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1910 Waterman “World’s Smallest Pen” eyedropper-fill in Black Hard Rubber. Often called the “Doll Pen because one rests in Queen Mary’s doll house, on the King’s Library Table. Just over 1.5″ long and less than 1/8″ in diameter, this pen was actually produced by Waterman as a way for their salesmen to spend time with potential new accounts. Their salesmen would visit a druggist, jeweler, shop owner, to try to open a new account. The buyer would inevitably say that they didn’t need a new pen line and were happy with what they had. The salesman would now offer to show them the “World’s Smallest Pen” as long as he was there. This allowed more time and interaction together, and often resulted in a sale! Waterman then published in their in-house newspaper, the Pen Prophet, that they would produce these for sale by their vendors as a special order item only. Near mint, and extremely rare, especially in the original “coffin” box!.
$3500