Pen Profile:
Stylographic Pens
7215: American Lead Pencil Bi-Graph stylographic pen: black hard rubber, 12 cm long, bold imprints, needle present but frozen.
DATE: c. 1900 • CONDITION: fine* • $80
12558: Cross stylographic pen: black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 12.6 cm long, fully marked, with Jan. 29, 1878 patent date; sprung needle design, but needle has corroded and is frozen in the tip, tiny splits in the hard rubber where the metal tip is held, even fading to hard rubber overall.
DATE: c. 1879 • CONDITION: G* • NIB: fine • $95
12119: Cross stylographic pen: unusual short black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 8.8 cm long, fully marked on section with Jan 20, 1878 patent date; crisp chasing and knurling, no fading, needle is broken and stuck in tip, spring-loaded design.
DATE: c. 1879 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: medium fine • $200
7659: Cross stylographic pen: black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 11.9 cm long, thick model with unusual chased cap; crisp and glossy, bold section imprint without patent date, has been converted to a scribing tool -- probably as a means to recycle unused but obsolete old stock (not usable as a pen).
DATE: c. 1885 • CONDITION: mint* • $125
10309: De La Rue Self Filling Ink Pencil: black lever-filler stylographic pen, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, weighted needle intact, a smooth writer with bold imprints, cap thread engagement is short (1/3 turn) but secure.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $120
11883: Inkograph stylographic pen: early black hard rubber slip-cap eyedropper-filler, 11.8 cm long, nickel plated trim, bold crisp barrel imprint with "PAT. APL'D"; weighted needle is intact, pen is in near pristine condition, noting slight fading to the hard rubber. Pre-lever-filling Inkographs are hard to find.
DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine • $120
12484: Inkograph stylographic pen: large gold pearl and black marbled flat-top lever-filler, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, intact weighted needle, crisp barrel imprint. While hard rubber Inkographs are relatively common, examples in celluloid are very hard to find.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $275
12116: Juco Independent stylographic pen in box: smooth black hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 12.9 cm long, good imprints, needle intact, rotating air flow control valve at back of barrel, box with point clearing tool, on bottom of box hand-written: "From shoe factory in Jersey City Pens to mark leather".
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $120
7269: Juco Independent stylographic pen: black hard rubber eyedropper-filler with dark red hard rubber ends, 11.8 cm long, imprints worn but mostly legible, needle missing but tube passage clear, could be readily restored to writing condition.
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: fine • $105
11709: Juco Independent stylographic pen in box: late production black chased celluloid lever-filler, 13.1 cm long, gold plated trim, weighted needle system, new old stock, some age roughness to lever plating, irregularity to lever opening clearly from original manufacture.
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium fine • $75
12140: MacKinnon stylographic pen: black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, fancy gold filled end cap, 12.5 cm long, barrel imprint mostly worn away, 1879 patent year just visible, "D. MACKINNON" imprint struck deeply but at an angle; internally spring-loaded needle is intact, as is the iridium-tipped cone. Worn but sound specimen of one of the earliest successful mass-produced fountain pens.
DATE: c. 1880 • CONDITION: G-VG • NIB: medium fine • $150
11903: Pick Fountpencil stylographic pen: black lever-filler with bright red ends, 12.3 cm long, nickel plated trim, weighted needle intact and a smooth writer.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $150
11654: Pick Fountpencil stylographic pen: black lever-filler with bright red ends, 12.2 cm long, nickel plated trim, weighted needle intact and a smooth writer; barrel imprint reads "THE UNIVERSAL STYLO CO./FOREST HILLS, L.I., N.Y." but pen is clearly a Pick.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $150
10233: Stylographic Pen Co. stylographic pen: black chased hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 12.65 cm long, even fading and wear, 1881 patent date clearly legible, spring action gold needle is intact, as is the tip, spring is present but bent, does not wedge into recess in central rod as intended, not guaranteed functional as is.
DATE: c. 1882 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: fine • $150
