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17207: Eagle Arrow dip pen: unusual drop-action holder, 11.2 cm long retracted, black lacquered brass with nickel plated trim; imprint on nib holder notes Feb. 1, 1887 patent date. Typical losses to barrel lacquer, fully functional. End button is pressed with nib down to extend, pressed again with nib upwards to retract. Will accommodate a wide range of common dip nibs.

DATE: c. 1890 • CONDITION: G-VG • $75

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17192: Eagle Prince combination: black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 15.4 cm long, pencil end uses standard 2mm drafting lead; introduced no later than 1913, this appears to have been the first mass-produced pen-pencil combo -- the present example dating slightly later, however, with a 1915 patent date on the characteristic Eagle nickel plated clip; slight even fading, imprints and chasing strong, nib is nicely toned but can easily be polished bright.

DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine flex • $295

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17187: Eversharp Doric: facetted silver pearl web lever-filler, 12.65 cm long, white gold filled trim, Gold Seal, ink window in barrel, correct late production Skyline-style nib and feed; unusually, cap is imprinted "WAHL EVERSHARP". Nib is springy, smooth, and has a semistub tip.

DATE: c. 1939 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine flex • $425

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17191: Eversharp Doric desk pen: rare and uncatalogued solid burgundy lever-filler with black taper, 21.3 cm long, gold filled trim, "Skyline" style nib, correct on later production Dorics.

DATE: c. 1939 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine firm • $225

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17186: Laughlin doctor's pen: black chased hard rubber straight-cap eyedropper-filler, thermometer in compartment at end of barrel; 15.9 cm long, crisp and glossy with only slightest fading; found as new old stock and without a nib, never filled -- we have installed a used but intact Laughlin nib of the same era.

DATE: c. 1892 • CONDITION: near mint* • NIB: fine stub superflex • $1500

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17196: Mabie Todd Fyne Poynt pencil: 10K solid gold ringtop, beautifully hand engraved; 10.1 cm long, uses 1.1 mm lead, as new but for tiny fleabite at edge of crown (see detail), 17.09g excluding lead.

DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: near mint • $525

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17202: Parker Lucky Curve: oversize black line-chased hard rubber button-filler, 13.8 cm long, gold filled trim, same size as a Duofold Senior; narrow spearhead feed with intact Lucky Curve interior end, sharp banner imprint, name on barrel, only slight even fading to hard rubber, crisp end milling; big #7X nib is long-tined and flexible.

DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine flex • $695

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17183: Parker Pastel pencil: "Mauve" moire ringtop, 12.2 cm long, gold filled trim, clean barrel imprint, uses standard 1.1 mm lead.

DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $75

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17193: Parker Vacumatic Maxima: very late production oversize in silver pearl laminate, 13.7 cm long, chrome plated trim, Blue Diamond clip, crisp barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, perfect barrel transparency, filler plunger has diamond imprint on end; appears never to have been used, though there is a tiny dig to the back of the clip ring and a shallow dent in the cap band (see details).

DATE: 1947 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine • $650

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17189: Parker 51 demonstrator: transparent Vac-filler, strong barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, Lustraloy cap, plain arrow clip.

DATE: 1948 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $585

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17190: Parker Duofold ballpoint and pencil set in box: blue marble, gold plated trim, made in UK.

DATE: 1990 • CONDITION: near mint • $395

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17211: Sheaffer 3 Self-Filling: mottled hard rubber lever-filler, 13.7 cm long, nickel plated trim, narrow feed, #3 Self Filling nib; imprints notably crisp, spots of flaking to plating on clip (actually an indication of notable preservation: on most pens of this age, the nickel plating is completely gone, only the nickel silver base material is visible).

DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $985

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17201: Sheaffer oversize Lifetime Balance: jade green lever-filler, 14.5 cm long, early extra-long model with short section, pointed barrel end, "PAT'D - PAT. PENDING" imprint, large White Dot; tapered end of barrel made separately and attached, some discoloration to end of the part of the barrel made from tube stock, but overall color preservation unusually good, no brassing to trim, deep imprints. Bold writer with firm semistub tip.

DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: broad firm • SOLD

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17197: Sheaffer Imperial ballpoint: sterling silver, 12.9 cm long with tip retracted, White Dot, diamond crisscross pattern, "Reminder" clip retracts and extends tip, insuring that it will not go into a pocket with tip extended.

DATE: c. 1975 • CONDITION: exc • $120

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17208: Wahl Tempoint: small black hard rubber ringtop eyedropper-filler, 9.75 cm long, full smooth 1/8 18K gold filled overlay, long-tined #2 Tempoint nib; comb feed original, appears to have been shortened slightly with blunted end. Very early production and largely identical to Boston version with same metal content marks and 1904 patent imprints. Dropper-filling Wahls were only made for a very short time after the Boston acquisition.

DATE: c. 1918 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $265

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