Wally Frank

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Wally Frank Ltd. operated a chain of tobacco stores in New York City (the flagship store was in Lexington Avenue) and had a vast catalog business for pipes and pipe tobaccos. Their numerous private-label pipes were made by many makers, including Charatan, Sasieni, Weber and many more. The pipes were all made from well-aged briar and other materials.

Here is a complete scanned copy of the August-September 1939 catalog. Wally Frank was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos from at least the 1930’s. Although Wally Frank has been gone for many years, he was a leader in the importing of European pipes. But, in addition to importing pipes, he had many pipes made in his own name and also employed pipemakers like Peter Stokkebye and S. Bang! For example, Ed Burak, owner of Connoisseur in New York City, got his start by making pipes for Wally Frank! So Wally Frank pipes must be individually evaluated each on their own merit.

Link to Wally Frank Catalogs, Publications and Documents

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWally+Frank%2C+Ltd.&qt=hot_author#x0%253Abook-format 69.108.114.36 17:37, 6 February 2012 (CST)