Other Makers: P to Z
NOTE: Parker, Sheaffer, Wahl-Eversharp, and Waterman now have their own pages
9320: Pelikan 100: classic German piston-filler, 11.6 cm long, all original parts but for the barrel -- a non-Pelikan custom replacement in transparent acrylic. Cap section, and filler unit are hard rubber; uncommon "K" (Kugelspitz = ballpoint) nib with turned-up tip, rounded profile, good for left-handers and those who write at steep angles. The barrel will accommodate an original or custom-made Binde (barrel sleeve; not included), or can be used as is, for a transparent demonstrator.
DATE: c. 1934/2007 • CONDITION: fine-exc
• NIB: fine semiflex • $500 
9306: Pelikan 100: classic German piston-filler, 11.7 cm long, all original parts but for the barrel -- a non-Pelikan custom replacement in transparent acrylic -- and the semi-stub nib unit, which is from the 1950s. Cap crown, section, and filler unit are hard rubber, while the cap body is celluloid, typical transitional construction of the later 1930s. The barrel will accommodate an original or custom-made Binde (barrel sleeve; not included), or can be used as is, for a transparent demonstrator.
DATE: c. 1937/2007 • CONDITION:
fine-exc • NIB: medium semiflex • $450
9346: Pelikan 100N: wartime piston-filler, 12.25 cm long, black celluloid with green striated pearl barrel band; excellent barrel transparency, synthetic seal has been replaced, CN (chrome-nickel steel) nib is a good writer; some scratch marks to the side of the cap crown (see detail).
DATE: c. 1942 • CONDITION:
VG-fine • NIB: medium stub flex • $325
9344: Pelikan 200 Auch Pelikan injector pencil: black with green striated pearl, 12.3 cm long, uses 1.1 mm lead, strong imprints.
DATE: c. 1949 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $125
9394: Pelikan 100N: classic piston-filler, 12.2 cm long, transparent green barrel, uncommon grey pearl barrel sleeve; "M" imprint on filler unit, cap band plating rough, strong imprints on cap crown, synthetic plunger seal has been replaced, reponsive nib with considerable flex.
DATE: c. 1949 • CONDITION: fine
• NIB: fine flex • $600
9322: Pelikan 100N: black piston-filler with striated green pearl barrel sleeve, 12.2 cm long, gold filled trim; piston seal has been replaced, fineness of nib tip matches filling unit "EF" imprint, but writes more like a fine.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine semiflex • $295
9321: Pelikan 100N: black piston-filler with striated green pearl barrel sleeve, 12.2 cm long, gold filled trim; no brassing, like new, name on side of cap.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine
oblique semiflex • $350
7669: Pick Fountpencil stylographic pen: black lever-filler with bright red ends, 12.1 cm long, nickel plated trim, bold clear imprints, weighted needle intact.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: fine-exc •
NIB: medium fine • $160
8944: Premier combination: black and bronze lever-filler, 14.4 cm long, gold filled trim, uses 1.1 mm lead; solidly-made second-tier combo, name on barrel, some brassing to trim bands, and a scoop to the side of the lever slot (looks like a second cut was accidentally begun at the slot-cutting station); nib is smooth and responsive.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: fine semiflex • $165
6797: Reynolds Rocket ballpoint: aluminum with black anodized end, 12.3 cm long, clipless model, black plastic sliding tip cover; cartridge intact but dried out.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $50
6796: Reynolds Rocket ballpoint: aluminum with black anodized end, 12 cm long, aluminum sliding tip cover, Reynolds-marked chrome clip; tip ball missing, not in working condition.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: fine* •
$60
6964: Reynolds International ballpoint: aluminum, 14.5 cm long; not working, a relic of the beginnings of the postwar ballpoint craze; original price was $12.50 -- as much as the top-line fountain pens of the era.
DATE:
c. 1946 • CONDITION: fine • $95
6800: Reynolds Rocket ballpoint: unusual two-color model, 13.7 cm long, sliding aluminum tip cover, reversible red-anodized insert; some tool marks to insert end, both cartridges present but nonfunctional.
DATE: c. 1946
• CONDITION: VG* • $120
7076: Ronson Penciliter: combination pencil and lighter, 14.3 cm long, black and rhodium plate; uses 1.1 mm lead, pencil mechanism propels, but does not retract.
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: fine* • $95
5511: S.M.B.(?) eyedropper-filler: unusual Japanese straight-cap miniature with end-knob ink shutoff valve; 9.1 cm long, engine-turned aluminum overlay, imprinted initials disposed radially around end knob (could be B.S.M. or M.B.S.); seals have not been replaced but have been vacuum-tested; scant but smooth iridium on 14K-marked nib.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • $145
8324: Salz (?) Tiny: miniature black hard rubber ringtop eyedropper-filler, 6.3 cm long, wide gold filled cap band has pinprick blistering, only marking "TINY" on the 14K gold nib; crack in cap lip.
DATE: c. 1920
• CONDITION: G* • NIB: extra-fine • $50
8323: Salz (?) Pony: miniature black hard rubber ringtop eyedropper-filler, 6.2 cm long, gold filled trim, only marking "PONY" on the 14K gold nib.
DATE: c. 1920 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: extra-fine • $60
8322: Salz (?) eyedropper-filler: miniature black hard rubber ringtop, 6.5 cm long, red-brown cap crown insert (hard rubber?), gold filled ringtop fitting has threads showing where screwed into cap, but appears factory-original, as the pen itself appears never to have been filled; nicely toned 14K warranted nib.
DATE: c. 1920
• CONDITION: near mint • NIB: extra-fine flex • $80
8742: Schnell Penselpen: black and bronze pen-pencil combination, 15.2 cm long, gold filled trim, distinctive sliding "switch" filler, airplane clip; pencil end uses 1.1 mm lead, name neatly engraved on barrel; correct original nib and feed, narrow area of discoloration over lower barrel threads; a short lived and celebrated design, made by Julius Schnell, one of the most important behind-the-scene figures in early 20th-century fountain pen manufacture.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine
semiflex • $850
7187: Schnell Penselpen: striking red and pearl pen-pencil ringtop combination, 14 cm long, gold filled trim, distinctive sliding bar filler, pencil end uses 1.1 mm lead; correct original nib and patent feed; sac removed to preserve near-perfect color.
DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine semiflex
• $800
8667: Soennecken safety: unusual black chased hard rubber clipless model, 12.7 cm long, with a ventless Hicks New York 18K gold nib with French hallmarks; condition is like new, but the original barrel imprint of this French-market pen appears to have been polished away -- most likely out of WW1-era anti-German sentiment. Early production Soenneckens often carried New York-made nibs, but most were from A. Morton.
DATE: c.
1913 • CONDITION: exc-near mint* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $325
7212: SSS eyedropper-filler: black chased hard rubber clipless screw-cap, 13.3 cm long, solid 14K cap band, classic Japanese design with ink shutoff (unscrew end cap slightly to open; has been recorked), imprint reads "TRADE SSS MARK/THE ONLY PERFECT FOUNTAIN PEN/IN THE ORIENT"; very slight fading, imprints and chasing crisp, some marks to section; smooth and responsive replacement 14K gold US-made nib, "A24" imprint on barrel end.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
7267: Stylographic Pen Co. stylographic pen: long black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 16.8 cm long, made in Providence, RI; good 1879 patent date and brand name imprints, needle frozen, cap has a hairline and an interesting old repair with waxed thread.
DATE: c. 1880 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: fine
• $165
8460: Viala Valair: miniature French-made hard rubber safety, 8.6 cm long, hallmarked sterling silver overlay, unusual left-handed mechanism (end knob turns counter-clockwise to extend nib -- handle with care!); 18K semistub Viala-marked nib, with leather carrying pouch.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine semiflex • SOLD
9211: Viala Lilliput safety set in box: French black hard rubber miniature black hard rubber safety, 8.25 cm long, hallmarked silver overlay with transparent pink guilloche enamel, with matching 1.1 mm pencil in box with instructions. Aside from the losses to the enamel on the cap and a shallow crease on the pencil's nose cone, the set is like new; the pen's seal has not been replaced, but appears sound and passes a suction test.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: medium • $425
7546: Vickery extending sheath pencil: sterling silver, 7.7 cm long closed, 12.4 cm extended, uses 1.5 mm "VS" lead; London hallmarks rather worn, interesting presentation inscription: "H. BERRY./BEACONSFIELD FLOWER SHOW/1910"; Mordan quality, and possibly manufacture.
DATE: 1910 • CONDITION: fine • $325
7670: W. W. Hall stylographic pen: black hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 13.1 cm long, typical New-York-made stylo from the turn of the century, intact needle, good working order, scattered pinprick pits to barrel surface probably due to original hard rubber stock used.
DATE: c. 1900 • CONDITION: fine • NIB:
medium fine • $90
7668: Weidlich Star stylographic pen: black hard rubber screw-cap coin-filler, 12.4 cm long, imprint reads "GUARANTEED 3 YEARS", weighted needle intact.
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine •
$145
9384: Weidlich lever-filler set: unusual and attractive, using a material typically found only on Eversharp Bantams: a green pearl marbled shot through with red filaments; pen is 12.85 cm long, gold filled trim, matching pencil uses 1.1 mm lead; pencil shows appreciably more use than pen, pen carries a #6 nib with Weidlich's "STAR PEN" imprint.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc/VG • NIB: fine flex • $165
7554: Williamson eyedropper: slender black hard rubber slip-cap with gold filled pierced overlay; 11.35 cm long, "AUTO" on distinctive Williamson feed; Williamson #1 nib has been retipped and a base crack repaired, surface portion of hairline through imprint has been left visible so as not to risk damage to the imprint; hard rubber under the overlay has been professionally dye-reblackened. The connections between Williamson and its Janesville, Wisconsin neighbor, Parker, are still being explored, but it is clear that there was considerable overlap in ownership and management, as well as some sharing of patents.
DATE: c. 1910 •
CONDITION: VG* • NIB: medium fine flex • $325
5674: Williamson button-filler: black Italian-made imitation of a Parker oversize Vacumatic, though larger at 13.6 cm long; gold filled trim, arrow clip with quill in relief; big replacement Duofold Canada nib.
DATE: c.
1938 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine stub flex • $500
8920: Wirt eyedropper-filler: very long slender black chased hard rubber straight-cap, 14.8 cm long, gold filled trim, early overfeed, Wirt imprint on cap heavily worn, almost entirely illegible, nib usable, but tipping worn away.
DATE: c. 1886 • CONDITION: G* • NIB: medium flex • $160
8097: Wirt Safety: mottled hard rubber clipless screw-cap eyedropper-filler, 12.7 cm long, unusual reciprocating ink shutoff valve actuated by a central post inside the cap (covered by US patent 978,419); Wirt ventless #2 nib with narrow gold underfeed, slightly toothy but very flexible; Wirt Safeties are uncommon, and most are found in the vest-pocket size.
DATE: c. 1908 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex •
$485
9077: Wyvern 202: burgundy slip-cap button-filler, 13.3 cm long, gold filled trim, made in England, a response to the Parker 51, but with a small tubular nib and conventional feed, not truly hooded; strong imprints.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine semiflex • $165
9331: Zodiac safety: large black chased hard rubber French-made pen, 13.3 cm long, 14K warranted replacement nib (or possibly for English or German market); crisp, glossy, and unfaded.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: near
mint • NIB: medium broad flex • $175