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Featured Listings We are about to head off to the Chicago pen show, but before leaving we are listing a handful of very hard to find Watermans. Get them while you can -- you may not see another for a long time!
7776: Waterman 12 PSF coin-filler: black chased hard rubber, nickel clip with "GERMAN SILVER" imprint, 13.5 cm long; evenly worn and faded, imprints and chasing weak but present, overall well-used but sound -- a good example of one of Waterman's shortest-lived and scarcest filling systems. DATE: c. 1912 • CONDITION: G
• NIB: extra-fine flex • $475
7777: Waterman 12 PSF coin-filler: black hard rubber, nickel plated clip, 13.5 cm long, worn and faded with some blotchiness, imprints worn but fully legible, overall well-used but sound -- a good example of one of Waterman's shortest-lived and scarcest filling systems. DATE: c. 1914 • CONDITION: G • NIB: medium flex
• $500
7775: Waterman 7 Ripple: red and black hard rubber lever-filler with extremely rare "Black" nib and band; 14.45 cm long, gold filled trim, good color, barrel imprints worn but fully legible, original black color band intact with slight age cracquelure, hard rubber of cap has a slightly rippled surface from polishing. Only a handful of "Black" Waterman 7 pens are known -- probably the rarest of all the Ripple series. DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine superflex • SOLD
7778: Waterman 51V Ripple: rare USA-made export model with #1 nib, 10.8 cm long, nickel plated trim, full imprints, fine color. DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
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7803: Parker Duofold Junior: streamline button-filler in burgundy, 11.25 cm long, gold filled trim, imprint worn at end and center, slight shrinkage to blind cap (see details), later production pen with simple "PARKER" imprint on clip, numbered Duofold nib, three-part pressure bar; nib is smooth with a semistub tip.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine • $165 
7784: Parker Vacumatic Imperial Debutante: brown pearl laminate single-jewel, crisp 1/10 14K gold filled cap is like new, with indicia, alternating pairs of straight and wiggly lines, Blue Diamond clip; barrel is more worn, imprint polished down, legible but date code missing or unreadable, tiny flake at junction with blind cap, typical wartime black plastic filler plunger; single-color nib has 2nd quarter 1945 date code.
DATE:
1945 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine semiflex • $600
7790: Parker 51 Special in box: Teal Blue Aerometric filler, bright-polished stainless steel cap, chrome plated trim, black jewel, barrel has bold imprint with 4th quarter date code; Octanium nib, perfect sac transparency, price sticker on barrel, new old stock.
DATE: 1950 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • SOLD
7788: Parker 51 set in box: grey Aerometric filler, frosty Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, matching .9 mm injector pencil; pencil bears imprint with 2nd quarter date code, set is new old stock with both pieces mint and stickered.
DATE: 1952 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $285
7791: Parker 51 set in box: grey Aerometric filler, Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, matching injector pencil uses .9 mm lead; pen has fine sac transparency, no barrel imprint, pencil has 4th quarter "52" date code; light scuffs to top of box.
DATE: 1952 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine • $165
7805: Parker 61 prototype: black capillary-filler, 13 cm long, stainless steel cap, gold filled trim, differing in several key respects from the full production version introduced in 1956: "61" logo pierced into gold undernib shield and barrel-end vent; integral barrel and hood construction; unique cap design, completely different from any production 61 cap; lightly used (these pens were distributed in limited numbers to Parker employees for preproduction testing), interior details shown in US patent 2,773,479, applied for March 1, 1952.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: extra-fine • $1200
7789: Parker 51 Smart Set De Luxe in box: Cocoa ballpoint, frosty Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, with matching Liquid Lead pencil (working, but refills no longer available); ballpoint has metal barrel insert, original early brass refill, both pieces mint and stickered, comes with 1955-dated instruction sheet.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: mint • SOLD
7809: Parker Minibille ballpoint: hard to find clipless model, made in France, 12.3 cm long, Thuya lacquer finish, gold plated trim, tigereye button inlay; new old stock, no packaging.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: mint • SOLD
7782: Sheaffer oversize Lifetime Balance: brown striated lever-filler, 14 cm long, gold filled trim, inlaid White Dot, transparent section, smooth two-tone Lifetime nib suitable for steep-angle writing (good for left-handers); good imprint, posting mark to barrel (see detail); big striped Balances have become hard to find in good condition.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine firm •
$365
7804: Sheaffer 800 demonstrator: black cartridge-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold plated trim, distinctive "dolphin" inlaid 14K gold nib; rare transparent demonstrator version, new old stock with original chalk marks on barrel and "CARTRIDGE" sticker.
DATE: c. 1962 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $250
7807: Sheaffer Targa pencil: sterling silver, 13 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot, twist-action, uses .9 mm lead; new old stock but without packaging; several available.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: mint • SOLD
7808: Sheaffer/Sailor Lazer LJ-1: brushed stainless steel, chrome plated trim with inlaid black accents, 13.2 cm long, made by Sailor for Sheaffer, stainless nib marked "SHEAFFER/F-4/JAPAN", very smooth writing; new old stock, no packaging, uses standard Sheaffer slim cartridges or convertor (not included); several available.
DATE: c. 1988 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: extra-fine • $60
7793: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: long slender model in bright jade green, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, no brassing, excellent color, great line variation from #2 "FLEXIBLE" marked nib.
DATE: c. 1933 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
7794: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: rare and unusual stub model, black and pearl lever-filler, 11.4 cm long, gold filled trim with Gold Seal and roller clip; #5 Wahl-made warranted nib and drilled Gold Seal are indicative of late assembly of obsolete parts -- in this case, an uncatalogued model possibly made in small numbers for market testing; moderate darkening, no brassing, little wear.
DATE: c. 1933/1940 • CONDITION:
fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $500
7787: Waterman 54: woodgrain black and red hard rubber lever-filler, 13.6 cm long, relatively uncommon size, #4 nib is smooth with considerable line width variation; barrel imprint worn but legible, slight and mostly even fading.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
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