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Extraordinary Pen Montblanc Writer’s Edition Imperial Dragon

Montblanc Writer’s Edition Imperial Dragon This extraordinary pen is a 1993 Montblanc Limited Edition Writer’s Edition – the “888 Imperial Dragon”. This limited edition is numbered #830/888 (lots of Lucky 8s!). This is a piston-filler in black. The Imperial Dragon is an 18K solid gold sculptured “Dragon” clip with blue sapphire eyes. Made exclusively for the Asian market and never imported into the USA, so this is extremely difficult to find. Medium nib. New-old-stock. Mint …

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Extraordinary Vintage Pen Everest Doctor’s Pen

Vintage Pen – Everest Doctor’s Pen This extraordinary vintage pen is a 1915 Everest 1915 #2 eyedropper-fill Doctor’s Pen in black hard rubber (BHR) with a gold-filled overlay in a chased pattern with a repousse foliate cap top. Everest was located in Turin, Italy. It’s not known if Everest actually manufactured their pens or contracted with some of the major Italian pen companies for manufacturing, and were only a marketing organization for their high-quality pens. …

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Omas Paragon Titanium Fountain Pen

This modern fountain pen is a 2004 Omas T-2 557/F Paragon – a limited edition numbered at 682/750 PIF in Titanium 12-sided faceted. Features gold filled trim. The T-2 was manufactured to commemorate Omas’s 75th anniversary. The fountain pen was made in three different sizes, this one being the largest and the numbered edition. This model has gold plated details while the other, smaller models, use rhodium. 18K, medium nib. Near mint+. These are almost …

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Marlen Academia Matchstick Filler

This special fountain pen is a 2003 Marlen Academia Matchstick-filler. This is a limited edition number #110/430 in Blue Pearl with a Sterling Silver cap. The mouth of the sterling silver lion’s head on the barrel houses the hole for the match stick which is inserted to fill the pen. The pen comes with an inlaid enamel crest laden filler key on a yellow tassel. New-old-stock. Mint with felt pouch. List $5040! Visit the Catalog …

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Aurora Leonardo da Vinci Fountain Pen

This fountain pen is a 2002 Aurora Leonardo daVinci Limited Edition – numbered #0470/1919. The pen is a lever-filler in Bordeaux resin with a gold-plated cap, featuring lacquer filled engravings drawn from the Maestro’s codex on the flight of birds. The filling lever is accessed by unscrewing and removing the barrel. Tapered, 18K, fine nib. New-old-stock. Mint in original box with paper weight and outer sleeve. Item #61 in Catalog #83

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Vintage Pens – Parker Vacumatic Successor

This vintage pen is a 1946 Parker VS “Vacumatic Successor” Mark I button filler in Dark Blue. Brushed Lustraloy (stainless steel) cap. An excellent pen, but it failed in the marketplace as the public now preferred a hooded nib like the Parker 51, to an open nib, like the VS. During the first year of production, a transparent feed was used, made from a then very modern “Lucite.” (It stained easily). The Mark I had …

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Vintage Pens – Parker Student Victory Prototype

These 1955 prototypes are Parker Student “Victory” cartridge/converter-fillers – one in White with brushed Lustraloy stainless steel cap, and one in Grey with the same cap. Both feature a dimpled gripping section. When the barrel is removed, it provides access to an area just below the gripping section for the student to add a paper with his or her name under a protective clear plastic sleeve. Features a spring loaded clip. These were never marketed. Alloy nib …

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Vintage Pens – Waterman #7 Yellow

This special vintage pen is a 1930 Waterman #7 “Yellow Banded” lever-filler in Red Ripple with the “Yellow ” cap band and corresponding nib. The Yellow nib is described as: medium “rounded, writes smoothly in any direction, suits southpaws” and right-handed writers as well. Waterman used a color-coding system so buyers could select their style of nib by ‘color’ – identifiable by the color-coded band on the cap and the label on the nib. It …

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Vintage Pen Sheaffer Targa Black Matte

This special vintage pen is a Sheaffer 1980 Targa #1003 cartridge/converter-fill in Black Matte, including the cap top (later versions had a gold-plated cap-top). The trim is gold-plated, and the pen features an inlaid 14K nib (medium). New-old-stock. A little wear to the finish where the cap is posted onto the barrel, otherwise near mint in box with papers and cartridges. Converter included. Item #196 in Catalog #83

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Vintage Pens CentroPen Rippet

The vintage pen here is the 1950 Centropen/Rippet Barclay 1304/809 in a #4 size Vac-fill, in 835 Coin Silver with alternating wave-chased and Barley panels. CP clip. This is a high-quality pen made in Czechoslovakia, with Czech. control marks on cap and barrel. Removing the blind cap reveals a hollow clear acrylic plunger which is pressed several times to fill the pen. The hollow plunger also actually fills with ink, allowing the user to monitor …

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