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<blockquote><q>"Nul doute que le parrainage royal, obtenu d'abord en 1921 essentiellement grâce à  la clientèle d'Edward, Prince de Galles, fumeur de pipe passionné, attira leur attention (des Américains) tout comme elle avait attiré celle des autres familles royales. Acteurs, hommes politiques, écrivains, juristes et n'importe quelle autre profession devinrent des clients réguliers.</q> Mary Dunhill <ref name=mary14>Dunhill, Mary (1979). Our Family Business (p. 67). Great Britain, The Bodley Head.</ref></blockquote>   
<blockquote><q>"Nul doute que le parrainage royal, obtenu d'abord en 1921 essentiellement grâce à  la clientèle d'Edward, Prince de Galles, fumeur de pipe passionné, attira leur attention (des Américains) tout comme elle avait attiré celle des autres familles royales. Acteurs, hommes politiques, écrivains, juristes et n'importe quelle autre profession devinrent des clients réguliers.</q> Mary Dunhill <ref name=mary14>Dunhill, Mary (1979). Our Family Business (p. 67). Great Britain, The Bodley Head.</ref></blockquote>   


*<span style="font-size:small">'''Note:''' Dunhill received it's first English Royal Warrant from Edward, Prince of Wales in 1921. Thereafter into the 1990s, a Royal Warrant has frequently been displayed in connection with pipes and pipe accessories (most notably pipe cases and tobacco tins) and can often be a useful dating tool<ref name=jcl28>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (p. 60). Chicago: self-published.</ref>.</span><br>
*<span style="font-size:small">'''NB:''' Dunhill a reçu son premier Mandat Royal d'Edouard, Prince de Galles, en 1921. Par la suite dans les années 1990, le Mandat Royal fut fréquemment affiché avec les pipes et leurs accessoires (principalement les coffrets de pipes et les boites de tabac) et représente souvent un outil de datation pratique.<ref name=jcl28>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (p. 60). Chicago: self-published.</ref>.</span><br>


  '''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>