The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
Can't get enough classic Watermans! We have been picking up some fine examples recently, with more to come.
17200: Waterman pencil: black hard rubber with gold filled "Gothic" pattern overlay, 13.3 cm long, matches 0552 or 0552½ fountain pen; crisp with lovely toning, early model without eraser and without metal nozzle tip.
DATE: c. 1924 • CONDITION: near mint • $165
17199: Waterman pencil: slender mottled hard rubber, 13.25 cm long, gold filled trim, "PAT. APL'D FOR" imprint, uses 1.1 mm lead, matches full-length pens, standard or slender, 52 or 52½; wild patterning probably from the early days of the extruding experiments that led to Ripple.
DATE: c. 1924 • CONDITION: fine-exc • SOLD
17169: Waterman 42½V: woodgrain red and black hard rubber vest pocket safety, 8.9 cm long, made in the USA for the French market, 18K nib and "wedding ring" barrel bands, all with French hallmarks.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $350
17167: Waterman 452 Gothic: black hard rubber lever-filler, sterling silver overlay, checkerboard pattern, 13.7 cm long, #2 nib is flexible and responsive. Initials engraved in barrel cartouche, light bumps to cap crown, number imprints at exposed hard rubber barrel end polished away, fine overall appearance, one internal lever tab missing, original pressure bar accordingly replaced with a sprung bar.
DATE: c. 1926 • CONDITION: VG-fine* • NIB: fine stub flex • $425
17206: Waterman combination: rare uncatalogued model, black lever-filler, 14.6 cm long, gold filled trim, uses 1.1 mm lead; based upon the 52 but in celluloid, not hard rubber. Lever box has some bend marks but is fully intact, condition otherwise excellent.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium semiflex • $895
17184: Waterman Ink-Vue: "Silver Ray" lever pump-filler, 12.85 cm long, chrome plated trim, rare first model with simple unjointed lever, metal globe emblems at both ends. Good barrel transparency, #4 nib, Tip-Fill feed. This model appears to have been in production for only a few months.
DATE: c. 1935 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium stub flex • $650
17168: Waterman lever-filler in service box: black lever-filler, 12.6 cm long, chrome plated trim, English manufacture; box annotated in pencil, ex-Captain Hopkins collection. War-era pen, silver cap band, low quality hard rubber used for section.
DATE: c. 1945 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine flex • SOLD
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17304: Franklin eyedropper-filler: black hard rubber straight-cap,13.5 cm long, ventless nib with overfeed, imprint with 1892 patent date, additional line for Baltimore retailer; fading and wear, mechanically sound, one tight hairline in middle of cap, looks like a scratch, does not affect function (see detail).
DATE: c. 1895 • CONDITION: G-VG* • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $175
17291: Parker Duofold Senior pencil: bright jade green with black end stripes, gold filled trim, 13.3 cm long, excellent color, good barrel imprint, a few small dings to the crown, uses 1.1 mm lead.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine • $150
17284: Parker Duofold set in box: black striped green and tan pearl Vac-filler, 13.1 cm long, barrel transparency like new, strong imprints with 4th quarter date codes on barrel and nib, aluminum Speedline filler; matching pencil has 3rd quarter date code, uses .9 mm lead.
DATE: 1941 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium • $295
17287: Parker Vacumatic Major: early long single-jewel in green pearl laminate, 13.55 cm long, gold filled trim, 3rd quarter date code on barrel, big two-tone nib is also 1942 dated. Strong imprints, fine barrel transparency, wartime filler with diamond imprint on plunger end.
DATE: 1942 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $295
17299: Parker Duofold Senior: red and silver pearl Vac-filler with black stripes, 13.7 cm long, gold filled over silver trim, Blue Diamond clip, geometric pattern cap band, two-tone "V" for Victory nib, filler plunger with diamond emblem. Largest size, much scarcer than contemporary Vacumatics, early wartime examples are particularly tough to find in such clean condition. Strong imprints, 4th quarter date code; outstanding barrel transparency.
DATE: 1942 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine semiflex • $295
17305: Parker 51 Special: burgundy Aerometric filler, polished stainless steel cap, chrome plated trim, black cap jewel, barrel imprint with 3rd quarter date code; smooth Octanium alloy nib, excellent sac transparency.
DATE: 1951 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine • $165
17306: Parker 51 Special: grey Aerometric filler, polished stainless steel cap, chrome plated trim, black cap jewel, barrel imprint with 1st quarter date code; smooth Octanium alloy nib, excellent sac transparency.
DATE: 1951 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $150
17307: Parker 51 Demi: Midnight Blue Aerometric filler, frosty Lustraloy cap with narrow polished rim, new sac has been installed.
DATE: c. 1954 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine • $195
17301: Parker 51: Aerometric filler in "Cocoa", Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, new sac installed, extremely smooth writer.
DATE: c. 1956 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $185
17290: Parker T-1: short-lived modernist classic in brushed titanium with integral nib, 12.95 cm long, gold plated trim, usual benign crack in feed on one side next to adjustment screw. Converter is included, has been serviced and a transparent sac installed. Use these pens with a light hand -- excessive writing pressure can detach the nib tipping.
DATE: c. 1970 • CONDITION: exc* • NIB: medium • $850
17289: Sheaffer Lifetime Balance set in box: oversize Golden Brown striated pearl lever-filler, 14 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, section with ink window, early flat feed, large two-tone Lifetime nib with turned up tip, a smooth and wet writer. Matching pencil uses 1.1 mm lead. Appearance of both pieces is like new, but each has had a name removed -- not easy to tell, the personalizations must have been small and shallow, leaving hardly any flattening and only a few mars.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: fine-exc* • NIB: broad • $375
17294: Sheaffer Commandant set: striated brown pearl lever-filler with military clip, 13 cm long, gold filled over silver wartime trim, #3 nib is a responsive writer. Matching pencil uses .9 mm lead, perfect working condition noting factory seam defect (see detail), not unusual in wartime production.
DATE: c. 1941 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine semiflex • $225
17295: Wahl-Eversharp safety: extremely rare black hard rubber retracting-nib eyedropper-filler, 12.1 cm long, 18K Wahl #2 nib; not known in any ads or catalogs, these pens appear to have been made in France using US-made nibs and feeds, for European market testing. One slight dip in cap lip (see detail), fully functional, internal mechanism shows past servicing.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $950
17298: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: unusual full-sized ringtop black and pearl lever-filler, 13.65 cm long, gold filled trim, Gold Seal, Personal Point nib unit, "FLEXIBLE" marked Gold Seal nib offers large line width variation; excellent color, one tiny patch of porosity in front of the lever opening (see detail).
DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine flex • $285
17297: unmarked stylographic pen: red hard rubber pocket size straight-cap with fine silver filigree overlay, 10.1 cm long, marked only "STERLING". Tool marks to posting end and knurling of section, spring needle has been replaced. The stylo itself was made in England, while the electroformed overlay is of distinctively American design.
DATE: c. 1903 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: fine • $650
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