My first made piece was a two litter plastic pop bottle with a tin foil screen on top. My first purchased piece was given as a gift from my closest friend; it was a stone pipe from Mexico. It had a base skull with a bowl on top. It clogged badly, hence it became a nice piece to look at and not use soon after. It lasted until my mother got a hold of it.
i bought my first peice the first night i smoked pot. also bought an eighth (i REALLY wanted to know what was up and knew many people didnt get high for a few times, so i wanted to be prepared for that....it turns out i got REALLY high my first time ) it was 21 bucks at the headshop, i had someone go in and pick out a 20 dollar peice for me....she was good enough to go for quality over capacity (especially since i was a very low-tolerance smoker) and got me a tiny but BEAUTIFUL little spoon....very unique shape, with some really neat colors in it. only glass peice i ever broke, happened when i made the mistake of taking a it hiking...
Mine was a 6" glass spoon that was purple with green and blue swirls and had a little glass creature on top which glowed in the dark... I loved that pipe so much and then a fucking pig took it when I was smoking under a bridge... He didn't care about me smoking and just wanted the pipe so I have a feeling he might have toked...