Pen Profiles: Postwar English & Danish Duofolds - Duofold Pen Profile
7498: Parker Duofold Senior: red hard rubber bandless button-filler, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim, an iconic model in outstanding condition, with crisp end milling, bold deep imprints, and but one spot of brassing atop the clip ball; note tiny scratch on cap rim (see detail); original hardened sac has not been replaced.
DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium • $2500 
7029: Parker Duofold Junior: bandless red hard rubber button-filler, 11.7 cm long, gold filled trim, milling on ends sharp, good imprint, smooth writing semistub Duofold nib.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: exc
• NIB: fine • $650
7756: Parker Duofold Senior: black hard rubber button-filler, 14.1 cm long, gold filled trim, medium imprint worn but legible, overall condition worn but sound, good milling at ends; big smooth Duofold nib lays down a wet line with no pressure, latent hairline from vent hole appears stable for ordinary use; black hard rubber Duofolds are uncommon.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: G-VG* • NIB: medium semiflex •
$500
7501: Parker Lady Duofold Deluxe: black hard rubber ringtop button-filler, 12 cm long, gold filled trim, imprint mostly legible, but last half of "DUOFOLD" worn away.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine
• $145
8572: Parker Duofold Senior demonstrator pencil: very rare version with transparent celluloid barrel; 14.3 cm long, gold filled trim, cap crown virtually perfect, uses 1.1 mm lead, mechanism in perfect working order; barrel unmarked, but guaranteed genuine -- found "in the wild" in Janesville.
DATE: c. 1927 •
CONDITION: exc • $600
8105: Parker Duofold Junior: Mandarin Yellow button-filler, 11.5 cm long, gold filled trim, strong imprints, single cap band slightly loose, smooth Duofold nib, spearhead feed.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: fine
• NIB: fine firm • $600
8634: Parker Duofold Junior: Mandarin Yellow button-filler, 11.5 cm long, gold filled trim, very smooth Duofold nib, barrel somewhat darker than cap, posting ring towards end; cap clean, one pit mark on lip, but no cracks.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine • $485
8734: Parker Duofold Senior Deluxe: uncommon black-veined pearl non-streamlined button-filler, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim; big Duofold nib, spearhead feed with uncut Lucky Curve extension; crisp end milling, no brassing, some barrel darkening but overall color evenness is much better than average, silicone sac has been installed to preserve color.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine firm •
$800
8918: Parker Duofold Senior set: green streamline button-filler, 13.1 cm long, gold filled trim, matching 1.1 mm pencil; pencil is unused new old stock, with traces of sticker on the top, pen is near-new, with only slight dulling of color (silicone sac has been installed), no brassing, big Duofold nib with semistub profile point.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine • $895
7005: Parker Duofold Senior: streamline button-filler in prototype color, copper pearl; 13 cm long, gold filled trim, full USA imprint; plating wear apparent only on lower cap band and on clip, excellent color and extremely rare.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $2850
7295: Parker Lady Duofold Deluxe pencil: black streamline twist-action ringtop, 12.3 cm long, gold filled trim, uses 1.1 mm lead, good imprints, gold wash finish on interior mechanism.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION:
fine • $70
6906: Parker Duofold Senior Deluxe set: black lined pearl button-filler with matching 1.1 mm pencil, gold filled trim, triple bands, pen is 13 cm long with big firm Duofold Deluxe nib, comb feed is a slightly later (later '30s on) upgrade; both pen and pencil bear a personalized inscription with 1934 date, color is notably good, pen has been equipped with a silicone sac to preserve color.
DATE: c. 1934 • CONDITION: fine-exc
• NIB: extra-fine firm • $685
8251: Parker Vest Pocket Duofold Deluxe: black veined pearl miniature ringtop button-filler, 9 cm long, gold filled trim, excellent color and imprints, Duofold Deluxe nib; silicone sac has been installed to preserve color.
DATE: c. 1934 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine • $465
9464: Parker Duofold Junior: Burgundy (red pearl and black) streamline button-filler, 11.4 cm long, gold filled trim, later production with three-piece pressure bar, no patent dates on clip; Duofold nib, spearhead feed, a fine writer in very clean condition.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $265
9507: Parker Duofold Senior: orange button-filler; 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, strong barrel imprint with 3rd quarter "46" date code, original sticker on end of blind cap; extra-long, factory original use of streamlined cap and pre-streamline barrel recut to streamlined profile. Spearhead feed, three-piece pressure bar, large stiff Duofold semistub nib has a very subtle stress hairline near the base -- should be stable in ordinary use.
DATE: 1936 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $425
9462: Parker Duofold Junior set: burgundy (red and black marbled) pearl button-filler, 12 cm long, gold filled trim, with matching 1.1 mm pencil; pencil more worn than pen, pen has minimal wear, but scoring and nicks around the imprint (see detail) -- and a truly fantastic Duofold nib, sharp-edged but smooth, bearing a 1st quarter 1936 date code.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: extra-broad italic
semiflex • $345
9648: Parker Duofold Senior: English-made oversize button-filler, 12.95 cm long, gold filled trim, scarce and desirable green herringbone pattern; very clean, noting usual slight roughness to cap band -- a better example would be hard to find.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine semiflex
• $985
8603: Parker Duofold Senior: green and brown pearl Vac-filler with black stripes, 13.6 cm long, gold filled over silver trim, Blue Diamond clip, geometric patterned cap band, largest size, much scarcer than contemporary Vacumatics; good imprint with 2nd quarter date code, good barrel transparency, distinctive "V"-for-Victory nib; some deep scratches to cap, overall appearance fine, unusual postwar production date.
DATE: 1946 •
CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: extra-fine • $175
9652: Parker Duofold: unusual Canadian-made red-brown button-filler, 13.7 cm long, chrome plated trim, new old stock with cap sticker, barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, matching date code on equally unusual Parker Canada nib; cap is metal-lined, barrel has a plastic clutch ring.
DATE: 1948 • CONDITION: near mint
• NIB: extra-fine flex • $295
6353: Parker Duofold Centennial: full fluted sterling silver overlay, 13.6 cm long, two-tone 18K nib, made in UK, new old stock but no box or papers, slight tarnish, has been dipped to test nib function, but not filled; two available, one with late 1991 date code, the other with early 1992 date code.
DATE: 1991/1992 •
CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine semiflex • $800
7371: Parker Duofold ballpoint: black and pearl, gold plated trim, made in UK, "T" date code, foil hang tag on clip; in black-finished American maple box within cardboard outer box, including instructions and 1990-dated Platinum Club booklet.
DATE: 1995 • CONDITION: mint • $475
6567: Parker Israel's 50th Duofold Centennial: numbered limited edition of only 500 pieces, in a cherrywood box with inset bronze commemorative medal with matching number; complete with all original packaging and paperwork; we were fortunate enough to acquire a small cache of these very scarce Duofolds, including some with sequential numbers.
DATE: 1998 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $800
9760: Parker London Duofold: one of the scarcest and most striking of modern Duofolds, this Centennial-sized limited edition pen was made in a very small run of only 100 examples, of which 13 were kept by Parker for internal use. The remaining 87 were released at the London Pen Show directly to the public; only a handful have been resold since.
DATE: 2007 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium • $2500