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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17256: Conklin 3: black hard rubber crescent-filler, gold filled filigree overlay, 13.55 cm long, #3 nib, name engraved in cap cartouche; even fading to hard rubber, one nick to barrel end, edge brassing to cap top along with partial loss of crown bead (see details).
DATE: c. 1915 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine flex • $685
17255: Hicks (?) figural pencil: gold filled ringtop, 5 cm long retracted, in the form of a cannon; back end turns to extend pencil, mechanism good, one ding at top end (see details), uses 1.5 mm lead. Unmarked, but identical to marked examples save for the nozzle.
DATE: c. 1885 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $275
17246: Monogram 4 in box: black hard rubber lever-filler, 11.3 cm long, gold filled trim, Lotz patent locking lever (US1407552), long tined #2 Monogram nib, original price band, instructions; original hardened sac has been removed, new sac can be installed upon request. New old stock, some wear to box (see details) but pen is as new, made by George Kraker's Michael George Company for sale in Rexall drugstores.
DATE: c. 1926 • CONDITION: mint* • NIB: fine flex • $295
17277: Mordan dip pen and pencil set in box: sterling silver, fluted pattern, pen is 15.3 cm long excluding nib, pencil is 12.9 cm long, uses 1.5 mm VS lead. Both pieces fully marked, though marks much stronger on pencil.
DATE: c. 1900 • CONDITION: exc • $450
17259: Parker 51 Flighter: Aerometric filler, stainless steel cap and barrel, gold filled trim, 13.75 cm long, no dings, replaced sac with perfect transparency.
DATE: c. 1953 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $350
17253: Parker 51: Midnight Blue Aerometric filler, frosty Lustraloy cap, chrome plated trim, original stickers on barrel, sac cloudy but unstained.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine • $250
17258: Parker VP: rare first version of this short-lived 75 precursor, grey barrel with incised lines, frosty Lustraloy cap, 13.9 cm long, gold plated trim, #36 nib of distiinctive shouldered form; "Clean Filler" squeeze-action ink reservoir is intact and ink-tight, though there are some internal stress lines visible.
DATE: c. 1961 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium firm • $295
17252: Sheaffer Touchdown Crest Deluxe: black pneumatic-filler, 13.5 cm long, gold filled cap, White Dot, section with ink window, two-tone conical Triumph nib is a rare flexible -- though the degree of line width variation is decidedly limited. A short-lived model, made for only a few years before supplanted by the Snorkel.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium flex • $295
17250: Sheaffer Snorkel Crest: black pneumatic-filler, 14.2 cm long, gold filled cap and trim, first year production with solid 14K gold Snorkel filler tube, two-tone conical Triumph nib; an uncommon model, especially without any cap dings.
DATE: c. 1952 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: fine • $295
17251: Sheaffer Snorkel Saratoga: burgundy pneumatic-filler, 14.2 cm long, gold filled trim, #5 two-tone 14K gold nib is extraordinarily fine, probably a special order; first year production with solid 14K gold Snorkel filler tube.
DATE: c. 1952 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: needlepoint • $250
17249: Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal: oversize black and pearl "Deco Band" lever-filler, 13.65 cm long, gold filled trim, Gold Seal Signature nib with Personal Point screw-in system, early production with shorter roller clip marked "WAHL PEN". Fine color, even toning, scratch on barrel next to lever (see detail), manifold nib is firm but smooth with excellent flow.
DATE: c. 1928 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine firm • $765
17264: Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal pencil: oversize jade green "Deco Band", 13.6 cm long, gold filled trim, roller clip, excellent color, strong imprints, uses 1.1 mm lead, name imprinted on side next to clip.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: exc • $120
17245: Waterman 32B in box: black English production lever-filler, 12.2 cm long, chrome plated trim; new old stock with price band, original sac unusable but has not been replaced. From the Captain Hopkins collection, with original box, insert, and annotated receipt.
DATE: c. 1940 • CONDITION: mint* • NIB: medium stub semiflex • $225
17260: Waterman Executive: gold plated fluted cap and barrel, 13.9 cm long, made in France, uses standard international refills or Waterman converter; noteworthy factory stub 18K gold nib.
DATE: c. 1985 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: broad stub • $195
17261: Waterman Executive: frosted steel, gold plated trim, 14 cm long, made in France, uses standard international refills or Waterman converter; noteworthy factory oblique italic 18K gold nib.
DATE: c. 1985 • CONDITION: near mint • NIB: broad oblique italic • $185
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