The Briar Index

    How pipe brands move.

    A living price index for collectible briar. Every figure traces to a real source — listings and sales here on The Briar Lounge, blended with source-attributed market comps from estate dealers and auctions. We only show a trend when there's enough realized-sale history to mean something.

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    How to read this
    • Verified vs listed: the headline price is the typical (median) recent verified sale where real sales exist — median, so one exceptional pipe can't swing it; if we only have current asking prices, it reads listed instead. We never blend a list price into a "sold" figure.
    • Trend is composition-controlled. It's the volume-weighted average of how the same models have resold over time — so a brand can't jump “+50%” just because one expensive pipe sold once. When there isn't genuine like-for-like resale history, you'll see “—”, never a guessed number.
    • Units sold is the volume signal — how many verified sales we've recorded, tracked brand-wide and per model, the way car sales are followed by make and then by model. Open a brand to see its volume over time and model-by-model.
    • Market = includes external comps (eBay, estate dealers). Lounge = from our own listings & sales. New brands join automatically the moment they're listed here.

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