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Elliot Silber made Cellini a full service Pipe and Tobacco Shop offering tobacco blends and a complete line of accessories as well as an extensive and varied line of pipes ranging from Indian Peace Pipes to porcelain, cherrywoods, meerschaums and hefty sculptured freehands. The Catalogues were nearly 100 pages long - NO cigars! NO cigarettes! - just pipes and pipe-related products! Cellini Pipes have Good Collectible value of their own commanding good prices on auctions today, developing somewhat of a Cult Following among Collectors. | Elliot Silber made Cellini a full service Pipe and Tobacco Shop offering tobacco blends and a complete line of accessories as well as an extensive and varied line of pipes ranging from Indian Peace Pipes to porcelain, cherrywoods, meerschaums and hefty sculptured freehands. The Catalogues were nearly 100 pages long - NO cigars! NO cigarettes! - just pipes and pipe-related products! Cellini Pipes have Good Collectible value of their own commanding good prices on auctions today, developing somewhat of a Cult Following among Collectors. | ||
Although Cellini offered a variety of brands by other makers, their primary business was selling their own pipes made in their Chicago factory! Silber, who is said to have made pipes himself once upon a time, employed his own pipemakers (with " | Although Cellini offered a variety of brands by other makers, their primary business was selling their own pipes made in their Chicago factory! Silber, who is said to have made pipes himself once upon a time, employed his own pipemakers (with "Primo" being the most recognizable name). They were collectively known as the "'''Victory Pipe Craftsmen'''". (Victory Pipe Craftsmen Inc. was the actual corporate name for "Cellini of Chicago") The most important pipemaker there was '''Primo Polidori'''. | ||
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