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Pen Profile: Sheaffer Balance
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6515: Sheaffer golf pencil: green pearl and black marbled ringtop, 6.6 cm long, gold filled trim, uses 1.1 mm lead, slight color difference between cap and barrel (see details).
DATE: c. 1931 • CONDITION: exc • $80
6518: Sheaffer Balance pencil: full size green pearl and black marbled, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, early production with plugged-end construction, barrel band above joint; uses 1.1 mm lead, plating almost perfect.
DATE:
c. 1931 • CONDITION: exc • $70
7152: Sheaffer combination: black lever-filler, 15.5 cm long, gold filled trim, #3 Sheaffer nib on one end, 1.1 mm pencil on the other, barrel unscrews in middle to reveal eraser; flat-bottomed comb feed.
DATE: c. 1935
• CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine semiflex • $200
4226: Sheaffer Balance pencil: black and grey pearl marbled, 12 cm long, chrome plated trim, unusual wide milled barrel band, no imprint on clip; strong barrel imprints, uses 1.1 mm lead.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION:
fine • $65
7733: Sheaffer Balance: small grey pearl and black marbled lever-filler, 12.1 cm long, chrome plated trim, section with ink window, early six-notch feed; #3 nib is responsive, but limited line width variation, typical age spotting to trim plating.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine flex • $75
3974: Sheaffer Balance loaner: rare cherry-red lever-filler, 13.8 cm long, chrome plated trim, section with ink window, #3 nib; marked "SERVICE PEN LOANED BY/WHITE CROSS PHARMACY"; Sheaffer used this color almost exclusively for loaner pens, most of which survive in a heavily worn state; in excellent condition save for internal hairlines at extreme ends (no hint of crystallization, but rather typical age shrinkage).
DATE: c.
1936 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine semiflex • $265
7090: Sheaffer oversize Lifetime Balance set: grey striated plunger-filler, 14 cm long, chrome plated trim, with matching .9 mm pencil; doubly unusual, with wide fancy milled bands, pen barrel with two large side windows (transparency outstanding); smooth two-tone Lifetime nib with classic Sheaffer turnup tip; names on barrel, clips show some typical age porosity to the plating, barrel imprints crisp.
DATE: c. 1936 •
CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $500
7624: Sheaffer Junior pencil: red veined silver grey pearl, 11.5 cm long, chrome plated trim, uses 1.1 mm lead; name on barrel, good working order, typical wear to nose cone but no dings.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: VG
• $40
7095: Sheaffer box with pen wallet insert: unusual Balance-era hardshell case, 16.5 cm long, pad will accommodate a standard-sized set, designed to be removed and folded over to serve as a carrying case; includes 1937-dated instructions for both lever-fillers and plunger-fillers, plus a Lifetime guarantee certificate, also dated 1937.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • $65
7732: Sheaffer Balance: black lever-filler with inlaid abalone flakes, 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, mild ambering to barrel, strong imprints, section with ink window, two-tone Feathertouch #5 nib gives subtle and attractive line variation; one spot of plating wear on cap band, a few small digs to the very end of the barrel.
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine semistub • $105
7137: Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph Sentinel: black plunger-filler, 12.7 cm long, chrome cap with gold filled trim, White Dot at end of barrel, section with transparent ink window, two-tone conical Triumph nib.
DATE: c. 1945
• CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine • $150
7518: Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph Crest: black lever-filler, 13.1 cm long, 1/10 14K gold filled cap, crisp lined pattern, White Dot on barrel end, section ink window transparency like new, smooth rigid two-tone conical Triumph nib; unusually, top of cap is undinged, but there is one shallow ding on the side, difficult to show in photos.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: extra-fine firm • $105
6967: Sheaffer Stratowriter Masterpiece: 14K solid gold, 13.3 cm long, Sheaffer's first ballpoint model; includes original cartridge (does not work; replacements not available, adaptor needed to use current Sheaffer refills), new old stock with original tag, price when new $62.50 (plus additional Federal luxury tax).
DATE:
c. 1946 • CONDITION: mint • $350
6828: Sheaffer Lifetime Triumph Sentinel set in box: large black 1750-marked lever-filler, 13.4 cm long, matching 600-marked .9 mm pencil with original price sticker; brushed stainless caps, gold filled trim, pen cap has one pinhead ding to crown, small streak of brassing on clip (see detail), pencil is like new but minimal shop wear; pen has smooth-writing two-tone Triumph nib; box is in fine condition, but gapes slightly when closed.
DATE: c. 1947 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine • $250
7217: Sheaffer Autograph ballpoint: black, 12.1 cm long, gold filled clip, 14K solid gold cap band engraved "E & E/1903-1953"; White Dot, crisp imprint, early metal Stratowriter screw-in refill, will need adaptor (not included) to use modern refills.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: exc • $75
3136: Sheaffer Fineline replacement nib units in box: 11 stainless alloy screw-in nib units, extra-fine tips, in original box for 12; "X-FINE" written on side of box.
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: mint • $65
3135: Sheaffer Fineline replacement nib units in box: 10 stainless alloy screw-in nib units, extra-fine tips, in original box for 12; "X-FINE" written on side of box.
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: mint • $65
7804: Sheaffer 800 demonstrator: black cartridge-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold plated trim, distinctive "dolphin" inlaid 14K gold nib; rare transparent demonstrator version, new old stock with original chalk marks on barrel and "CARTRIDGE" sticker.
DATE: c. 1962 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $250
6894: Sheaffer Stylist: brushed chrome cartridge-filler (uses standard Sheaffer refills), 13.9 cm long, gold plated trim, distinctive two-way screw-in plated nib unit; short-lived model, like new, minimal shop wear, original price sticker on back of cap, several available in various nib grades (note that the pens with extra-fine nibs have some pitting to the nib plating, and that one has the White Dot clip instead of the white inlaid "S").
DATE: c. 1968 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine or extra-fine
• $75
7153: Sheaffer Imperial: sterling silver cartridge-filler, 13.1 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot, unusual zigzag diamond engine turning; only slightest bumps to edges of ends, smooth wet writing inlaid 14K gold nib.
DATE:
c. 1975 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: broad semiflex • $350
7780: Sheaffer Targa ballpoint: sterling silver, 13.3 cm long, chrome plated trim, White Dot, twist-action to extend and retract tip; new old stock but without packaging; several available.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION:
mint • $80
7781: Sheaffer Targa pencil: sterling silver, 13 cm long, chrome plated trim, White Dot, twist-action, uses .9 mm lead; new old stock but without packaging; several available.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: mint
• $65
7806: Sheaffer Targa ballpoint: sterling silver, 13.3 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot, twist-action to extend and retract tip; new old stock but without packaging; several available.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: mint
• $80
7807: Sheaffer Targa pencil: sterling silver, 13 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot, twist-action, uses .9 mm lead; new old stock but without packaging; several available.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: mint •
$65
7808: Sheaffer/Sailor Lazer LJ-1: brushed stainless steel, chrome plated trim with inlaid black accents, 13.2 cm long, made by Sailor for Sheaffer, stainless nib marked "SHEAFFER/F-4/JAPAN", very smooth writing; new old stock, no packaging, uses standard Sheaffer slim cartridges or convertor (not included); several available.
DATE: c. 1988 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: extra-fine • $60
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