Pen Profiles: Snorkel & Touchdown - PFM
For more, see Sheaffer flat-tops, 1912 to c. 1939 & Sheaffer streamline, 1929 to date (including late Touchdown-fillers, such as Imperials) & Sheaffer Pencils
10687: Sheaffer Touchdown Tuckaway Statesman set in box: blue pneumatic-filler, 11.8 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, large two-tone nib; special model made for Gregg shorthand, with shorthand mark in gold on barrel (read more here). Matching .9 mm pencil has stationery store price sticker on barrel.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB:
extra-fine • $250 

10405: Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman: grey pneumatic-filler, 14.1 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, conical palladium-silver Triumph nib; stress hairline at end of barrel does not interfere with function (see detail), scuff to side of filling knob.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: VG-fine*
• NIB: fine • $80 