Dunhill Curiosities]]'''</font><br> | *<font size="3">See more about curiosities here: '''[[Dunhill Curiosities]]'''</font><br> | ||
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== Black Briar & Dress == <!--T:318--> | == Black Briar & Dress == <!--T:318--> | ||
[[File:Blackbriar.jpg|thumb|right|145px|Black Briar or Dress]] | [[File:Blackbriar.jpg|thumb|right|145px|Black Briar or Dress]] | ||
'''Black Briar''' is a smooth dark finish with vein contrasted in black introduced in | '''Black Briar''' is a smooth dark finish with vein contrasted in black introduced in 1970 and renamed the DRESS in 1979. | ||
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'''Dress''' - introduced in 1979. The Dress is a black smooth finish designed to look elegant with a tux or other formal ware - refined and sophisticated. A smooth jet-black stain with a silver band and a black mouthpiece that give to this line of pipes the distinctive elegance that has come to be associated with the Dunhill name. | '''Dress''' - introduced in 1979. The Dress is a black smooth finish designed to look elegant with a tux or other formal ware - refined and sophisticated. A smooth jet-black stain with a silver band and a black mouthpiece that give to this line of pipes the distinctive elegance that has come to be associated with the Dunhill name. | ||
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<font size="3">Some catalogs filled with great pictures of pipes, cigars ([[Dunhill Cigars]]), humidors, lighters, cigarette holders, clocks, and other accessories.'''</font> | <font size="3">Some catalogs filled with great pictures of pipes, cigars ([[Dunhill Cigars]]), humidors, lighters, cigarette holders, clocks, and other accessories.'''</font> | ||
Click on the link below the image: | Click on the link below the image preview: | ||
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|[[File:Dunhill Catalogue 1969-70 page-0001.jpg|200px]] | |[[File:Dunhill Catalogue 1969-70 page-0001.jpg|200px]] | ||
|[[File:Dunhillcatagmix.jpeg|200px]] | |[[File:Dunhillcatagmix.jpeg|200px]] | ||
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|'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1967]]''' or [https://pipedia.org/images/5/58/Dunhill_1967.pdf pdf] | |'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1967]]''' or [https://pipedia.org/images/5/58/Dunhill_1967.pdf pdf] | ||
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|'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1970]]''' | |'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1970]]''' | ||
|'''[[Dunhill Catalogs]]''' - Mix | |'''[[Dunhill Catalogs]]''' - Mix | ||
|'''[https://pipedia.org/images/2/25/Dunhill_Chart_std.pdf Dunhill Shape Chart (btw 1921/1936)]''' | |||
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<center><gallery mode="slideshow" caption="Dunhill User Guide"> | <center><gallery mode="slideshow" caption="Dunhill User Guide"> | ||
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