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10168: Parker 51 Club button: large metal pin back, 3.55 cm in diameter, given to Parker dealers as part of a sales contest promoting the initial release of the Parker 51; rare, and probably even less commonly seen than the sought-after contest award pens.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $300
9929: Parker 51: black first-year with sterling silver cap with fine parallel lines pattern; two-tone clutch ring, metal Speedline filler, aluminum barrel jewel, pearl cap jewel (correct on later '41 production). Name on barrel, blind cap imprint only partially legible, cap quite clean with only minor light marks, has correct long clutch.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $600
10092: Parker 51 set in box: black double-jewel Vac-filler, uncommon 1/10 16K gold filled over silver wartime cap with grouped parallel lines pattern, geometric band, and indicia, solid 14K gold Blue Diamond clip and trim, matching .9 mm twist-action pencil; nice condition, noting name on barrels and initials in cap indicias, and what look like two small knife cuts to the pen's tassie ring. Strong imprint with 2nd quarter date code, wartime clutch ring in what appears to be a silver alloy rather than stainless steel, and internal collector in Nassau green Lucite (see detail).
DATE: 1944 • CONDITION: fine-exc
• NIB: medium • $685
10189: Parker 51 nib extractor: original factory-issued repairman's tool, ring 2.5 cm across, curved steel blade with stud on top is inserted between nib and feed, stud snaps into hole in nib, allowing nib to be pulled out without removal of shell (hood). Slightly shortened at tip (the thin steel easily chipped), still functional but use not recommended nowadays due to risk of damaging shell.
DATE: c. 1945 •
CONDITION: VG* • $125
10110: Parker 51 demonstrator: transparent Lucite Vac-filler, clean Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, sharp barrel imprint with 3rd quarter date code; clean example, noting one stress mark on the shell, and smaller stress lines around barrel monogram (see details). These pens were not sold to the public, made for a brief period in 1947-48 for dealers, salesmen, and repairmen only.
DATE: 1947 • CONDITION:
fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $565
9604: Parker 51: not a Parker product at all, but rather an early Japanese counterfeit: cheaply made, yet with extraordinary attention to detail. Thinly-plated cap is fully falsely marked, as is the barrel and filler housing. Even the flimsy plated nib is marked! A very interesting specimen for the 51 collector.
DATE: c. 1950
• CONDITION: VG* • NIB: medium fine • $150
10260: Parker 51 Presidential: Aerometric filler with solid 14K gold cap, barrel, and clip; made in USA, sac has perfect transparency, number imprinted on rim of cap ("518" below "PARKER") indicates this pen was retailed by Cartier. No dings, but barrel has areas where it is slightly out of round -- not apparent to the eye, but can be felt when barrel is spun between the fingers. While English-made examples are not uncommon, American-made 51 Presidentials are extremely scarce. This is only the second we have offered in over ten years.
DATE: c. 1956 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $3500
5828: Parker 51 pencil lead refills: 12 leads in a stoppered glass tube, 8 cm long, made in England, label reads "for Parker '51'/ROTARY PENCIL", with Parker "halo" mark; many available, all "B" hardness.
DATE:
c. 1964 • CONDITION: mint • $6