The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
On the edge of qualifying as vintage, French Waterman designs of the 1970s and 1980s are of excellent quality with a period aesthetic all their own. Many use the now-discontined C/F cartridge, but those listed all come with converters.
16810: Waterman Gentleman: brushed gold plate cartridge-filler, two-tone 18K gold Super 6 nib, converter included; an Alain Carré design, the first model to bear this name, entirely different from the version introduced in the 1980s. Clip will not hold, internal spring is broken, a few feed fins are chipped (see detail; does not affect function), overall appearance excellent.
DATE: c. 1974 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: medium fine flex • $175
16813: Waterman Gentleman: textured matte black cartridge-filler, 14.1 cm long, gold plated trim, two-tone 18K gold Super 6 nib, converter included; an Alain Carré design, the first model to bear this name, entirely different from the version introduced in the 1980s.
DATE: c. 1974 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine flex • $295
16811: Waterman DG (Directeur Géneral): gold plated cartridge-filler, 14 cm long, brown lacquer inlays in clip and body; made in France, inlaid 18K gold nib, a distinctive Alain Carré design with a real Seventies look and very solid construction, converter included.
DATE: c. 1976 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: broad • $350
16812: Waterman Pierre Dure: uncommon model designed by Alain Carré, gold plated 14.15 cm long, carnelian cabochon ends, uses C/F style cartridges or converter (included), made in France, 18K ventless nib.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine firm • $295
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16840: Aikin Lambert sleeve-filler: black hard rubber self-filler, gold filled overlay, 13.8 cm long, barrel sleeve rotates to provide access to pressure bar (Waterman's first sleeve-filler patent of 1905, but used only on subbrand pens and Aikin Lamberts, after Waterman's takeover of Aikin Lambert c. 1907); #3 nib is a smooth and responsive writer; many scattered shallow marks and dings to the cap, high point plating wear, pen is well used but robust and mechanically sound.
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: G • NIB: medium semiflex • $450
16842: Inkograph stylographic pen: tan veined silver pearl lever-filler, 12.6 cm long, chrome plated trim, weighted needle intact, section with ink window, clip engraved with 1942 date; unusual in this material, same used by Waterman in the 1930s, overall excellent noting some roughness to the edges of the lever opening.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $120
16850: Mordan (?) magic pencil: massive and enormous ringtop, 8.7 cm closed, 19.8 cm extended, barleycorn barrel, 74 grams total weight; uses "WW" lead (4.2 mm), fully functional, a few shallow bumps to the front internal sliding sleeve along with some scratches. Unmarked aside from the nozzle, tiny hallmarks on the ring fitting may be French. Normal-sized magic pencil in photos shown for scale, not included.
DATE: c. 1890 • CONDITION: fine • $695
16851: Parker Lady Duofold: rare short-lived Junior-sized verson, red hard rubber ringtop button-filler, 12 cm long, gold filled trim, bold deep giant barrel imprint, excellent end milling, semistub nib tip.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • $650
16845: Parker Duofold Senior: black streamlined button-filler, 13.05 cm long, gold filled over silver war-era trim, comb feed marked "A", Duofold nib with serial number, 4th quarter 1944 date code on barrel indicates late assembly of earlier parts, though the black celluloid end pieces and section must have been produced close to the time of assembly, as well as the clip and cap bands if not the entire cap.
DATE: 1935/1944 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $485
16841: Parker 51 Demi set: early production black Aerometric filler, frosty Lustraloy cap with chrome plated trim, imprint with 4th quarter date code, acrylic connector, sac has been replaced, screw-on filler housing with "PRESS . . 6 TIMES" imprint, one spot of plating loss; matching repeater pencil is like new, has bold 1st quarter 1954 imprint, uses .9 mm lead.
DATE: 1948/54 • CONDITION: exc/near mint • NIB: medium fine • $265
16848: Pelikan 201 repeater pencil: red-brown with tortoiseshell, 12.35 cm long, gold filled trim, unusual clip form normally only seen as a fountain pen variant; uses 1.1 mm lead, note gouge to front of barrel.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine* • $175
16846: Reynolds International ballpoint: aluminum, main barrel finished in dark purple-blue; 13.9 cm long, not working, tip cover absent, a relic of the beginnings of the postwar ballpoint craze; original price was $12.50 -- as much as the top-line fountain pens of the era.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: fine* • $45
16854: Sheaffer Self-Filling: black hard rubber lever-filler with gold filled filigree overlay, 13.6 cm long, early production with raised barrel threads, narrow feed, narrow #2 Self Filling nib with heart-shaped vent hole. Monogram "A.B" elegantly engraved in barrel cartouche, nib has a short crack in the middle of the imprint that does not extend to either the vent hole or the heel and does not affect usability.
DATE: c. 1914 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • $895
16844: Sheaffer oversize Lifetime Balance: green pearl striated lever-filler, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, section with ink window, two-tone Lifetime nib with turn-up tip is a precise writer; name on barrel.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine • $295
16847: Sheaffer Balance II ballpoint: jade green, 14.1 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot; uses standard Sheaffer refills.
DATE: c. 1998 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • $165
16849: Wahl-Eversharp desk set: "Lignum Vitae" brown and tan woodgrain hard rubber lever-filler, gold filled trim, flexible #2 size Signature nib, marble base is 7.35 (2 7/8 inch) cm in diameter, retains original label on bottom, one tiny chip on bottom edge; hard rubber pens in colors other than black and red/orange are uncommon, and for the most part were offered for only a brief period as a last-ditch effort to compete with celluloid.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine flex • $265
16852: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: black and pearl ringtop lever-filler, 13.7 cm long, gold filled trim, Gold Seal, Personal Point screw-in nib assembly, responsive and smooth Gold Seal Signature nib; outstanding color preservation, uncommon model and configuration.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine stub flex • $485
16843: Waterman 72: uncommon late screw-cap eyedropper-filler in black chased hard rubber, 12.9 cm long, New York #2 nib has a few scratches but is a notable true factory italic; even moderate fading, all imprints strong.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine italic flex • $295
16855: Waterman Super: oversize black cartridge-filler, 13.85 cm long, gold filled trim, made in France, large #6 nib is 18K gold. Uses the largest ("Super") size of glass cartridge (one cartridge included, cleaned and modified with O-rings for a more secure seal, along with a pipet for filling).
DATE: c. 1952 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine flex • $265
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