The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Can't get enough classic Watermans! We have been picking up some fine examples recently, with more to come.
17200: Waterman pencil: black hard rubber with gold filled "Gothic" pattern overlay, 13.3 cm long, matches 0552 or 0552½ fountain pen; crisp with lovely toning, early model without eraser and without metal nozzle tip.
DATE: c. 1924 • CONDITION: near mint • $165
17199: Waterman pencil: slender mottled hard rubber, 13.25 cm long, gold filled trim, "PAT. APL'D FOR" imprint, uses 1.1 mm lead, matches full-length pens, standard or slender, 52 or 52½; wild patterning probably from the early days of the extruding experiments that led to Ripple.
DATE: c. 1924 • CONDITION: fine-exc • SOLD
17169: Waterman 42½V: woodgrain red and black hard rubber vest pocket safety, 8.9 cm long, made in the USA for the French market, 18K nib and "wedding ring" barrel bands, all with French hallmarks.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $350
17167: Waterman 452 Gothic: black hard rubber lever-filler, sterling silver overlay, checkerboard pattern, 13.7 cm long, #2 nib is flexible and responsive. Initials engraved in barrel cartouche, light bumps to cap crown, number imprints at exposed hard rubber barrel end polished away, fine overall appearance, one internal lever tab missing, original pressure bar accordingly replaced with a sprung bar.
DATE: c. 1926 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: fine stub flex • SOLD
17206: Waterman combination: rare uncatalogued model, black lever-filler, 14.6 cm long, gold filled trim, uses 1.1 mm lead; based upon the 52 but in celluloid, not hard rubber. Lever box has some bend marks but is fully intact, condition otherwise excellent.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium semiflex • $895
17184: Waterman Ink-Vue: "Silver Ray" lever pump-filler, 12.85 cm long, chrome plated trim, rare first model with simple unjointed lever, metal globe emblems at both ends. Good barrel transparency, #4 nib, Tip-Fill feed. This model appears to have been in production for only a few months.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium stub flex • $650
17168: Waterman lever-filler in service box: black lever-filler, 12.6 cm long, chrome plated trim, English manufacture; box annotated in pencil, ex-Captain Hopkins collection. War-era pen, silver cap band, low quality hard rubber used for section.
DATE: c. 1945 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
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17368: Chase-Lite Penlite: chrome plated pencil lighter, 13.2 cm long, uses 1.1 mm lead, made in Japan; spring-loaded cap is released by pressing on the clip. Company name engraved on barrel, otherwise like new, strong sparking action, includes top half of original box.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: near mint • $65
17363: Esterbrook B: full-size "Dollar Pen", black lever-filler, 12.1 cm long, stainless steel trim, contemporary #2314 medium Relief nib has a few spots of pitting but is a smooth and wet writer.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: broad oblique stub • $145
17381: Parker Jack-Knife Safety: rare transparent Bakelite-barreled screw-cap eyedropper-filler, 12.8 cm long, nickel plated clip, barrel imprint with "BAKELITE" bottom line is well worn and only partly legible, cap is unimprinted, #4 Lucky Curve nib is a precise writer with a semistub tip. Name on barrel in characteristic early Parker typeface.
DATE: c. 1917 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine semiflex • $850
17376: Parker Duofold Junior: black celluloid button-filler, 11.6 cm long, gold filled trim, single raised cap band, spearhead feed with intact Lucky Curve inner tail; strong imprint and end milling, nib is a precise writer.
DATE: c. 1926 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $225
17377: Parker Duofold Junior: orange streamline button-filler, 11.5 cm long, gold filled trim, initials "A.C.L." on barrel, noteworthy long-tined factory flex nib is springy though with limited line width variation.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $295
17382: Parker Duofold Junior: streamlined Canadian--made button-filler with Italian gold filled octagonal overlay, 11.65 cm long; highly flexible nib has a stublike tip.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • $895
17380: Parker 75 ballpoint: sterling silver grid pattern, gold plated trim, cap actuated, flat-topped vermeil clip button, uses standard Parker refills. Marked "STERLING SILVER" but also stamped with French hallmarks -- .unusual, USA production made for export. Top button has light tool marks on side, trace plating wear to edges.
DATE: c. 1968 • CONDITION: fine • SOLD
17374: Parker 75 Laque set: gold plated trim, black lacquer finish, made in France, "TE" date code, 14K French-made nib, slender squeeze-style converter included; matching repeater pencil uses .5 mm lead, pencil mechanism can be removed and a ballpoint refill inserted instead.
DATE: 1985 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine • $295
17367: Parker 75: matte black, gold plated trim, 12.8 cm long, made in France, uses standard Parker cartridges, metal squeeze converter included; 18K nib, "M" marked feed, "IIA" date code.
DATE: 1992 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine • $185
17383: Sheaffer lever-filler: black hard rubber with lined pattern gold filled overlay, 11.9 cm long, #2 nib is extremely flexible and responsive, no dings or brassing to overlay.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine flex • $475
17365: Sheaffer Lifetime Autograph Balance: black plunger-filler, solid 14K gold clip and cap band, 13.4 cm long, two-tone nib with slight turn-up at tip, fine barrel transparency, cap band engraved.
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $265
17364: Sheaffer Sentinel Deluxe: large black lever-filler, 13.3 cm long, brushed stainless steel cap, gold filled trim, White Dot at end of barrel, big two-tone conical Triumph nib, section with ink window. Small ding to side of cap, otherwise excellent.
DATE: c. 1947 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $175
17360: Sheaffer Touchdown Valiant: large first-year burgundy pneumatic-filler, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, section with ink window; big two-tone conical Triumph nib is a smooth writer, typical slight shrinkage at end of barrel over seal recess (see detail).
DATE: c. 1949 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium firm • $165
17373: Wahl-Eversharp lever-filler set in box: "all metal barrel" pen, 12.35 cm long, green gold filled in "Colonial" pattern, rare factory italic #4 Wahl nib is sharp-edged yet well suited to general writing; matching pencil uses 1.1 mm lead. Both items have personalized engravings and small patches of plating loss.
DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: broad italic • $265
17378: Waterman 1195: oversize black hard rubber lever-filler, full gold filled overlay in French "F" pattern, 13 cm long, the French-market equivalent to a USA 0555 LEC -- a known but rare and uncatalogued configuration. #5 nib is an outstanding writer and contemporary to the pen, but not original to it, as it is 14K rather than the French standard of 18K.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $1100
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