Winston Toodle Toots

    This is not a blog post but an effort to defray expenses for Winston’s tuition at the world-renowned Daisy Hill Puppy School.*  As you may recall, just before Christmas I lost my 16 year companion Cozy Dog (named after the famous Route 66 corn dog stand). Winston Toodle Toots was already on the bus, however, and arrived New Year’s Day, to my great joy.  Gigi named him after Churchill (even though he’s an Aussie and not a bulldog), and I gave him the Toodle and Toots after characters in Charles Dickens’s amazing Dombey and Son. We knew, being dogists, that WTT would inevitably be both a toodle or a toot depending on his mood. The Churchill Portrait, courtesy Kathleen Mary Godwin While he’s been both a toodle and a toot in more or less equal measure as he goes through the first of his two teething stages, he’s also become something of a Tazmanian Devil in the studio. Today it was a pipe cleaner, curled and soggy and lodged in the back of his mouth. Two days ago, he fished out an empty tin of Marlin Flake from somewhere. It looked like the Mob had riddled it with bullets.  Today, he assaulted a full tin, managing to pop the seal on it. Last week? I found a valued pipe on the floor, with some suspicious meteor strikes in the finish that looked like bite marks to me.  He said no, termites. He's quick on his feet, that boy. So I’ve decided, on his behalf, to offer this Catch & Release sale to help defray tuition and restock my dwindling supplies of medicinal Redbreast and Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, these cordials being the best remedies I've found (besides my pipe) to maintaining high standards of training and care for the young pup. If you’re interested in adding any of the following Pees to your rotation, drop me a line at petegeek1896@gmail.com. First come, first served. Payment by PayPal (although I do two buddies who have sent me money orders). While "Friends & Family" is appreciated, it's not required. Postage in the US $10. If you live elsewhere, we'll say $25 and I'll pay the difference.   SOLD Silver Cap Natural 20s, HM 2025 Estate. $295.   317 System Standard, NOS w/Box & Ephemera, Late Republic. $150. What a beauty! I had no idea it was difficult to execute this smallest System shape until I began looking around and saw it hasn't been done very well for several decades. This Late Republic is my idea of the Great System: the classic Peterson Grain, the classic 317 Patent shape, great box, Chat brochure.   309 Rustic Standard System, Early Dublin Era (c. 1995-2005) Estate, $80.   337 Kildare Sub-System w/Stinger, NOS w/K&P pre-carb, c. 1960s (?). $175. When Mike Bearos's dad (now retired) cleaned this NOS up, he added the K&P pre-carb, which was typical of his remarkable work in Serbia. The mortise is clear (unstained) wood. This is an old-style…