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Pen #3053    "red" hard rubber Waterman Liaison    $377
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: hard rubber
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   cartridge/converter                 included
Point: fine 18K	Imprint:    n/a	Size:  5.6"
COMMENTS:  Made in the early 90's, the Liaison had a rather short production run, and came in just 3 colors. Black plastic, red hard hard rubber, and brown hard rubber.  At  a bit over 5 1/2" it is a long pen, and the girth is a good size too.The pen does not have a dedicated section, but rather a long barrel and a short "section" in front of the trim ring.  You open the pen by turning the knob at the back end of the pen.  The nib unit is propelled forward, and then can be taken out of the barrel to refill the pen or replace the cartridge. Drop the nib unit into the barrel and turn the knob CCW to draw it back in.  Pressure tabs on either side of the pen hold the cap on.  The nib is marked fine, and leans a bit towards the XF side of fine.  Clean trim - some very fine scratches from use. I've had the pen for somewhere between 15 and 20 years.  The barrel has retained its color.  The picture is pretty accurate.  The front of the barrel is a bit darker.  The pen comes with the Waterman box (no outer sleeve), papers, instruction book, converter and a black ink cartridge.

Pen #3057  Parker Vacumatic Major     $177
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see description	Filler:    Vacumatic
Point:  fine	Imprint:   extra fine                1st Quarter 1946	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:   The Vacumatics were approaching the end of their run when this pen was made in 1946.  The big seller for Parker was the Parker 51, but these were made for a few more years.  The trim on the silver pearl pens  usually takes on a bit of a frosted look over time, and this one has.  No evidence of brassing though.  The nib is a smooth fine. Clear rod on the pump, but not water clear.  The pen has of course been restored.

Pen #3014   Parker Challenger    $127
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 #3069  First year Sheaffer Valiant snorkal  $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  snorkel
Point: extra fine gold	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer started with the Touchdown pens in 1950, and they sold very well.  But after two years of production the model was discontinued, but many of the design elements were carried over with the new Snorkel pens.   The snorkel filling system featured a tube that extended out the underside of the feed and beyond the tip of the nib to fill the pen.  No dipping the nib in the ink with the fuss and bother of having to wipe it clean before you could use the pen.  Simply turn the knob at the back end to retract the tube and the pen was ready to write.The first year pens had had a couple of design distinctions.  One is the design of the ring for the spring on the sac guard - machined instead of stamped, a design that we think was better but no doubt more expensive to make, and a 14K gold snorkel tube.  This pen is a first year pen.  Excellent imprint, no brassing on the trim, tight clip, and a nice smooth extra fine 14K nib. Fully restored.

Pen #2849   Sheaffer  Gregg Shorthand pen      $117
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"
COMMENTS:  This 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 #3068  Sheaffer Milady  Gregg pen    $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  Lever
Point: two tone XF  #5 Feather Touch	Imprint: crisp	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  Thanks again to Richard Binder's excellent website, and a two line refernce to this pen to putting me on the track of the right identification.  The Milady is a short, slender non-lifetime Balance pen with a #5 Feather touch nib.  What makes this pen unique is the Gregg endorsed logo in the barrel below the lever.  You can see it in the picture above.  Sheaffer made these in the 30s for taking shorthand. The standard called for a firm, extra fine nib so that the open spaces between letters wouldn't close, obscuring meaning.  This is a clean little pen.  No brassing, racks or tooth marks.  Some transparency to the section.  There is a mark on the barrel where the cap edge rubbed, and a posting mark on the barrel.  I don't want to risk losing the imprint in the barrel, so I did not try to remove them.  Nice little pen, perfect if you like a precise, clean line when writing.

Pen #3048      Green Esterbrook Dollar pen set    $137
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)*
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:  9550	Imprint:       crisp and deep	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:   Dollar pens in general tend to be less common than say an J or JS.  A set, even more so.   The clip is the last version of the two hole clips - smaller size top hole with the ridge extending over to the top.  A very clean set, with a crisp, deep imprint on the barrel.  The nib is a 9550, firm XF nib.  Nice writing, and tempting me to keep it for use in one of my own pens.  The pencil is clean and working.  It uses 0.036" lead = fine leads, more or less equal to the 0.9mm leads of today.  I've stuck an eraser in the end of the mechanism, more or less as a plug to keep the leads in place.  IF  you can find them, the Parker Insignia erasers generally fit.  As always, restored, tested and ready to write. * Decidedly not celluloid.  Tougher, and it doesn't burst into flame easily.  We think it's Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, more towards the butyrate side.  The plastic more moisture resistant, and is fairly impact resistant.  More restored Esterbrooks can be found farther down the page!

Pen #3056    Esterbrook desk set     $97
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: CAB
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point:  9556 "fine writing"	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  pen - 7" tip to tail          base 5" in diameter
COMMENTS:    The most common Esterbrook desk set is the proverbial Eight Ball.  These are by contrast are hard to find, and harder to find with the matching pen. Rare?  Perhaps, but certainly uncommon - and cool.  It makes me think of the '55 Buick Special that we had in baby blue.  The flaws are small, but present.  The abrasion to the finish on the base can be seen in the picture.  There is a very small, solvent welded crack below the band on the barrel.  NO cracks on the section, but there are some scratches/marks on the edge of the section.  The pen has a very nice writing 9556 nib installed.  Restored of course.

Pen #3062   Eversharp Skyline    SOLD
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: fine	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:  The Skyline was introduced in 1940, the design by Henry Dreyfuss.  They were a popular pen, with production continuing after WWII.  This pen is jet black with a black derby.  The cap is the green and black striped plastic.  The nib has some nice bounce to it - not enough to be called a flex nib, but neither is it a firm nib.  A clean, restored pen. No tooth marks or cracks, no brassing on the trim, and no posting mark on the lever.  There is a bit of damage to the area around the vent holes on the cap.  Restored of course.

Pen #3070   Eversharp Skyline wet semi flex medium    $157
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: wet, semi-flex medium	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:  The Skyline was introduced in 1940, the design by Henry Dreyfuss.  They were a popular pen, with production continuing after WWII.  There were varying degrees of bling- from gold, to striped caps, to a simple pen like this one in jet black with a black cap and derby.  Truth be told, I like this better than the fancier ones.  The cap is clean, no cracks or brassing.  There is the typical posting mark on the lever, a couple of flea bites on the tail and cap.  The nib is a very smooth, wet writing medium semi-flex nib  Restored of course.

Pen #3011   Jr Size Sheaffer Balance   $117
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: extra fine  3-25	Imprint:    excellent	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:   We had a longer version of this pen earlier this year.  One of the rarer colors from the Sheaffer line back in the 30's.  The cap is correct with red lines through the plastic.  The setting of the pen just shows the part where the red lines don't run through the gray marble, but it matches the barrel.  The nib for this non -Lifetime version is the correct 3-25 (#3 size, 25 year warranty) gold nib. Excellent imprint, clean lever and cap band.  There is some minor wear to the clip.  Restored

Pen #3066   Sheaffer Valiant TM Touchdown set    $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  Touchdown
Point: extra fine two tone gold	Imprint:   extra fine	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:   I will admit that I like the Touchdown pens better than the snorkel. The Thin Model (TM) Touchdown preceded the snorkel by two years, and they share many design elements, but without all of the internal parts, the design is simpler and with a larger sac holds more ink.  This set is in Persian blue.  The trim is clean, no cracks or tooth marks in the plastic.  Note the very clear window in the section - about as clear as it gets.  The mask on the nib is perfect.  The pencil is working, and  uses fine leads, i.e. 0.036", which is roughly 0.9mm.  The imprints are rarely super deep on these pens, but both are in good condition. The knurling on the blind cap is excellent. The only flaw is a bit of a lift on either side of the clip.  Restored

Pen #3061  Sheaffer Clipper Snorkel set    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  snorkel
Point: extra fine palladium silver	Imprint:    worn but readable	Size:  55"
COMMENTS:  This is a very clean Clipper set - metal cap with the gold filled cap band, palladium silver nib with a matching pencil.  The nib a smooth writing palladium silver nib.  No dents in the cap of either the pen or pencil.  Clean trim with no brassing.  The pencil works, and uses 0.-36" "thin" leads, which is pretty close to 0.9mm  Restored and tested, as are all of the pens that we sell on the website.

Pen #3050   Sheaffer pens   price in the comments

COMMENTS:   Three pens that I don't want tp to have buried on the Alley...    * Triumph Imperial pen  either 2441 or 2142 depending on color  -  The pens are excellent condition, cleaned, tested, and a light polish.  The frosting on the caps is excellent.  The nibs measured line width, with the pen filled and on my standard testing paper measures between 0.4 and 0.5mm, so fine, maybe extra fine.Nice writing nibs on both pens.  NO converter. Both the Sheaffer squeeze and piston converters fit.  We will send along a cartridge so that you can use the pen.   Price per pen - $35         Please tell us which color you want when you order BLUE pen sold. RED pen sold * NOS Sheaffer Javelin - The pen comes in the box, with papers and two cartridges.   The pen has not been filled and written with.  The medium nib has been dry  tested for smoothness on paper.  If you want us to fill the pen and ink test, please let us know  when you order the pen.   This would be a good candidate for a grind to a cursive Italic nib.           PEN - $47         Grind to cursive Italic - $40

Pen #3009      Copper SJ Esterbrook    $67
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:  9461  fine - "carbon copies"  **	Imprint:       crisp	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:   The SJ is the thinner and slightly shorter version of the Esterbrook pens.  Made from the 40s into the 60s (I bought my first one in 1972 or so) they're a well made, durable pen.  The trim is stainless steel, not plated brass so no plating to wear. While Wahl Eversharp started the interchangeable nib thing, Esterbrook kept it going, offering a wider range of nibs from the economical 1000 series nibs to the 9000 series "Durachrome" nib.  The pen is in excellent condition, no flaws, crisp imprint and great color.  **Nib shown is a 2000 series nib.  Since the original listing this has been upgraded to a 9461 nib, which happens to be my favorite Esterbrook nib.

Pen #3047     Copper Esterbrook Dollar pen    $117 2788 "Shaded Writing" nib
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)*
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:  2788	Imprint:       crisp	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:   The later Esterbrooks i.e. the J series and SJ are quite common.  The earlier Dollar pens, not so much.  This is one of the earlier pens.  I think that this is the CAB material, not celluloid.  An earlier version with the larger hole on top, with the ridge stopping at the hole instead of going over the edge to the top.  I generally don't sell pens with the 2000 series nibs, but this is an exception - its a 2788 and quite uncommon.   The printed nib charts that I have show a 9788 marked "shaded writing" but not a 2788.  Brian Anderson's nib lists shows a 2788 described as "flexible medium" nib.  The nib is very clean and nice writing.  There are slits from the shoulder on either side to aid in flex.  Not wet noodle like some of the 9128 nibs, but a medium flex.  * Decidedly not celluloid.  Tougher, and it doesn't burst into flame easily.  We think it's Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, more towards the butyrate side.  The that makes the plastic more moisture resistant, and is fairly impact resistant.

Pen #3035      Esterbrook Transitional J  9461 nib  $87
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:   9461	Imprint:       crisp	Size:  4.9"
COMMENTS:  I'll say it up front....  Nice pen.  This the initial model of the transitional Esterbrook J with the ribbed top that screws into the cap.  Nice color, and clean as can be.  No cracks, no dents, a nice crisp imprint, and a 9461 nib - one of the later nibs, but a nice writer.  I've been carrying this one, but I can't keep every pen that catches my fancy...

Pen #3042  Esterbrook  H  Dollar pen    $67
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:  54.7"
COMMENTS:  This is the smaller of the two Dollar pen sizes.  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.

Pen #3008   Pygmy Balance    $147
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point: fine	Imprint:  excellent	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 #3021 Aerometric demi 51   $127
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:   Lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:     Aerometric
Point:  fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.1"
COMMENT:  As has been noted elsewhere, the change over to aerometric 51s not only included a change of filling system, but also size, both length and diameter, to create the Demi 51.  People with smaller hands seem to like the size of the pen a bit better than the standard 51.  This one is in excellent condition.  Restored with a new PVC sac, and the Lustraloy cap refrosted to replicate the etched frosting of the original finish.  Original jewel too.

Pen #3005  Mint Stickered Parker 21 set      $77
mintOverall Grade:  mint	Metal: excellent	Material:plastic
Nib condition: mint	Flaws:  none	Filler:  aerometric
Point: extra fine	Imprint:	Size: base is 4 1/4"  X  3 1/4"
COMMENTS:   Mint, stickered Parker 21 set.  I've water tested the pen, and there was no sign of ink in the water.  The sticker is a little loose as you can see in the picture.  The box is in excellent condition - no tape holding things together.  All of the internal cardboard is there, along with the cellophane wrapper, cardboard tube to protect the nib, and the original sales slip which you can see here....  It evidently was a last minute Christmas gift as the hand written receipt is dated 12/23 - no year though.   If you want me to fill the pen and test the pen before we send it out, please let me know when you write to place the order.

Pen #2877   Kohinoor Rapidograph   $37
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: see comments
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  piston
Point:  fine	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:  The Rapidograph is an imported export.  The stylographic pens first appeared in the US in pens like the Inkograph, and were taken back to Germany in the inter war period, where they were popular because the tube was cheaper to make than a nib.  With a weighted wire running down the middle, technical drawing inks could be used because the wire moving up and down while you wrote kept it from clogging.  They came back to this country after the war as a technical drawing pen with the tubular nibs made in a range of diameters, which gave specific line widths without messing with a dip style drawing pen.  The nib on this one is marked 2 1/2.  Line width is on the wider side for these pens.  The barrel is hard rubber, the cap is plastic, which is common for these pens.  A little wear to the plating on the clip and the stamping on the red band is a bit worn, but otherwise the pen is in very nice condition.

Pen #3006   Demi  Parker 51  pen and pencil  $137
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 #3007  Aerometric demi 51   $127
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:   Lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:     Aerometric
Point:  xf	Imprint:	Size:  5.1"
COMMENT:  An aerometric Parker 51 in gray.  Extra fine nib, fully restored.  Later production so no date code and a hoop end sac guard/filler.  Nice frosting on the cap over all with a few scuff marks in the frosting on one side (you can sort of see it in the picture above).

Pen #2938   Sheaffer slender flat top    $137
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  replated band	Filler:  lever
Point:  fine	Imprint: extra fine	Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:  This 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.

Pen #2962   Stainless Sheaffer slender Fashion pen   $47
Overall Grade:  mint	Metal: excellent	Material: stainless
Nib condition: mint	Flaws:  none	Filler:   cartridge/converter              converter included
Point:  medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:  I remember seeing these in a store in the mid 80s.  Nice pens, more than a student grade pen.  Stainless nib, brushed stainless cap band barrel.  The nib units are marked medium.  Like the slim Targa, these take the slim converters and cartridges, which Sheaffer discontinued decades ago.  We're including a Monteverde syringe style mini converter which Sheaffer was selling as a replacement for the slim converter.  Though they work, we recommend looking into the Kaweco syringe style mini converter used in the Kaweco sport. We think that with the metal band around the nipple they'll be more reliable in the long run.  You may be able to use a standard International cartridge in the pen....   Warranty on the pens, not the converter. TWO PENS AVAILABLE

Pen #3065    Cross Aventura      $27
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal:  replated	Material:  plastic
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler: cartridge/converter            a couple Cross cartridges            will be included.
Point:  medium stainless	Imprint:	Size:  5.8"
COMMENTS:  I picked this up at an antique show along with a bunch of other pens.  Recent production, the barrel plastic, with chrome trim.  The nib is a smooth writing Stainless nib.  The pen takes a basic Cross converter or cartridges.  We'll throw in a couple of old stock cartridges so that you can use the pen.  You might have to add some distilled water, but you can refill the cartridges with the ink of your choice using a syringe.

Pen #2936  Sheaffer Connaisseur ballpoint     $57
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition:  nib?  What nib?	Flaws:  none	Filler:   ballpoint
Point:   ballpoint	Imprint:	Size:  5.4
COMMENTS:  A good size ballpoint - twist action.  The refill is one of the Monteverde ballpoint refills made to fit Sheaffer pens.  It works, and is I think a bit better than Sheaffer's were.

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