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Pen #3086    Mint, stickered  Eversharp Skyline Model 61  Presentation Pen   $167
3086
Overall Grade: MINT
Metal: excellent
Material:  plastic
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:  lever
 Point:   Medium
Imprint
Size:  5.2
COMMENTS:   Sometimes described as the "Best in Streamlined Industrial Design" the Skyline, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, was introduced in 1940.  The pens were made out of polystyrene, injection molded instead of machined, which lowered production costs.  This is the Model 61 - Presentation Pen with a gold filled cap.  It is true mint, i.e. not a hint of ink anywhere in the pen, feed or cap, confirmed when  I filled the pen with water.   As is common with these pens the cap overlay was loose, but has been secured, and the threads stretched a bit so that the derby screws on firmly.  The sac has been replaced.  Note the original price band on the barrel that says "No 61 $9.75 MED. MAN." 

Pen #3089     Navy Blue Flex Nib Skyline    SOLD
3089
Overall Grade:  excellent
Metal: excellent
Material:  plastic
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:   lever
 Point:  Fine flex nib
Imprint:      
Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:   This is a Model 61 presentation pen with the gold filled cap that we picked up on a weekend pen hunt.  I don't see clean Skylines all that often, but I grab them when I do!  Add to the clean pen, a flawless cap.  No brassing, no dents.  No brassing or wear on the lever either. The pen has a nice writing, juicy flex nib. The thinnest line it lays down is about 0.5 mm, which is a fine, but with just a bit of pressure the line is closer to 0.6mm.  Fully flexed I get a line width of about 1.4mm.  The nib is nice and wet, and has no problem keeping up with the demand for ink of a flex nib.  The cap liner is secured, and the pen freshly restored. The color  of the pen and derby is navy blue.  Gorgeous pen!

Pen #3088     Sheaffer Jade Oversize Balance   SOLD
3088
Overall Grade:  extra fine
Metal: excellent
Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:   lever
 Point:  medium
Imprint:      
Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:   By 1932 the jade celluloid that Sheaffer used in their pens had undergone a change.  Brighter, less prone to discoloration,  and rarely that spinachy green color.  The color in this picture is fairly accurate.  It's a gorgeous pen.  No brassing on the trim, no dents, tooth marks.  The nib is a smooth medium.  Two issues, one is that the lever is from an earlier pen that had a pin through the barrel. The second is that the cap lip had a crack. Said cap lip has been replaced.  The color of the material used is a perfect match.  You will not see the repair,  A gorgeous pen, and if not for those two repairs, would be priced closer to $100 more.

Pen #3090  Ceder Blue Parker 51      $147
3090
Overall Grade: excellent
Metal: excellent
Material:  Lucite
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:  Vacumatic
 Point:  extra fine
Imprint:  extra fine
           1st Quarter 1948
Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:   Interesting pen....  The date code and cap tell a story. Parker was starting to update the Parker 51 - likely the most popular pen that Parker had ever made.  They with a new ink in the wings, they were updating the filling system to eliminate the rubber sac, moving to the "plyglass" i.e. PVC sac that wouldn't be damaged by the new ink.  They were also changing the design of the cap to eliminate the blue diamond, a holdover from the Vacumatic years, in favor of the feather clip.  The cap/clip change cap first, and it included a tab at the top of the cap that kept the clip from rotating, and was released about the time that this pen was made.  The change was gradual at first with both the blue diamond clips and feather clips  found on pens as they used up the old stock of parts.  This pen has been fully restored and tested.  The cap de-dinged and refrosted  A very nice pen with what I could call an extra fine nib, though perhaps on the wider side of that extra fine range.  

Pen #3091  Burgundy Aerometric Parker 51  SOLD
3091
Overall Grade: excelent
Metal: excellent
Material:  Lucite
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:  aerometric
 Point:  extra fine
Imprint
Size:  5.5"
COMMENTSLet's get this out of the way first.  The pen in burgundy, not plum, no matter what your monitor says.  My little camera takes nice clear pictures, but it's white balance isn't always the best with some colors no matter what I do.    But it is  a very nice burgundy Aerometric 51. No flaws, no digs or dents.   It has the later "press 4 times filler" and a shorter plastic breather tube.  The pen has been restored with a new PVC sac,  and the cap de-dinged and refrosted.    A very nice clean, nice writing  51.  Instant gratification too...  Buy one of our pens and you know you won't have to send it out to be repaired - just fill it and write!

Pen #3006   Demi  Parker 51  pen and pencil  $137
3004
Overall Grade: extra fine
Metal: excellent
Material:  Lucite
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  flaking on sac guard
Filler:  aerometric
 Point:  fine
Imprint:  extra fine
Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:    When Parker introduced the aerometric 51, they also came out with a new Demi version.  The original Vacumatic version was the same diameter as the standard 51, but shorter.  The new ones are thinner as well.   The pen and pencil strictly speaking are not a set - the pen has a 4th quarter 1948 date code, the pencil which is a shorter version to go with the demi pen has a 3rd quarter 1952 date code.  The pen has an early "press 6 times" sac guard which has some flaking to the plating on the sac guard. Excellent frosting on the pen and pencil.  Restored with a new PVC sac.

Pen #3082     Jade Sheaffer Ringtop    $97
3083
Overall Grade: extra fine
Metal: excellent
Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws: name in barrel
Filler:   lever
 Point: fine gold nib
Imprint:   extra fine
Size: 4.5"
COMMENTSThis is a Jr size (as in flat top era Jr, not the smaller Balance Jr) pen.  No precise date for this one - after 1926 when Sheaffer introduced celluloid pens.  The barrel still has the pin type lever, so earlier on,  The Lifetime nib is big for the pen.  You'll find the white dot on the barrel end.  The cap (which posts nicely) and barrel are original, and the change in color is not unusual.  To use the catalog line (I think it's silly)  "the pen is enhanced with a fine, gold nib."  No brassing on the lever or cap band, restored of course.  The only thing to complain about is that FRANCIS ZIGNER wanted you to know that it was HER pen, so the has her name on it.

Pen #3077   Esterbrooks     See description below
112823
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COMMENTS:  Esterbrook had one goal - make good writing, reliable fountain pens.  They made the pens out of thicker plastic than most others in their price range. the trim is stainless steel, so no chance of  plating wearing off.  They were made to be used, and to last.  Some of my favorite pens are Esterbrooks, including the copper transitional on the table next to me.  We accumulated quite a few Esterbrooks over the summer, and I've finally restored them and am listing them here.

All of the pens shown above,  except the dollar pen and the pastel pens, are Esterbrook J pens with buttons on both ends.  The pastel pens also have buttons on barrel and cap. All pens  are in extra fine condition, and have been cleaned, restored, polished, and have decent writing 2000 series nibs installed.  Some darkening to the plastic on the two pastel pens, most notably on the green one around the lever, which you can see in the picture.

Pricing:
 
All, including the pastel pens are $50 each, and are sold with the nib that is in the pen.  With NO nib, the pens are $45. 
The J pens and the Dollar pen have 2000 series nibs.  The pastel pens have 1500 nibs.   I do have 9000 series nibs available.  I can upgrade the nib for you with the nib of choice below.  Add $25 if I keep the 2000 series nib, $30 if you want both the 2000 nib and the 9000 nib.  I will install the upgrade and will align the nib with the lever before the pen ships.

>>Please give both the pen number and nib preferences when you order the  pen. The 9000 series nib are below the pen descriptions.

#1 - Foliage green  2668
#2 - Red (Dubonnet red)  Marked "Esterbrook, Broad" so a later nib  SOLD
#3 - Fern Green SOLD
#4 - Pearl Gray SOLD
#5 - Cobalt Blue SOLD
#6 - Foliage Green 2314M
#7 - Black 2668
#8 - Black SOLD
#9 - Cobalt Blue Dollar pen - small  2668
#10 - Pastel Green  1555
#11 - Pink 1555 Gregg nib. SOLD

9000 series nibs available.  Nibs are available on a first come-first serve basis, and will not be sold separately, but only with one of the pens in this listing.

9460 - 2  (carbon copies)
9461 - 1  (carbon copies, fine)
9550 - 2  (extra fine)
9555 - 1  (shorthand)
9556 - 2  (fine writing)


Pen #3014   Parker Challenger    $127
3014
Overall Grade: extra fine
Metal: excellent
Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws: see comments
Filler:   button
 Point: fine gold nib
Imprint:    worn but readable
Size:  5"
COMMENTS:   Made in the first quarter of 1940 the Challenger was a middle line of pens, sharing components with the Duofold Jr pens, but a better quality than the Parkettes.  This was in the middle of the production time line - so it's design predated the Royal Challenger, but the clip design is more like the Vacumatic with the jewel on top. The imprint is a bit worn, but readable.  There is some wear to the plating on the clip as is typical with the nickel trim pens, but no brassing.  The cap bands have been replated with nickel. The window in the section shows ink level, the breather tube that you see on the inside on these pens did absolutely nothing.  It just made you think that it took in a little more ink because it was there - but there wasn't a hole going from the middle of the feed up to the ink channel as there was on the Vacumatic pens.  Just marketing....   Restored, as are all of our pens! 

Pen #2849   Sheaffer  Gregg Shorthand pen      $117           
Gregg
Overall Grade: extra fine
Metal:  replated
Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent Flaws: 
Filler: lever
Point: fine 14K stamped GREGG
Imprint: none - see comments
Size:  5.0"
COMMENTSThis is an interesting little pen, and perhaps rare.  I've only handled one in over 30 years of collecting and repairing pens..  It's on the slender side, but not skinny.  When posted, the pen is nicely balanced.   Richard Binder has an interesting article on the Gregg shorthand pens if you're curious.  Sheaffer made the Addipoint with an interchangeable nib at a lower price point, but in the late 1930s they made this pen..  Binder describes it as "a “throwback” straight-line flat-topped model, with the straight silhouette of the cap providing a good frame for Gregg logo in the cap crown and with a humped flat-ball clip taken from Sheaffer’s then-current WASP sub-brand pens."  The 14K nib is a nice writing fine.  The trim has been replated with a base layer of nickel and top layer of gold.  Fully restored.

Pen #3042  Esterbrook   Dollar pen    $67
3042
Overall Grade:  extra fine
Metal: excellent
Material: plastic  (CAB?)
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  see comments
Filler:  lever
 Point: early 2442  fine stub
Imprint: excellent
Size:  4.7"
COMMENTS:    It's hard to find these pens, let alone in decent condition.  I grade this as extra fine.  A few small flea bites, but nothing signficant.  The nib is an early 2442  Esterbrook Falcon nib, flat feed, appropriate for this pen. Restored and tested.  This is the smaller of the two Dollar pen sizes, so more for someone with a amaller hand.

Pen #3008   Pygmy Balance    $147
3008
Overall Grade:  excellent
Metal: excellent
Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent
Flaws:  none
Filler:   lever
 Point: fine
Imprintexcellent      
Size:  4.1"
COMMENTS I don't know if that's what they're really called, but it works....    Robyn says that the pen is "really cute."  Can pens be cute?  My cat is cute, and plays fetch with paper balls, which is cute.  I've never seen a pen play fetch.  I rarely use the words rare, but if it isn't rare (VS cute) it at least it fall into the "rather uncommon" category.  If the proportions look like they're off, they are, though correct.  This is the same diameter as a slender Balance, but about 3/4" shorter than a Jr pen, The clip indicates an early pen - about 1929.  White dot, Lifetime nib, it's like the "Tuckaway"  or maybe "Sport" of the Balance line.  The cap posts nicely, so not too short for writing,   Clean trim, no brassing, no tooth marks.   Fully restored

Pen #2938   Sheaffer slender flat top    $137
2938
Overall Gradeextra fine
Metal: excellent
Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent
Flaws:  replated band
Filler:  lever
 Point:  fine
Imprint: extra fine
   
Size:  5.2"
COMMENTSThis is one of the "odds and ends" items.  I've had it in the shop for a while, restored, but have no idea where I got it. Longer than a Jr size Sheaffer, thinner than a Sr flat top, but about the same length.  Lifetime nib, white dot in the top of the cap.  Humped flat ball clip.  No cracks, no chips or tooth marks.  The clip was replated and then the cap band plated to match color. 




What's with this "fully restored" thing anyway? 
There are some sellers out there who will put a sac in a pen and call it "restored."   I'm not one of them.
I started repairing pens for myself back in the late 80s or so, and of course was restoring them
the way that I thought that they should be.... and the way that most people would want their pens
to be.  The work is done with attention to detail, nice looking, cleaned, nib smoothed,
polished and working.   That habit was ingrained in me,
and it's still the way I repair pens - for my self, to sell, or for clients.


Note that all pens are sold without ink, cartridges or converters
 unless otherwise noted.



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