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The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Large flat-tops were all the rage in 1920s America. Some of the most attractive were made by secondary makers, often under contract for department stores and stationers.
16912: Belmont Non-Breakable: ringtop lever-filler in yellow with transparent green ends and white trim rings, 11.6 cm long, gold filled trim, excellent quality with Wahl-style toggled pressure bar and locking lever, warranted #4 nib is remarkably flexible and calligraphic. Excellent appearance but barrel imprint well worn. This pen was made by Kraker's Michael George Company for retail by Rexall.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine stub flex • SOLD
16895: Eclipse lever-filler: oversize flat-top in olive drab, 13.7 cm long, gold filled trim, 1923 patent date on clip, fancy banding on cap top, Eclipse-imprinted nib; excellent appearance, noting small gouge on barrel (see detail).
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: medium • $295
16911: Gold Bond (?) Craftsman: oversize lever-filler in cream-streaked red celluloid with knurled black ends, 12.8 cm long, gold filled trim, excellent quality with Wahl-style toggled pressure bar and locking lever, clearly C. E. Barrett manufacture in Gold Bond style. Small warranted #8 nib writes a nicely shaded line.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine stub semiflex • SOLD
16917: Gold Medal Wardrite: oversize yellow lever-filler with black trim bands, gold filled trim, 14 cm long, excellent quality with Wahl-style pressure bar toggled to lever, massive Gold Bond nib is a smooth wet stub; hairline crack in barrel threads has been almost invisibly repaired, barrel mouth now lined with brass and stronger than new.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: fine-exc* • NIB: medium stub • SOLD
16894: Good Service stylographic pen: full-size flat-top in unusual and striking red and black mottled celluloid with black ends, 13.7 cm long, gold filled trim, weighted needle, excellent quality with Wahl-style pressure bar, most uncommon as a stylo. Good Service was a Sears and Roebuck house brand; this pen was likely manufactured for them by C. E. Barrett.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • SOLD
16893: Good Service lever-filler: oversize flat-top in unusual and attractive blue striated celluloid with black ends, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim, excellent quality with Wahl-style pressure bar, fancier model with extra cap bands, #8 warranted nib writes a smooth line, name imprinted on cap. Good Service was a Sears and Roebuck house brand; this pen was likely manufactured for them by C. E. Barrett.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $275
16890: National Pen Products Gold Medal: oversize flat-top in red hard rubber, 14.14 cm long, purple casein cap crown, gold filled trim, massive Gold Bond nib writes an elegantly shaded line. Bold imprint with a bit of a mystery, as it is stamped over a much lighter previous imprint that reads "MASTER CRAFTSMAN".
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine stub • $275
16913: unmarked stylographic pen: black and cream flat-top lever-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, fine quality Midwestern manufacture, weighted needle fully functional.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $165
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16922: Parker Vacumatic Sub-Debutante: golden pearl laminate double-jewel, 11.95 cm long, gold filled trim, fine barrel transparency, strong imprint with 4th quarter date code, plastic filler unit is a slightly later replacement.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $165
16919: Parker Vacumatic Junior: golden pearl laminate, 12.9 cm long, gold filled trim, good barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, matching date code on nib, early wartime all metal filler unit; nib has semistub tip, a good writer.
DATE: 1942 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $175
16921: Parker Vacumatic Sub-Debutante: green pearl laminate, 11.9 cm long, gold filled trim, fine barrel transparency, strong imprint with 2nd quarter date code, plating spotty on cap band.
DATE: 1942 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $165
16918: Parker Vacumatic Major: silver pearl laminate, 12.85 cm long, chrome over silver trim, barrel date code unreadable, nib dated 1943; good transparency, diamond imprint on filler plunger.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium • $175
16923: Parker Vacumatic Major: golden pearl laminate, 12.75 cm long, gold filled trim, Blue Diamond clip, strong barrel imprint with 2nd quarter date code, fine barrel transparency.
DATE: 1946 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $225
16920: Parker Vacumatic Sub-Debutante: golden pearl laminate, 11.8 cm long, gold filled trim, made in Canada, excellent barrel transparency, good imprint with "7" date code, nib date code is "6".
DATE: 1947 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine • $165
16897: Parker 51 Demi repeater pencil: Cocoa with Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, strong barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, uses .9 mm lead.
DATE: 1948 • CONDITION: fine • $60
16899: Parker 51 Demi repeater pencil: black with frosty Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, crisp barrel imprint with late "50" date code.
DATE: 1950 • CONDITION: near mint • $75
16898: Parker 51 Demi repeater pencil: Forest Green, frosty Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, crisp barrel imprint with late "53" date code.
DATE: 1953 • CONDITION: near mint • $95
16904: Parker VP: short-lived 75 precursor, red with frosty Lustraloy cap, 13.9 cm long, gold plated trim, #63 nib; "Clean Filler" squeeze-action ink reservoir is intact and ink-tight (nozzle is delicate -- must be pulled out straight, do not force if it ever becomes stuck with dried ink).
DATE: c. 1962 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $295
16916: Parker 75 Insignia: fine crosshatch pattern, early USA model with flat ends, marked "14K G.F," (gold filled, not gold plated as were later 75s), section with angle indicator, 14K nib with "66" on feed. Uses standard Parker cartridges or converter (metal squeeze converter included).
DATE: c. 1967 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $225
16900: Sheaffer 2A Self-Filling: early black chased hard rubber clipless lever-filler, 14.15 cm long, nickel plated trim, raised barrel threads, narrow feed, #2 Self Filling nib has excellent flexibility, noting the near-microscopic beginnings of a stress crack at the left edge of the vent hole (see detail).
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: fine-exc* • NIB: medium fine flex • $225
16915: Sheaffer Nostalgia set in box: retro cartridge-filler, black plastic with sterling silver filigree overlay, 13.35 cm long, White Dot, two-tone 18K gold nib is a smooth writer, comes with squeeze-style converter; matching rollerball is externally identical, uses standard Sheaffer refills.
DATE: c. 1985 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium • $695
16907: Waterman Ripple pencil: large and thick, 14.2 cm long, red and black hard rubber, matches 55 or 56 pen; gold filled trim, good color, "Ripple" imprint with 1924 patent date, uses 1.1 mm lead.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $120
16566: Waterman C/F converter: syringe style, made in our shop, not original Waterman production, use with Waterman models that use C/F cartridges. Refills have not been made for years and original converters have become very expensive -- if they can be found at all.
DATE: c. 2025 • CONDITION: new • $27.5
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