The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Long ago we bought regularly in the UK. We still have an extensive inventory of British pens, mostly unlisted. This group of classic Conway Stewarts will be a good start to making them available at last.
16789: Conway Stewart International 356: black chased hard rubber streamlined lever-filler, 12.9 cm long, nickel plated trim, #1A nib is a notably flexible writer; even fading and wear, plating wear on clip.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine stub flex • SOLD
16784: Conway Stewart 55: large green pearl and black marbled lever-filler, 12.9 cm long, gold filled trim, 3 cap bands, "Duro" nib is a wide wet writer.
DATE: c. 1948 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: broad stub flex • SOLD
16787: Conway Stewart 27: red pearl web celluloid, 12.75 cm long, gold filled trim, wide cap band, smooth writer.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine semiflex • $265
16791: Conway Stewart 60L: green herringbone lever-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, #60 Duro nib, scarce and desirable late pattern.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine firm • $375
16788: Conway Stewart 85L: green herringbone lever-filler, 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, scarce and desirable late pattern.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium flex • SOLD
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16840: Aikin Lambert sleeve-filler: black hard rubber self-filler, gold filled overlay, 13.8 cm long, barrel sleeve rotates to provide access to pressure bar (Waterman's first sleeve-filler patent of 1905, but used only on subbrand pens and Aikin Lamberts, after Waterman's takeover of Aikin Lambert c. 1907); #3 nib is a smooth and responsive writer; many scattered shallow marks and dings to the cap, high point plating wear, pen is well used but robust and mechanically sound.
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: G • NIB: medium semiflex • $450
16824: Conklin crescent-filler: iconic and extremely rare early "hogring" model, full gold filled overlay, 13.8 cm long, clean with initial engraved on cap crown, noting chasing pattern difference between cap and barrel.
DATE: c. 1903 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: medium fine flex • $4500
16831: Conklin Jaxon: black chased hard rubber clipless screw-cap eyedropper-filler, 13.2 cm long, wide feed, warranted #3 nib is a responsive writer, noting a hairline visible below the imprint (see detail). Jaxon was a Conklin sub-brand; most were self-fillers, using a variant of the Conklin crescent-filling mechanism, eyedropper-fillers are rare. Evenly faded, fully legible imprints and chasing.
DATE: c. 1912 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: medium fine flex • $265
16842: Inkograph stylographic pen: tan veined silver pearl lever-filler, 12.6 cm long, chrome plated trim, weighted needle intact, section with ink window, clip engraved with 1942 date; unusual in this material, same used by Waterman in the 1930s, overall excellent noting some roughness to the edges of the lever opening.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $120
16845: Parker Duofold Senior: black streamlined button-filler, 13.05 cm long, gold filled over silver war-era trim, comb feed marked "A", Duofold nib with serial number, 4th quarter 1944 date code on barrel indicates late assembly of earlier parts, though the black celluloid end pieces and section must have been produced close to the time of assembly, as well as the clip and cap bands if not the entire cap.
DATE: 1935/1944 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $485
16841: Parker 51 Demi set: early production black Aerometric filler, frosty Lustraloy cap with chrome plated trim, imprint with 4th quarter date code, acrylic connector, sac has been replaced, screw-on filler housing with "PRESS . . 6 TIMES" imprint, one spot of plating loss; matching repeater pencil is like new, has bold 1st quarter 1954 imprint, uses .9 mm lead.
DATE: 1948/54 • CONDITION: exc/near mint • NIB: medium fine • $265
16848: Pelikan 201 repeater pencil: red-brown with tortoiseshell, 12.35 cm long, gold filled trim, unusual clip form normally only seen as a fountain pen variant; uses 1.1 mm lead, note gouge to front of barrel.
DATE: c. 1937 • CONDITION: fine* • $175
16846: Reynolds International ballpoint: aluminum, main barrel finished in dark purple-blue; 13.9 cm long, not working, tip cover absent, a relic of the beginnings of the postwar ballpoint craze; original price was $12.50 -- as much as the top-line fountain pens of the era.
DATE: c. 1946 • CONDITION: fine* • $45
16844: Sheaffer oversize Lifetime Balance: green pearl striated lever-filler, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, section with ink window, two-tone Lifetime nib with turn-up tip is a precise writer; name on barrel.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine • $295
16847: Sheaffer Balance II ballpoint: jade green, 14.1 cm long, gold plated trim, White Dot; uses standard Sheaffer refills.
DATE: c. 1998 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • $165
16830: Wahl lever-filler: gold filled "all metal barrel" pen in "Check" pattern, 11.1 cm long, #3 "WAHL/PEN"-imprinted nib is smooth and easy-opening; new old stock with original sales band, lovely toning, sac has been replaced.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine flex • $275
16849: Wahl-Eversharp desk set: "Lignum Vitae" brown and tan woodgrain hard rubber lever-filler, gold filled trim, flexible #2 size Signature nib, marble base is 7.35 (2 7/8 inch) cm in diameter, retains original label on bottom, one tiny chip on bottom edge; hard rubber pens in colors other than black and red/orange are uncommon, and for the most part were offered for only a brief period as a last-ditch effort to compete with celluloid.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine flex • $265
16838: Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal: full size jade green lever-filler with rare and enigmatic "X-Seal" above clip, 13.15 cm long, gold filled trim; correct Wahl-made #7 warranted nib is wet and flexible; typical discoloration, some digs to trim bands.
DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: broad flex • $575
16843: Waterman 72: uncommon late screw-cap eyedropper-filler in black chased hard rubber, 12.9 cm long, New York #2 nib has a few scratches but is a notable true factory italic; even moderate fading, all imprints strong.
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine italic flex • $295
16801: Waterman combination: black hard rubber lever-filler with full London-hallmarked sterling silver overlay, 13.5 cm long, Mordan-supplied metalwork including retracting pencil mechanism, uses 1.5 mm "VS" lead; clip is earlier, added later, slight damage to side of barrel (see detail). A truly scarce model, apparently sold only through high-end British retailers such as Asprey's, Cartier, Mappin and Webb, etc.
DATE: 1932/3 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: medium fine flex • $1500
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