Some people have the idea that vintage pens are boring and are usually just plain black hard rubber. Not this one! Here is a 1925 Waterman 52 lever-filler set in Cardinal Hard Rubber. What a great color! Very rare – especially in this condition! Extra-fine, flexible, italic nib. New-old-stock. Except for a slight shade difference where the barrel was covered by the cap, mint in original box. Not only is it a great color, the condition …
This 1906 John Holland has an unusual filling mechanism. A model 52 “Pull-Filler” in gold-fill Repousse on BHR. Circles of high repousse roses on an etched “bark” background. Exquisitely beautiful! Sometimes called the “saddle-fill”, since it’s a saddle shaped device the user lifts to fill the pen. Holland claims to have started fountain pen manufacture in 1865, and introduced this particular filling mechanism in 1906 (a year after they introduced their “sleeve-fill” pens), and used it …
We are often asked for an attractive pen with a flexible nib, not just a user-grade pen. This 1905 A.A. Waterman is a #3 Twist-fill Cone Cap in a Gold-filled Filigree overlay on black hard rubber. The filigree is reminiscent of the Parker 16 and may also have been done by Heath of New York. Indicia engraved in script, “AW.” The nib on this specimen is a fine, triple-flexible, and the pen is complete with original box. …
Long before Danitrio made the more modern Snake, the snake motif was also produced by manufacturers Waterman and Parker. Parker produced this very successful Snake in 1908. This 38 Snake eyedropper-filler is Gold-filled on black hard rubber. The eyes are emerald, making this pen even more unique. Parker ordered George Heath, a skilled designer of jewelry, to cover a pen with a snake motif, with the motivation of having something eye-catching to get his salesmen’s foot into …
A name like that already suggests a rare and special pen! This 1950 Parker 51 Princess Demi Aerometric-filler is gorgeous. It is the smooth gold-filled finish, with a cap surrounded by 12 rectangular clear glass crystals. According to Zazove & Shepherd in their Parker 51 book (2004, p. 71), “The rarest Demi in existence…was designed by Don Doman and introduced in the mid west USA. Only a limited number were made and it never went …
A stunning line up of Pelikans – many with flexible nibs. If you’re searching for a nib that will offer some line variation, look no further. Catalog #75 has a few Pelikans you may want to look at. #172 is sold: a 1948 100N in the rare Grey Pearl. This pen had a broad, italic, extra-flexible nib. A marvelous nib! #173: a 1950 100N in Green Pearl. This is a NOS, mint condition Pelikan with …
Calling all Pelikan collectors! This 1935 Pelikan 100N Magnum Emege piston-filler is an absolutely beautiful pen: combining a deep red hard rubber cap, inner cap, and turning knob, with a stunning tortoiseshell barrel. It’s also an oversize vintage pen, unlike most 100 series Pelikan models available now (and then). It’s the largest pen Pelikan made in the 1930s, being longer and thicker than other 100s. What is Emege? The inner cap is imprinted with ”Emege”, to …
Tibaldi was founded in 1916 and closed doors in 1960. Somewhere in its middle years, this 1935 Model 0111 Doctor fountain pen was produced. This vintage pen is one of the rarest Tibaldi pens, with only two known to exist. This model is an eyedropper-filler with a wave-chased rolled-gold (gold-filled) overlay on a black hard rubber body. The nib is a fine, flexible Tibaldi 14CT 7. In addition, the barrel contained a thermometer! This specimen …
The Parker 51 is very popular and features some quality design, but one thing I really love about them is the colors. This gorgeous 1945 Parker 51 is a vacuumatic-filler in Buckskin Beige. The 14kt pink and yellow gold ‘Empire’ cap is considered by many one of Parker’s most beautiful pens. This specimen had a fine nib and was mint condition NOS. Not the easiest color to find! Was available in Catalog #73. Don’t miss out …
The 1945 Omas Colorado double-barreled vacuum filler qualifies as an extraordinary pen! It is a double-nibbed pen with a scissor barrel configuration (below: pictured open). Each section is marked with a red dot or a white dot to identify your inks and tell them apart. The pen is black with nickel-plated trim. Closed, it certainly looks like a pen but in its open configuration, it’s tricky. The nibs are medium/fine. Orlando Quadretti has been credited as the …
