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The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
This group of Juniors and Majors is a good representative sample of WW2 era Parker Vacumatic production. We have also listed a number of smaller versions recently, Debutantes and Sub-Debutantes.
16930: Parker Vacumatic Junior: golden pearl laminate, 12.9 cm long, gold filled over silver trim, good barrel imprint with 1st quarter date code, matching date code on nib, Speedline filler with aluminum plunger, initials on back of cap.
DATE: 1942 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $175
16933: Parker Vacumatic Major: blue pearl laminate, 12.9 cm long, gold filled over silver trim, Blue Diamond clip, uncommon "jeweler's" band with fine parallel lines pattern, imprint is worn at end, date code illegible, nib is a 1948-dated replacement, filler unit is wartime with opaque grey plunger.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: medium fine • SOLD
16937: Parker Vacumatic Junior: golden pearl laminate, 12.9 cm long, gold filled over silver wartime trim, sharp imprint with 1st quarter date code, excellent barrel transparency, nib has 1946 date code.
DATE: 1945 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine semiflex • SOLD
16932: Parker Vacumatic Major: golden pearl laminate, 12.9 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, unusual wartime production with longitudinal seams on both cap and barrel, extra-narrow laminations on cap and slightly wider than standard laminations on barrel; strong imprint with 2nd quarter date code, filler plunger with diamond imprint on end, initials on barrel below imprint.
DATE: 1945 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine • $225
16928: Parker Vacumatic Junior: golden pearl laminate, 12.8 cm long, gold filled over silver wartime trim, sharp imprint with 1st quarter date code, excellent barrel transparency, filler plunger with diamond imprint on end.
DATE: 1945 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • $195
16929: Parker Vacumatic Junior: silver pearl laminate, 12.8 cm long, chrome plated over silver trim, excellent barrel transparency, sharp barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, 2nd quarter date code on nib.
DATE: 1946 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • SOLD
16927: Parker Vacumatic Major: golden pearl laminate, 13.1 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip; clean barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, matching date code on nib, fine barrel transparency.
DATE: 1946 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • SOLD
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17001: A. A. Waterman/Johann Faber Cardinal: black chased hard rubber straight-cap eyedropper-filler, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, long tined slender #2 nib is 18K with French hallmark, distinctive A. A. feed with T-shaped hard rubber insert in channel, US patent 638,779 of 1899; crisp chasing and imprints, excellent overall but for scratches on section and posting end (see details), a rare example of a USA pen branded for European retail.
DATE: c. 1903 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $450
17063: Esterbrook TTH: pastel green purse-size repeater pencil, 11.3 cm long, stainless steel trim, black clip button, uses .9 mm lead, new old stock with sticker.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: near mint • $45
17062: Esterbrook TTH: pastel green purse-size repeater pencil, 11.3 cm long, stainless steel trim, black clip button, uses .9 mm lead, new old stock with sticker.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: near mint • $45
17061: Esterbrook CH: pastel blue "purse pen", 11.2 cm long, lever-filler, stainless steel trim, black end buttons, good imprints, #1551 nib unit, like new but with a stress line in the cap lip (see detail).
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: exc* • NIB: extra-fine • $80
17060: Esterbrook TJ: white repeater pencil, 12.5 cm long, stainless steel trim, black clip button, uses .9 mm lead, new old stock with sticker, slight barrel shrinkage at top of barrel at imprint.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: exc* • $60
17059: Esterbrook TTH: white Pastel series purse-size repeater pencil, 11.3 cm long, stainless steel trim, black clip button, uses .9 mm lead, new old stock with sticker.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: near mint • $60
17058: Esterbrook CH: red Pastel series "purse pen", 11.2 cm long, lever-filler, stainless steel trim, red end buttons, #1551 nib unit, new old stock with stickers.
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: extra-fine • $125
17084: H. C. Hook torpedo pencil: chrome plated brass, 11.2 cm long, brass propellers, minor scratching from clip; excellent quality and workmanship, uses 1.1 mm lead, propels only, does not retract. Unmarked, but now known to be a product of the H. C. Hook Company of Auburn, Massachusetts.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $95
17085: Parker Duofold Senior: classic oversize orange button-filler with black hard rubber ends, gold filledt trim; well used but sound, a pen with some history: barrel is red hard rubber, large early nib, blind cap with "6" imprint, but cap is a Permanite (celluloid) replacement, as is the finned feed. Barrel imprint worn away, brassing to cap band, nib has hairline crack from breather hole (does not affect usage, as the nib material is so thick and stiff). Stublike tip writes an elegantly shaded line.
DATE: c. 1926 • CONDITION: G-VG* • NIB: fine stub rigid • $295
17086: Parker Duofold Junior: orange streamline button-filler, 11.5 cm long, gold filled trim, good imprints, spearhead feed, Duofold nib with serial number; orange streamlines are relatively uncommon.
DATE: c. 1933 • CONDITION: fine • $225
17080: Pelikan M400: piston-filler, black with green pearl striped barrel, 12.5 cm long, gold plated trim, scarce very early production version with friction-fit nib unit; nib is marked "F", shows signs of having been straightened, a smooth writer with flexibility.
DATE: 1982 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine flex • $395
17041: Pelikan M816 Golf: limited edition version of the M800 in dark green, 14.1 cm long, gold plated trim, two-tone 18K nib is marked "B", tip is a smooth writing rounded italic -- likely a quality custom grind. With brochure but no other packaging.
DATE: 1996 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: broad italic • $650
17087: Sheaffer Gregg: black flat-top lever-filler, 12.8 cm long, gold filled trim, enameled Gregg emblem on top of cap; no Sheaffer markings, made for resale by Gregg shorthand schools; special "Gregg" marked nib is springy but not soft, for responsiveness writing quickly using limited line width variation.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $175
17090: Wahl Signature: scarce red chased hard rubber lever-filler, 13.1 cm long, gold filled trim, roller clip, Wahl #2 nib; cap lip has been replaced using original material (repair invisible from exterior). Beautiful but fragile, barrel end has a crack that does not affect function (see detail), possibly from having been dropped, condition otherwise like new, with sharp chasing and imprints, glossy surfaces.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $265
17088: Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal set: rare "X-seal" variant, oversize green and gold "Deco Band" lever-filler, 13.55 cm long, gold filled trim, Personal Point nib unit with Wahl-made #5 warranted nib, matching 1.1 mm pencil has later mechanism which propels and retracts lead, later style clip as well. Moderate discoloration of pen barrel, touch of brassing to clip top. The purpose of the X-seal is still a mystery, but this set is likely to have been assembled towards the end of the 1930s when Wahl-Eversharp was clearing out older designs.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $1200
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