The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
We missed out on this year's post-Chicago show visit to the Sheaffer Museum in Fort Madison. So here is a selection of Sheaffer highlights, from the 'teens all the way up to the 1980s.
17273: Sheaffer Craig: rare full length black chased hard rubber coin-filler, 13.6 cm long, warranted #2 nib, narrow keel feed, crisp and glossy, only slightest fading. The coin-filling system was never used by Sheaffer for its own-brand pens, and is seldom seen in their Craig sub-brand line either.
DATE: c. 1914 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine stub flex • $295
17263: Sheaffer Self-Filling: black hard rubber lever-filler, rare and desirable slotted pattern sterling silver overlay, 13.65 cm long, very flexible #2 Self-Filling nib, name engraved on barrel, slight clip mark on cap; very difficult to find this model in better condition, fresh to the market.
DATE: c. 1917 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
17272: Sheaffer Lifetime Balance: green striated pearl plunger-filler, 13.5 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, two-tone Lifetime nib is remarkably smooth and fine; uncommon early version with only two wide longitudinal ink windows in the barrel.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: needlepoint • SOLD
17275: Sheaffer Lifetime Valiant: golden pearl striated plunger-filler, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot on cap, wide cap band, big two-tone conical Triumph nib, ribbed section with ink window, strong imprints, smooth precise writer.
DATE: c. 1947 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine • SOLD
17267: Sheaffer Snorkel Sentinel: black pneumatic-filler, 14.1 cm long, stainless cap, gold filled trim, White Dot, two-tone conical Triumph M5 nib has an unusually shapely tip, offering excellent stub-like shading. PVC sac has been installed for maximum durability.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium stub • SOLD
17266: Sheaffer Snorkel Valiant ballpoint: burgundy with gold filled trim, original tip grade sticker on barrel; comes with old cartridge, but can use modern Sheaffer refills. Snorkel ballpoints are not at all common.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • SOLD
17265: Sheaffer Snorkel Sentinel ballpoint: black with stainless steel cap, gold filled trim; comes with original cartridge, but can use modern Sheaffer refills. Snorkel ballpoints are not at all common.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: fine • SOLD
17276: Sheaffer Imperial I doctor's set in box: three-piece set, white Touchdown-filling fountain pen, mechanical pencil, and thermometer holder, Canadian production, in an equally unusual box, with bilingual English and French instruction sheet and guarantee certificate; rare version of an uncommon model, pen has been used, does not fill as the barrel seal is no longer airtight and is not easily replaced.
DATE: c. 1961 • CONDITION: exc* • NIB: medium fine • $350
17271: Sheaffer Silver Imperial pencil: sterling silver, 12.7 cm long, diamond crosshatch pattern, gold plated trim, uses .9 mm lead; exterior perfect, plating losses to the mechanism visible when cap removed, age line in White Dot.
DATE: c. 1973 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $80
17270: Sheaffer Imperial ballpoint: sterling silver, 12.9 cm long with tip retracted, White Dot, diamond crisscross pattern, "Reminder" clip retracts and extends tip, insuring that it will not go into a pocket with tip extended; as new, noting tarnish and darkening of factory clear protective lacquer coating.
DATE: c. 1973 • CONDITION: near mint • $105
17269: Sheaffer Silver Imperial set in box: sterling silver, diamond crosshatch pattern, gold plated trim, White Dot, inlaid 14K gold nib; cartridge-filler, uses standard refills, matching pencil uses .9 mm lead. New old stock, pencil retains original cap sticker.
DATE: c. 1975 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium fine • $325
17257: Sheaffer Imperial: sterling silver fine barleycorn pattern cartridge-filler, 13.15 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot, 14K gold inlaid nib; original shop sticker on back of cap, new old stock but no box, includes converter.
DATE: c. 1976 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • SOLD
17274: Sheaffer Slimline Targa in box: matte black cartridge-filler, 13.6 cm long, chrome plated trim, White Dot, inlaid stainless steel nib; as new, includes converter of our manufacture.
DATE: c. 1985 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: medium fine • $65
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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
17355: Esterbrook B: full-size "Dollar Pen", black lever-filler, 12.1 cm long, stainless steel trim, later #2048 Falcon nib is a noteworthy writer; scratch on side of barrel (see detail).
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine stub semiflex • $105
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
17385: Parker 51 double desk set: classic Midcentury Modern design, laminated teak and brass, Magnetix swivel holders with black Aerometric filling 51 desk pens, both in excellent condition. Some edge bruising to the wood (see details), ensemble shown in late 1950s catalogs as No. 50-262, priced at $55. Base is 35.5 cm (14 inches) wide.
DATE: c. 1959 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium • $295
17358: Parker 75 Diamant: gold plated cartridge/converter filler, made in France, 18K French-hallmarked nib, feed marked "F",section with smooth gold plated trim ring; slender metal squeeze-filling converter included, condition like new but for trace wear to edges of end buttons.
DATE: c. 1978 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium fine • $295
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
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
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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