The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Parker's Jack-Knife Safety series is something of a hidden treasure. Design and construction is top-notch, essentially the same as the classic Duofold but offered in a much wider range of sizes and with nibs that are almost always expressively flexible. Clean examples are still very reasonably priced, with only a minimal premium for the substantially scarcer early specimens.
15927: Parker 20½ Jack-Knife Safety: full-length black chased hard rubber button-filler, 13.1 cm long, nickel plated trim, earlier model with domed cap top, knurled bead at end of blind cap, intact Lucky Curve feed, #2 nib with teardrop vent and banner imprint. Crisp and glossy, sharp imprints and chasing, near mint but for cap lip crack (professionally repaired, internal carbon fiber patch).
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: fine-exc* • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
15918: Parker 23½ Jack-Knife Safety: full-length black chased hard rubber clipless button-filler, 13.25 cm long, earlier model with domed cap top, knurled bead at end of blind cap, intact Lucky Curve feed, replacement warranted #3 nib is high quality and a notable writer. All imprints legible, even wear and moderate fading.
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • SOLD
15922: Parker 20½ Jack-Knife Safety: full-length black chased hard rubber button-filler, 13.25 cm long, nickel plated trim, intact Lucky Curve feed, #2 nib with heart-shaped vent hole and banner imprint, raised barrel threads are an early feature. Crisp and glossy, sharp imprints and chasing.
DATE: c. 1917 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: extra-fine flex • SOLD
15916: Parker 23½ Jack-Knife Safety: full-length black chased hard rubber clipless button-filler, 13.45 cm long, raised barrel threads, intact Lucky Curve feed, teardrop vent #3 nib is a standout.
DATE: c. 1917 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: extra-fine flex • SOLD
15919: Parker 20 Jack-Knife Safety: smooth black hard rubber button-filler, 13.4 cm long, nickel plated trim, worn but sound, "lazy S" Lucky Curve #2 nib opens easily for dramatic line width contrast.
DATE: c. 1918 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: medium fine flex • SOLD
15923: Parker 2½ Jack-Knife Safety: middle-length black chased hard rubber button-filler, 11.6 cm long, nickel plated trim, sharp imprints and chasing, crisp and glossy, intact Lucky Curve feed, #2 nib with heart-shaped vent.
DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine • SOLD
15917: Parker 2½ Jack-Knife Safety: middle-length black chased hard rubber button-filler, 11.6 cm long, gold filled trim, sharp imprints and chasing, crisp and glossy, like new but for minor marks to end milling; intact Lucky Curve feed, #2 nib with heart-shaped vent.
DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $175
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15958: Conklin Senior Endura: oversize gold and black marbled lever-filler, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, massive Endura nib has a semistub tip, writes a naturally shaded line. A notably well preserved example of Conklin's 1920s flagship model, with bold imprints, excellent color, and none of the usual brassing to the clip.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $695
15969: Eagle Arrow dip pen: unusual drop-action holder, 11.2 cm long retracted, black lacquered brass with nickel plated trim; imprint on nib holder notes Feb. 1, 1887 patent date, end button is pressed with nib down to extend, pressed again with nib upwards to retract; good working order, typical scattered losses to the finish (see details).
DATE: c. 1890 • CONDITION: VG • $125
15944: Eversharp Skyline: burgundy lever-filler with uncommon parallel lines pattern gold filled cap, 13.35 cm long, notably flexible nib.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine flex • $165
15970: Hicks (?) broker's pencil: 14K gold filled, at least in part over sterling silver, 13.6 cm long, unmarked but excellent quality and heft -- much heavier than typical examples -- uses 5.5 mm lead; neatly monogrammed on barrel.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: exc • $225
15961: John C. Wahl 120 repeater pencil: 1/10 14K gold filled oversized thick lead (3mm) model, 14.3 cm long, yellow end jewel of either Bakelite or celluloid; not strictly a Wahl-Eversharp product, but a side project by John C. Wahl, covered by US patent 2,210,845. Top quality manufacture, seldom seen.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: fine • $150
15962: Moore L-93: long slender "Tuscan" red-brown celluloid lever-filler, 13.85 cm long, gold filled trim, responsive Maniflex nib, sharp imprints.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine flex • $295
15946: Parker Vacumatic Major: golden pearl laminate double-jewel "long Major" (slender Maxima length), 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, black end jewels, good barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, two-tone arrow nib with 3rd quarter date code, aluminum Speedline filler.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $265
15956: Parker 75: sterling silver grid pattern, gold plated trim, scarce and desirable first model with metal section threads, flat end buttons, top button with cutout for clip (only first four to six months of production), very early feed with number imprinted on concave slope. US-made, section with nib angle indicator marks, "0" at center, cap marked "STERLING SILVER"; includes old-style convertor; USA 14K #65 nib.
DATE: c. 1963 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine • $575
15964: Parker 75 in box: classic sterling silver grid pattern, gold plated trim, made in USA, marked "STERLING CAP & BARREL"; section with angle indicator, center "0", "M" nib; slender model metal squeeze converter. Box has printing date of 1972, clip with hang tag.
DATE: c. 1973 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium • $275
15959: Pelikan 400: green striated piston-filler, black cap and filling knob, 12.6 cm long, gold filled trim, transparency like new, nib marked "M".
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium stub semiflex • $350
15966: Pelikan 400NN: green striated piston-filler, black cap and filling knob, 13.1 cm long, gold filled trim, barrel transparency excellent, KF nib has a semistub tip, flexibility with pressure.
DATE: c. 1959 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium fine flex • $295
15960: Sheaffer Vacuum: uncommon subbrand lever-filler in distinctive "Lahn" celluloid with inlaid metallic ribbon; 12.7 cm long, gold filled trim, two-tone nib. Rarely found in such pristine condition -- the plating of both nib and trim wears easily, but here it is like new.
DATE: c. 1934 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $265
15943: Sheaffer Crest set in box: first model with threads at front of section, black lever-filler with gold filled cap, 13.9 cm long, White Dot on end of barrel, two-tone Lifetime nib with turn-up tip; matching pencil uses 1.1 mm lead. Used but sound, pen cap has pinhead ding on back, barrel has slight swelling around internal lever retaining ring.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: medium • $195
15920: Sheaffer Snorkel Clipper: early production black pneumatic-filler, 14 cm long, polished stainless steel cap, gold filled trim, White Dot, precise-writing conical palladium-silver Triumph nib with early narrow skirt, matching section, 14K solid gold Snorkel filler tube; excellent condition but for some marks to the filling knob, new PVC sac installed. Patches of gold color on nib are a bit of a mystery, possibly traces of gold plating or tinted clear lacquer.
DATE: c. 1952 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $175
15930: Waterman Skywriter in box: black celluloid lever-filler, 12.75 cm long, nickel plated trim, Canadian-made subbrand model by Waterman's subsidiary Alco (Aikin Lambert Co.). Wartime pen, great nib but cap bands irregularly crimped, slight swelling of barrel over lever pivot. From the Hopkins collection, dispersed at Bonhams some thirty years ago. Hopkins was a British Army officer, meticulous about recording the circumstances of each purchase, retaining and annotating receipts, instructions, and boxes to an almost obsessive degree.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: fine-exc* • NIB: fine stub flex • $175
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