Ephemera, Advertising, & Display
6319: Aikin Lambert Pet display card: very rare original display, 15.2 cm high, with 6 out of 12 pens still present; pens are miniature ringtop eyedropper-fillers in black hard rubber, with red or light green casein ends and 14K gold nibs, averaging 6.4 cm long; unused and of excellent quality, they are rather evenly sun-faded, and one of the red tops has two chips on the side facing the card; from a long-closed New York area pen shop, the only example of its kind we have seen.
DATE: c. 1920 • CONDITION: VG-fine* •
$650 
4251: Ancora glassine envelope: advertising for Duplex pens, 5 x 9.5 cm, printed on both sides, new old stock.
DATE:
c. 1938 • CONDITION: mint • $10
5659: Conklin dummy pens: black-painted wood replicas of crescent-fillers, used for window displays instead of real pens so as to avoid risk of theft and of fading by sunlight; one looks like a capped pen, 13.7 cm long, the other an uncapped pen, lacking nib and feed; much scarcer than the actual pens, and much less common than dummy pens by makers such as Waterman, these display models are also sought after by collectors of advertising, country store items, and folk art.
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: VG • $400
7829: Conklin paper knife: laminated celluloid, 22.2 cm long, imprinted "COMPLIMENTS OF THE CONKLIN PEN CO."; side panels are the same distinctive mottled green used for Conklin pens, tip of blade has been chipped and smoothed.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $400
4163: Eagle Just for Fun: giant wooden novelty pencil, 27 cm long, brass ferrule; slight gaping of longitudinal seam from age shrinkage of wood.
DATE: c. 1890 • CONDITION: VG • $40
10235: Esterbrook ballpoint refills: new old stock in original packaging, not guaranteed to work, sold as display item only. Marked "REORDER NO. C-021".
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: near mint • $8
8938: Eversharp V-Mail Red Top lead: original WW2-era containers, new old stock, several dozen pieces of lead in each, various grades and thicknesses, no choice; great display item (read about the V-Mail system here).
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION:
fine-exc • $6
8939: Eversharp V-Mail Red Top lead: original WW2-era containers, new old stock, around two dozen pieces of lead in each, various grades and thicknesses, no choice; great display item (read about the V-Mail system here).
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION:
fine • $8
8937: Eversharp Red Top lead: original 1940s containers, approximately two dozen pieces of lead; various grades and thicknesses, no choice; great display items.
DATE: c. 1945 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $5
9518: Eversharp stock certificate: several available, 30 x 21 cm, each for various numbers of shares between 5 and 50.
DATE: c. 1967 • CONDITION: exc • $25
10640: Mabie Todd advertising bookmark: printed cardboard in the form of a pen's nib and section, 15.5 cm long, some slight creasing at the tip; reverse features Swan ink, with a bottle illustrated; British production.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG • $60
10641: Mabie Todd advertising bookmark: printed cardboard in the form of a pen's nib and section, 15.5 cm long, some slight creasing around the cutout intended to fit over the page to be marked; reverse shows a black chased hard rubber lever-filler; British production.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG •
$60
10098: Maycock token: copper "Hard Times" advertising coin, 28mm diameter, issued by the New York firm of Samuel Maycock and John Hague, early makers of mechanical pencils ("EVERPOINTED/PENCIL CASE/MANUFACTURERS").
DATE: 1837 • CONDITION: VG • $80
10130: Palmer Method pinback button: penmanship award, 1.9 cm diameter, for having "SATISFACTORILY MASTERED THE FIRST 25 DRILLS IN THE PALMER METHOD MANUAL"; two available, price is per button -- specify which desired.
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $35
10032: Palmer Method pinback button: penmanship award, 2.1 cm diameter, four available, price is per button, specify which desired when ordering.
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: VG-exc • $35
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
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
5765: Parker Liquid Lead refill: original package, containing one long refill and eraser; Parker diamond appears prominently on both sides of envelope; an unusual bit of ephemera, refills probably not in working order; a few available and illustrated, price is for each.
DATE: c. 1954 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $35
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
7651: Parker 75 nib display: five 14K USA production nibs in various stages of completion, to illustrate the process of manufacture; these came to us loose, but could easily be mounted and framed.
DATE: c. 1975 •
CONDITION: mint • $200
7650: Parker 75 ballpoint manufacturing display: five pieces in sterling silver illustrating different stages of forming a cap, deep-drawing from sheet; the last stage is at final dimensions with the top hole cut, but before application of the imprints and engine turning; from Parker's Janesville factory.
DATE: c. 1975 • CONDITION: mint • $200
7189: unmarked dummy display pen: heavy solid rubber, 13.9 cm long, looks like slip-cap eyedropper-filler but does not open.
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: exc • $75
8455: Waterman cigar cutter: blade and metal fittings have patches of pitting, but the imitation ivory celluloid body is clean with only slight rubbing at the top right corner on the Rotary emblem. Only one of these to date has been found in its original box, which bears a presentation imprint from Frank D. Waterman. Given this evidence and the tiny number of these cutters known, it has been suggested that they were made exclusively for FDW to give as gifts to his fellow Rotarians.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG-fine •
$385
2631: Waterman store sign: baked enamel on steel, 76 x 20 cm (30 x 8 inches); chips to the enamel & rusty patches; the perfect wall decoration for a pen room; shipping weight 4 lbs.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: G*
• $425
10097: Waterman pinback: campaign button for Frank D. Waterman's campaign for mayor of New York City, 21 mm diameter, read about the campaign here..
DATE: c. 1925 •
CONDITION: fine • $35
2632: Waterman atlas book cover: from a series intended for distribution in schools, this covers the United States; 33 x 48 cm (13 x 19 inches), reverse has map of USA w facts & figures about cities & states; new old stock, minor age spots.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine • $45
7199: Waterman cigar cutter: celluloid body warped and markings badly worn, blade well-used; rare piece also bears Rotary emblem. Only one of these is known with its original box, which bears a presentation imprint from Frank D. Waterman. Given this evidence and the tiny number of these cutters known, it has been suggested that they were made exclusively for FDW to give as gifts to his fellow Rotarians.
DATE: c. 1925 •
CONDITION: fair • $150
