Vintage Pen Onoto De La Rue Straight Holder This 1909 De La Rue Onoto is a 4 size Straight-holder plunger-fill in BCHR. Early “Patent Pending” model made in the US. De La Rue was founded around 1813, with fountain pen production beginning in 1905 with their “plunger” filling system (while most other pen companies were still selling eyedropper-fill pens). Earliest models, such as this one, were made with both an overfeed and underfeed (the overfeed …
Vintage Pen William F Unger This 1905 William F Unger fountain pen is a #2 size eyedropper-fill in Black Chased Hard Rubber. Located in NYC, their trademark was registered on or before 1903 as “Wm. F.N.Y. Utter.” Fine, triple-flexible nib, marked only “14K.” New-old-stock. Mint in very threadbare box. Imprint on box cover is “William F. Utter Fountain Pen Manufacturer. Guaranteed 14K Pen Point. New York, N.Y. U.S.A.” Item #60 in Catalog 84.
Vintage Pen Waterman Duo 7 Glass Cartridge This vintage pen is a 1953 Waterman 953 Duo 7 Glass-Cartridge-filler in Black. Gold-filled cap in alternating pinstripe and plain panels. Writes on both sides of the 18K nib: medium/broad (normal), fine (upside-down). “Keyhole” vent. New-old-stock. Mint with original chalk mark on barrel, showing the price at 7900 Francs. (2) glass cartridge included, one clean and the other with ink residue. Can be filled with a syringe. Item #56 in …
Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid This vintage pen is a 1955 Meisterstück 149 piston-filler in Celluloid. This was an early production model, while Montblanc pens were still being hand made by master machinists (prior to the introduction of injection molded ‘Precious Resin’). Outer two cap bands are sterling silver, otherwise gold-filled trim. Visualated barrel window with perfect vertical lines. Three-tone 18C nib, rarer than 14C. Even rarer is that this one is medium, FLEXIBLE. Near …
Vintage Pen Waterman 12 Chatelaine Ring Top This extraordinary vintage pen is a 1901 Waterman 12 eyedropper-fill Chatelaine ring-top in Black Hard Rubber. Very rare, early and short lived model with a long barrel, designed to be comfortable to hold while the cap is still hanging from the watch chain or chatelaine. Also with the very rare extremely thin barrel threads and extra-long gripping section. GFT, including the wide repousse barrel and cap-top bands. The …
Vintage Pen Zerollo Dunhill Two Pen These extraordinary vintage pens are “Two Pen” models – they are matchstick-fillers in black smooth hard rubber. Item #17 in Catalog #84 is a 1932 Zerollo/Dunhill “Two Pen”. Dunhill had a marketing agreement with Zerollo for the English speaking market (there was also a marketing agreement in France with the “Unic” Company). Clip and both nibs each signed “Dunhill.” This pen was produced in two sizes, both of which are …
Vintage Pen Pelikan 100NN Magnum Emege This vintage pen is a 1935 Pelikan 100N Magnum Emege piston-filler in Tortoise with Red Hard Rubber cap, inner cap, and turning knob. The traim is gold-filled. This was Pelikan’s only oversize vintage pen, explaining its high demand among Pelikan collectors. The cap imprinted “Emege,” representing Pelikan’s licensed Portugese distributor, who had the Pelikan factory engrave all the Pelikans they shipped to him so he didn’t need to repair …
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 …
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. …
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 …
