| Parker Vacumatics |
Pen Profiles: Vacumatics, Vacuum Fillers; also Vacumatic nomenclature, instructions
7322: Parker Vacuum Filler set: rare uncatalogued full-size model in red pearl laminate with extra-wide stripes in translucent blue; pen is 12.8 cm long, matching cone-actuated pencil (even harder to find), 12.55 cm; both bear good strong imprints, along with pantographed names -- commonly found on these pens, for some reason, along with flaking plating on the clips. The two-way turnup nib is two-tone and bears the early arrow with a single-line central rib; the pen barrel is transparent (this model is also found with the barrel opaque). Pencil slightly bent, material on both pieces sound, with no sign of the deterioration typically found on the pen cap. Too rare to have been a production item, this model -- sometimes dubbed the "Ripley" Vacumatic, after the only known contemporary illustration in print in a "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cartoon -- appears to have been made as a market test, and is also known with Vacumatic imprints..
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine/extra-fine •
$1650 
5960: Parker Vacuum Filler: black with fully transparent barrel, 12 cm long, gold filled trim, no brassing, good imprint (usually weak), typical even barrel darkening, "VACUUM FILLER" imprinted nib.
DATE: c. 1933 •
CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $500
7205: Parker Vacuum Filler set in box: opaque black Junior-size pen, 12.3 cm long, with unusual stubby pencil, 11.0 cm long; gold filled trim, nice crisp imprints (often very light on Vacuum Fillers), usual pitting to chrome of filler plunger, unusual box with reversible top, bead and braid retaining loops; splits at corners, bottom marked with Parker name in Chinese characters; "VACUUM FILLER" imprint on nib.
DATE: c. 1933
• CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $685
7717: Parker Vacumatic: golden pearl laminate double-jewel, 12.8 cm long, gold filled trim, striped pointy jewels and section, lockdown filler, good barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, good barrel transparency, nib is a later replacement, with date code for 1946; the color is common on later Vacs, but is hard to find on earlier models, having been introduced only at the tail end of the lockdown filler era.
DATE:
1936 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: fine semiflex • $265
4720: Parker Vacumatic Junior: grey pearl and black, 12.2 cm long, chrome plated trim, lockdown filler, good barrel transparency, strong imprint with 4th quarter date code; discreet name on bbl; smooth and responsive nib with matching date code.
DATE: 1936 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine semiflex • $205
7745: Parker Vacumatic: small silver pearl laminate, 12 cm long, chrome plated trim, made in Canada, striped pointy jewels, black section, lockdown filler, two-tone nib with excellent plating; barrel transparency fine, good imprint with 1st quarter date code, name on barrel.
DATE: 1936 • CONDITION: VG-fine •
NIB: medium oblique flex • $275
5580: Parker Vacumatic Junior: small grey pearl marbled, 12 cm long, chrome plated trim, outstanding barrel transparency (pen not recommended as a regular user), roughness to cap band plating, bold imprint with 4th quarter date code, lockdown filler, 1946 date code on Arrow nib.
DATE: 1937 • CONDITION: fine-exc
• NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $245
7297: Parker Vacumatic Junior pencil: black twist-action, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, bold imprint with 4th quarter date code, no brassing, surface of upper barrel slightly irregular due to age shrinkage; incorporates Parker lead cartridge (refillable), uses 1.1 mm lead.
DATE: 1937 • CONDITION: VG-fine
• $60
7718: Parker Vacumatic: silver pearl laminate double-jewel, made in Canada, 12.9 cm long, chrome plated trim, striped jewels and section, two-tone arrow nib, lockdown filler, good barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, excellent barrel transparency, sealed and stabilized cap lip hairline (see detail).
DATE: 1937 •
CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: fine flex • $250
7296: Parker Vacumatic pencil: black full-size, 12.7 cm long, gold filled trim, strong imprint with 2nd quarter date code, uses 1.1 mm lead, Parker lead cartridge (refillable);.
DATE: 1937 • CONDITION: fine •
$70
7290: Parker Vacumatic Junior: brown Shadow Wave, 12.8 cm long, gold filled trim, aluminum Speedline filler, good barrel transparency, clear imprint with 4th quarter date code, matching year code on nib; wear to feathers of arrow clip, cap mark on barrel, but fine overall appearance.
DATE: 1939 • CONDITION: VG •
NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $200
7349: Parker Vacumatic Debutante: golden pearl laminate double-jewel, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, geometric pattern cap band; two-tone nib, imprint with 4th quarter date code, later replacement filler unit with plastic plunger.
DATE: 1940 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine • $125
7438: Parker Vacumatic Maxima: black oversize, 13.7 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, aluminum Speedline filler, plunger with diamond imprint on end; excellent barrel transparency, imprint with 2nd quarter date code, big smooth two-tone arrow nib.
DATE: 1940 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine •
$485
5242: Parker Vacumatic Junior: large size grey Shadow Wave, 12.7 cm long, chrome plated trim, aluminum Speedline filler; good barrel transparency, imprint clear but last few words and date code mostly polished away; name on barrel, nib has 1940 date code.
DATE: 1940 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine semiflex •
$205
7380: Parker Vacumatic Sub-Debutante: green pearl laminate double-jewel, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, excellent barrel transparency, strong imprint with 2nd quarter date code with inverted "1", aluminum Speedline filler plunger.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium semiflex •
$165
6106: Parker Vacumatic Debutante: silver pearl laminate double-jewel, 11.8 cm long, chrome plated trim, unusual smooth wide cap band; good imprint with 3rd quarter date code, fine barrel transparency, overall condition excellent but for typical plating roughness.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine semiflex
• $275
6103: Parker Vacumatic Major: silver pearl laminate double-jewel with unusual wide smooth cap band; 13.1 cm long, chrome plated trim, Blue Diamond clip, black jewels and section, plastic filler plunger, bold barrel imprint but no date code (not worn away -- clearly never present), excellent transparency.
DATE: 1941 •
CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine semiflex • $480
7452: Parker Vacumatic Major: blue pearl laminate, 12.65 cm long, gold filled over silver trim, Blue Diamond clip; wartime pen, imprint with 3rd quarter date code, good barrel transparency, plunger end with diamond imprint.
DATE: 1943 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $165
7061: Parker Vacumatic Maxima: unusual silver pearl laminate oversize single-jewel, 13.6 cm long, Canadian wartime production; trim unmarked, but appears to be silver, black-finished metal cap jewel, wide cap band, Blue Diamond on clip light in color, possibly restored; fine barrel transparency, good barrel imprint with characteristic large Canadian date code; wartime all-plastic filler unit.
DATE: 1944 • CONDITION:
fine-exc • NIB: medium semiflex • $500
7324: Parker Vacumatic Major: black laminate, 12.65 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, excellent barrel transparency, imprint with 4th quarter date code.
DATE: 1946 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB:
extra-fine • $165
7700: Parker Vacumatic Major: golden pearl laminate, 12.7 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip gold filled over silver; strong barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, good barrel transparency, typical wartime filler with black plunger.
DATE: 1946 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine semiflex
• $145
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