The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Special seven -- some highly desirable items in this select group, including several true rarities (a couple of which were for years in our own personal collection).
16370: Aurora Etiopia: legendary Italian rarity, ivory celluloid ink-pellet eyedropper-filler, 11.7 cm long, gold filled trim, introduced in 1936 to commemorate the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. Even wear, some superficial scratches but no cracks, usual plating wear to clip. Section seal has been replaced, nib is extraordinarily flexible.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine superflex • $2500
16389: De La Rue Onoto in box: long black hard rubber plunger-filler with full 9K solid gold line and dot pattern overlay, 14.8 cm long, deluxe gold covered over and under feed, London hallmarks for 1913/14, presentation inscription dated 1918. Engine turning is crisp, no dings -- outstanding condition. Nib is paintbrush-soft, opens wide at the slightest touch. Original instructions under pad of box.
DATE: c. 1913 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine stub superflex • SOLD
16387: Dunn pump-filler: black hard rubber with 18K gold filled engine-turned overlay, 14.4 cm long, red casein filler knob with threads, #2 Dunn nib is long-tined and flexible, early feed with patent imprint; one tiny ding mid-barrel (see details), otherwise like new. Dunn pens with overlays were advertised but surviving examples are extremely rare -- this is only the third that we have handled in the past 30 years.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: exc* • NIB: medium fine flex • SOLD
16371: Montblanc Hemingway: desirable limited edition fountain pen, gently used, no paperwork but with original book-shaped box; nib has been tuned and is a smooth and precise writer, piston has been regreased.
DATE: 1992 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine • $2950
16368: Parker 61 pencil: red repeater, smooth gold filled cap and trim, 12.9 cm long, uses .9 mm lead, early test-market design strikingly different from the version put into full production in 1956. Often called a prototype, this pencil is less common than its matching fountain pen. Both are seldom seen in colors other than basic black.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: near mint • $275
16390: Waterman 4: very early smooth black hard rubber straight-cap eyedropper-filler with "horseshoe" vent nib, early narrow feed with funnel-style base; 13.5 cm long, even fading and wear, two-line imprint with 1884 patent dates. Nib has been retipped, stress marks at ends of curved vent (see details). One of the oldest Watermans we have ever offered for sale.
DATE: c. 1888 • CONDITION: G • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
16391: Waterman 16P: rare large-size pump-filler, black chased hard rubber, 14.6 cm long, nickel plated trim, even wear and fading, all imprints clearly legible, last patent date 1910 on clip, one small stable hairline in cap lip (see detail). Waterman pump-fillers are scarce in any size, but particularly hard to find any larger than #2 or #4.
DATE: c. 1912 • CONDITION: G-VG* • NIB: fine semiflex • $800
15835: Waterman 54: extremely rare smooth black hard rubber lever-filler with stanhope viewer in cap, showing Waterman's Newark factory; 14.15 cm long, nickel plated trim, crisp and glossy with bold imprints, condition like new. Nearly all extant Waterman pens with stanhopes are #13 dropper-fillers made to commemorate the company's 35th anniversary -- only a handful of later lever-fillers with stanhopes are known.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium flex • $2500
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16401: Eagle Rex No. 40: unusual eyedropper-filler, dark orange-brown lacquered brass cap and barrel, 13 cm long, barrel lined with hard rubber, red hard rubber section with narrow feed, gold nib with Eagle escutcheon imprint is very flexible; clean example showing only light usage, noting chipping and wear to lacquer around barrel mouth (see details).
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium flex • $165
16385: Esterbrook B: full-size "Dollar Pen", blue pearl lever-filler, 12.2 cm long, stainless steel trim, later #2556 nib with round-bottomed feed.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • $125
16384: Esterbrook A: slender "Dollar Pen", green pearl lever-filler, 12 cm long, stainless steel trim, later #9461 nib with round-bottomed feed.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • $125
16386: Esterbrook B: full-size "Dollar Pen", black lever-filler, 12.1 cm long, uncommon wartime version with incised trim grooves instead of cap bands, trim is plated rather than stainless steel, #1551 nib with flat-bottomed feed is of the same period, not a later replacement as is usually the case.
DATE: c. 1943 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $165
16399: Foley magic pencil: gold filled ringtop, special commemorative for the United States' 1876 Centennial, 5.25 cm long closed, 10.1 cm extended, made to use 1.5 mm lead, can be used with more readily available 1.4 mm lead.
DATE: 1876 • CONDITION: G-VG • $150
16406: Jura button-filler in box: small black-veined green pearl ringtop, 9.45 cm long, gold filled trim, a close copy of Parker's vest-pocket Duofold Deluxe; probably either German or Swiss manufacture, excellent quality, instructions in German, French, Dutch, and English. Warranted 14K nib is a European replacement of the same era.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine flex • $165
16407: Parker Duofold Senior: oversize black Permanite button-filler, 13.75 cm long, Lucky Curve imprint, massive Lucky Curve nib originally fitted to Jade Pen, smooth writer, spearhead feed with cut tail; tool mark on section flange (see detail), cap lip slightly trimmed.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine firm • $350
16403: Parker Challenger: grey pearl and black button-filler, 13 cm long, nickel plated trim, section with ink window, crisp imprints with double-digit date code with dot, nib is notably fine and a precise writer.
DATE: 1937 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine • $150
16361: Parker 75 Bicentennial in box: early limited edition in pewter, with wood from Independence Hall inset into the clip screw; number 555 of 10,000 examples made; this example is more of a user, mahogany box top is warped, pen has some pitting on the barrel (see detail), but all fully functional.
DATE: 1976 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine • $400
15639: Parker Wood Pen in box: rare German-made limited edition cartridge filler, 14.3 cm long, gold plated trim, cap and barrel in Peruvian rosewood, section band bears number 746. Cap is not made to post on the barrel end. Reportedly production of this line was halted by Parker USA before the intended 2000 were made (in all woods). 14K ventless nib is a lively writer, Pau Rosa wood box with brass plaque with matching number.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine • $1100
16402: Parker Duofold International: blue pearl marble, 13.1 cm long, gold plated trim, scarce and desirable #79 broad oblique 18K two-tone nib, not easy for right-handers to use. Made in UK, uses cartridge or convertor pen (slide convertor included), cap imprint weak but "IN" date code clearly visible, monogram "CW" on crown.
DATE: 1989 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-broad italic oblique • $395
16392: Parker World Memorial Duofold International limited edition: black cartridge-filler, 13.15 cm long, gold plated trim, edition of 10,000 pieces, made in USA, "IU" date code for 3rd quarter, two-tone 18K nib is marked as "M" on the feed, but more of a broad. Lightly used, complete packaging including cherrywood box and cardboard outer box, paperwork.The emblem on the cap top is made from the metal of decommissioned Soviet SS20 and US Pershing missiles.
DATE: 1991 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: broad • $695
16378: Waterman 0552½ Pansy Panel set in box: black hard rubber slender full-length lever-filler, 13.3 cm long, 18K gold filled overlay with hand-engraved floral decoration, matching pencil uses 1.1 mm lead, both pieces neatly monogrammed, moderate even fading to hard rubber, only spot brassing to usual high points; #2 nib is classic Waterman, smooth with easy and responsive flexibility, pencil top is plain hard rubber replacement, original would have been metal covered.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine flex • $695
16396: Weidlich lever-filler: vest-pocket size in striking green pearl marble with red threads -- a distinctive celluloid normally seen only in the Eversharp Bantam series; 11.1 cm long, gold filled trim, #1 Weidlich nib is a smooth writer.
DATE: c. 1939 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $95
16398: unmarked Graf Zeppelin dip pen: rare figural holder, probably made to commemorate the Graf Zeppelin's visit to Estonia in 1930; .875 fine silver, Estonian hallmarks, 14.6 cm long excluding nib, nicely detailed, excellent quality; engraved monogram on top, a few shallow nicks, much better condition than is typical.
DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: fine • $650
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