RARE and UNUSUAL

(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).

(Updated 1st July, 2008)

(All items in full working order, unless otherwise stated)

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A rarely found Streamlined WAHL EVERSHARP
Doric Silver web plastic bulb-filling pen.
Dating from around 1938, this thin octagonal-sided pen was
very popular with those who took shorthand notes.

Complete with its original EVERSHARP flexible FINE nib

£220
($440)

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A real relic of the past !
A pen and pencil set, specially manufactured for readers of
THE DAILY HERALD
Probably manufactured by The WYVERN PEN COMPANY,
this set is is excellent condition, including the original box.
(Click on the image below for a slightly larger picture)

(Pen has its original flexible MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib)

£65
($130)

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That doyen of English pens - a FORD (STANDARD model)
First marketed in 1931, the FORD pen remains a marvel of engineering
skill, with its syringe style of filling - a FORD pen is usually full
after two or three strokes.
RARELY found for sale, this one is in very good condition

and ready to be used

and it has its original FINE flexible FORD 14 carat nib

£235
($470)

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Manufacturer unknown - probably English,
though we're not 100% sure
VERY desirable colour, and barrel is simply marked No.109.
(Click on the image below for a larger picture)

fitted with a new SMOOTHLINE Medium gold-plated nib

£44
($90)

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IF YOU LIKE REALLY LARGE PENS
THEN THIS COULD BE FOR YOU !
(It's the lower one - we've photographed it against a Parker Senior Duofold)

BIG deep Blue pen with lighter vertical stripes - c.1930.
Maker unknown, & we're not even sure if it is English or
American. It does have a replacement Conway Stewart lever.

Fitted with flexible MEDIUM 14 carat gold warranted nib

£75
($150)

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Another LARGE pen.
This is is a JEFFERSON pen, and we THINK it hails from the USA.

Can anyone out there help us with any further details ?
We'd be ever so grateful to learn about it - replies to Writetime2@aol.com please

Fitted with a FINE Eagle 14K gold nib

£55
($110)

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Boxed and VERY attractive
(our photo does not do it justice)

This Green and Silver marbled button-filling pen, of unknown make,
is in excellent condition, and would make a most attractive
and desirable Christmas gift.
It is fitted with a flexible MEDIUM/FINE Blackbird (gold) nib

Yours for £60 ($120)

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Is it UNUSUAL ?
Well, it is, to us, since this is the first such PENCIL
we have ever sold on this page !
Manufactured in the USA by CROSS, it's in
FULL working order and is in it's original box
SOLD

Yours for
£40
($80)

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A handsome and quite LARGE button-filler pen,
with an unusual marble patterning (late 1930's)
(maker unknown)

Fitted with a flexible SHEAFFERS No.5 Gold nib

£50
($100)

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Another quite large and attractive pen (maker unknown)
in a glistening Black and Gold marble pattern


We presume that this of USA manufacture,
and it is fitted with a flexible FINE 14K warranted nib

£ 55
($110)

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A RARE and LARGE
John Whytwarth SAFETY-PEN - c.1915.
with unusual wide cap-band.

Whytwarth pens were manufactured by the City Pen Company,
London, later to become the Whitworth-Valentine Pen Company.
This pen is in Black hard rubber with attractive "wavy line" chased design.
It has its original large 14ct gold "J. Whytwarth" nib
with a medium/broad point..

In 'Safety' pens, the nib is extended and retracted by twisting the section
at the base of the pen, and this mechanism is still operative.
The pen has NOT been restored to working order, and is sold here
either as a 'dip' pen, or a collector's item.

Length of pen (with cap on) : 128.5mm, diameter of barrel : 12.5mm.

£140
($250)

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