The items below are listed alphabetically by maker, with featured items grouped at the top.
This group of Parker Duofolds includes some rather unusual models, including a couple of hard to find Specials and the only "reverse trim" Duofold we have ever seen.
16598: Parker Duofold Special: lapis blue button-filler, 13.65 cm long, gold filled trim, made in Canada, uncommon model of Senior length but Junior thickness, end milling on cap top crisp as new, deep barrel imprint with only slight darkening, nib is a smooth writer, slight central crease through nib imprint.
DATE: c. 1927 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine semiflex • $795
16595: Parker Duofold Special: lapis blue button-filler, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, uncommon model of Senior length but Junior thickness, with export barrel imprint; moderate barrel darkening, good milling on ends,.
DATE: c. 1929 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine • $825
16615: Parker Duofold Junior: "Burgundy" red pearl and black marbled streamlined button-filler, 11.95 cm long, extremely rare uncatalogued variant with chrome trim rather than gold filled; original price sticker on blind cap, semistub nib.
DATE: c. 1934 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $800
16616: Parker Duofold Senior: oversize streamline button-filler in orange, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, made in Canada, barrel imprint with "25" date code, long-tined Canadian Duofold nib has "16" date code, notable writer; spearhead feed.
DATE: 1935 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: broad stub semiflex • SOLD
16617: Parker Duofold Junior: lapis blue streamline button-filler, 11.45 cm long, gold filled trim, smooth writing Duofold nib, comb feed, late production using earlier parts, threaded section.
DATE: c. 1938 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium fine • $295
16583: Parker Duofold (?): gold filled Aerometric filler, 13.5 cm long, for the French market but at least partially made in England, not actually Duofold-marked; 18K gold open nib, unusual and handsome model, like a La Plume but full-sized.
DATE: c. 1955 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: fine stub semiflex • SOLD
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16652: Cross magic pencil: gold filled, with suspension sheath, 6.8 cm closed, 11.5 cm extended, uses standard 2mm lead. Smooth action, fully marked; plating wear to front of sheath, one tiny flat spot on end ball. Cross magic pencils are uncommon.
DATE: c. 1920 • CONDITION: VG-fine • $200
16628: Fairchild magic pencil: 14K gold ringtop, 6.3 cm long closed, 12 cm extended, fully marked, initials "G. R. U." engraved on shaft, uses 1.8 mm lead, mechanism propels and retracts. Total weight 17.04g, 14K gold components weigh about 7g.
DATE: c. 1905 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $385
16648: Mabie Todd Swan 4 Stenograph Self-Filler: black chased hard rubber clipless lever-filler, 13.8 cm long, nickel plated trim, New York production, scarce early "split" lever, slip-on clip is Swan-marked, English made, silver plating patchy; notable long-tined #4 nib, "STENOGRAPHY" imprint on barrel.
DATE: c. 1916 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: extra-fine flex • $295
16649: Parker 20 Jack-Knife Safety: scarce version with transparent Bakelite barrel, eyedropper-filler with smooth hard rubber cap with good imprint, nickel plated clip, 12.6 cm long, flexible #2 Lucky Curve nib, spearhead feed with tail intact, strong barrel imprint, fine transparency.
DATE: c. 1917 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: medium flex • $685
16626: Parker 51: early production Aerometric filler in Plum, frosty two-tone Lustraloy cap, good barrel imprint with 4th quarter date code, early filler housing with "PRESS . . . 6 TIMES" imprint, transparent acrylic connector, new sac has been installed.
DATE: 1948 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: medium • $295
16633: Parker 51: Forest Green Aerometric filler, 1/10 12K gold filled cap in converging lines pattern, 13.8 cm long, new sac with perfect transparency.
DATE: c. 1956 • CONDITION: exc • $275
16631: Parker 51: black Aerometric filler, 1/10 12K gold filled cap in converging lines pattern, 13.8 cm long, pinkish sac with near-perfect transparency, factory nib with semi-architect grind, narrow downstrokes, slightly wider cross-strokes.
DATE: c. 1958 • CONDITION: near mint • $225
16641: Ripley & Gowan pencil and pocket knife compendium: gold filled, 6.6 cm long, with two knife blades, pencil nozzle extends when end knob is turned, uses 1.4 mm lead; excellent quality, similar to items retailed by Tiffany, Edward Todd, and others.
DATE: c. 1920 • CONDITION: fine • $120
16640: Sheaffer Snorkel Valiant set in box: scarce and desirable Periwinkle pneumatic-filler (a vivid purplish blue, not to be confused with the earlier and much more common Pastel Blue), 14.2 cm long, gold filled trim, White Dot, two-tone conical nib marked "M5", matching pencil uses .9 mm lead.
DATE: c. 1957 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine • $295
16618: Wahl-Eversharp pencil: sterling silver, uncommon version with matching engine turned internal mechanism, 13.25 cm long, "Ripple" pattern, clip with raised rib, uses 1.1 mm lead,.
DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $105
16635: Waterman 12: early smooth black hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 14 cm long, two-line barrel imprint with 1884 patent dates, cap imprint with 1898 patent date, early star-imprint nib is extremely long and narrow, narrow feed; even fading, imprints all clear and legible, cap may be a very old replacement, as nibs of this type are more typically found on the very earliest cone-caps c. 1894-95.
DATE: c. 1898 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $375
16634: Waterman 402: long slender English-market black hard rubber straight-cap eyedropper-filler with London-hallmarked barleycorn pattern sterling silver overlay; 13.85 cm long, long-tined New York #2 nib with early imprint is an outstanding writer, long narrow spoon feed with patent imprints, slight seam separation on upper part of cap overlay near vent hole (see details). In fancy hardshell box with compartment for filler (modern glass dropper of old style included).
DATE: c. 1904 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $1250
16647: Waterman 94 pencil: "Mahogany" celluloid, 12.6 cm long, gold filled trim, propel-only mechanism, uses 1.1 mm lead.
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: fine-exc • $120
16622: unmarked penner: wooden writing compendium, two-part dip pen with glass nib (functional, though worn on the side of the tip), some losses to metal of tinplate housing for glass ink bottle (see details).
DATE: c. 1870 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: medium fine • $150
16621: unmarked traveling inkwell and matchsafe set: high quality English manufacture, red leather covered. Inkwell is missing its pivoting safety hook, a feature not always present on these (the main latch is the push button on the front). Original rubber top seal has been replaced, is spring-loaded.
DATE: c. 1880 • CONDITION: fine* • $120
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