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 • SOLD
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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17343: Conklin Nozac: black-veined green pearl piston-filler, 13.15 cm long, gold filled trim, 5000-word "Word Gauge", piston seal replaced, fine barrel transparency, clean imprints; play in filling knob does not affect function (see details).
DATE: c. 1934 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $485
17342: Conklin Nozac Penline: green pearl striated piston-filler, 12.8 cm long, gold filled trim, barrel transparency like new, no brassing to trim, smooth precise writer with semistub tip.
DATE: c. 1936 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine • $350
17344: Esterbrook Relief No. 12: black with gold plated trim, 13 cm long, made in England by Conway Stewart, 14K Relief nib with rounded oblique tip, original foil band on barrel.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine oblique • $265
17329: Esterbrook J: silver pearl full-size lever-filler, 12.7 cm long, stainless steel trim, #2556 nib.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium fine • $60
17335: Eversharp Retractable ballpoints: a mini collection of seven (7) different pens, all with button and clip operated tip extending mechanisms. All appear to be new old stock, though would benefit with some gentle cleaning. Original refills dried out.
DATE: c. 1949 • CONDITION: near mint • $165
17334: Hicks lever-filler: sterling silver ringtop of all-metal construction, excepting only the section liner and feed; 10.5 cm long, made in New York, initials on cap, scattered shallow marks on ends, nib shows signs of restraightening but is a smooth and wet writer with a semistub tip. PVC sac installed for maximum ink resistance.
DATE: c. 1939 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $225
17333: Mabie Todd Swan: black hard rubber straight-cap eyedropper-filler, gold filled overlay, lines and chevrons pattern, 13.2 cm long; early ladder underfeed with short conical tail, made in USA, with uncommon Toronto-marked #2 nib. Corrosion to section overlay, test mark to posting end of barrel (see details).
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine stub flex • $865
17347: Parker The Mysterious Yangtze: privately printed hardbound travelog by company founder George S. Parker, name inked out inside front cover and on ex libris, binding partially unglued inside back cover (see details).
DATE: 1937 • CONDITION: VG • $65
17328: Parker 45 Lady: clipless "Silver Brocade" cartridge-filler, 13.6 cm long, blue ends, 14K nib.
DATE: c. 1967 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: medium fine • $175
17337: Parker 45 Flighter rollerball: stainless steel cap and body, chrome plated trim, made in USA, uses standard Parker refills.
DATE: c. 1969 • CONDITION: fine • $40
17336: Parker 45 Coronet: green anodized cap and barrel, gold plated trim, 14K gold nib, uses standard Parker refills or converter (not included); excellent condition but for two pinch marks on the barrel (see detail).
DATE: c. 1970 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: medium • $95
17346: Parker 75 Damier: rare and desirable pattern in vermeil, gold over sterling silver, made in France, full French hallmarks, smooth-writing "F" 18K nib, early section with angle indicator, includes slender metal squeeze converter.
DATE: c. 1980 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine • $850
17338: Parker 75: sterling silver grid pattern, gold plated trim, made in France, date code "IE", full French hallmarks, black grid lines lacquered, 18K French nib, uses standard Parker refills or converter (not included); nib shown signs of having be restraightened, nicks to section trim ring (see details).
DATE: 1988 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: broad • $165
17345: Sanford & Bennett Gravity Stylo in box: black hard rubber vest pocket slip-cap eyedropper-filler, 10.25 cm long, weighted needle; new old stock with original instruction sheet, one end panel of box missing.
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: mint • NIB: fine • $150
17340: Waterman 0512½ VPSF: black hard rubber ringtop lever-filler with smooth gold filled overlay, 9.9 cm long, early production model with unsprung coin-filler style pressure bar (see article here).
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $285
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