16540: Adam Special: golden pearl laminate squeeze-filler, 12.2 cm long, gold plated trim, Japanese takeoff copying Vacumatic material and 51 Aerometric filler, complete with transparent sac; arrow-imprinted nib is plated steel.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium • $95
14087: Namiki Pilot A-shiki set: black-veined copper pearl plunger-filler, 12.9 cm long, gold filled trim, 14K gold export #3 nib, original nib grade band on cap, barrel band lists US, British, and Dutch patent numbers. New old stock, original seals have not been replaced, pen not functional as is. With matching twist-action 1.1 mm pencil. Pen is model number 375, pencil number 511. From the Oakland Japantown hoard.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: mint* • NIB: fine • $695
13472: Namiki Pilot A-shiki in box: rare demonstrator-like plunger-filler in transparent celluloid with black streaks, 12.85 cm long, gold filled trim, black ends, 14K gold export #3 nib, original paper band on cap with hand-written price ($3.75), barrel band lists US, British, and Dutch patent numbers. New old stock, original seals have not been replaced, pen not functional as is. In original box with instructions.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: extra-fine • $695
13117: Namiki Pilot Nomikomi-shiki in box: rare "easy-drink" filler in orange pearl and black celluloid, 12.2 cm long, gold filled trim, 14K gold export nib, original price band on cap. New old stock, fills by inserting pen into special inkwell (not included), inverting inkwell and pen together. Transparent celluloid internal reservoir tube has split with age (see detail), but a replacement could readily be made; outer barrel fully intact, original factory grease still present at section joint. In original box with instructions. From the Oakland Japantown hoard.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: mint* • NIB: fine • $645
13112: Namiki Pilot A-shiki in box: rare demonstrator-like plunger-filler in transparent celluloid with black streaks, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, black ends, 14K gold export nib, original price band on cap, barrel band lists US, British, and Dutch patent numbers. New old stock, original seals have not been replaced, pen not functional as is. In original box with instructions. From the Oakland Japantown hoard.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $650
14085: Pilot 57 pencil: teal blue, 12.6 cm long, gold plated trim, uses .9 mm lead, made in Japan, new old stock with original band with model number EH300.
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: mint • $60
14084: Pilot Super 100 (?) pencil: peach, 12.6 cm long, wide 14K rolled gold band, trim, twist-action, made in Japan, uses .9 mm lead; original model number on band "RWH50".
DATE: c. 1960 • CONDITION: mint • $80
14086: Pilot Super 22 pencil: maroon, 12.7 cm long, gold plated cap and trim, made in Japan, uses .9 mm lead; original model number on band ""AMEH300".
DATE: 1961 • CONDITION: mint • $50
14757: Pilot Super 150L: black tab-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold plated trim, wide rolled gold cap band, inlaid 14K gold nib is a precise writer, barrel opens with a bayonet-style twist-lock action rather than unscrewing. Interesting Bulgarian imprint, clean condition noting shallow marring to side of spring-loaded rocker clip (see detail). Full date code DO 09, for 9 March 1963.
DATE: 1963 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine • $95
14158: Pilot Super 100: slender peach clipless squeeze-filler, 12.2 cm long, satin aluminum cap with gold decoration, gold plated trim; inlaid 14K gold nib.
DATE: c. 1965 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $80
15429: Pilot FD in box: black lacquer with signed maki-e decoration of flying crane and clouds, 13.2 cm long, gold plated trim, 14K nib, squeeze-filler converter included.
DATE: 1980 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $285
16563: Pilot Nearlux Mu M90 in box: limited edition for Pilot's 90th anniversary, stainless steel tribute to the classic Myu of 1971; integral nib, blue spinel set into cap top. In box with instructions and papers, outer sleeve.
DATE: 2009 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium • $595
16576: Sailor 1911 King of Pen with Naginata nib in box: oversize black lacquered ebonite cartridge-filler (converter included), 15.3 cm long, gold plated trim, special-order late second-generation Nagahara 21K gold Naginata nib; with all original packaging, has been tested but otherwise as new.
DATE: 2016 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium fine • $1895
