Parker Row A: Duofolds and Early Vacumatics

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No.Description
1 Duofold Senior in lapis bluei, c. 1928. Excellent condition throughout. Strong vibrant contrasting colors, strong complete imprint on barrel, clean trim showing little wear (small bit of brassing on ball of pocket clip), clean coin edge to cap top (no bit marks, chips, etc). Duofold nib appears to me to be Fine leaning towards Medium. One of the best I’ve seen in a long time……………………………………………………………..$950
2 Duofold De Luxe Streamline Senior in Moderne pearl and black , c. 1930. Button filler. Excellent condition throughout. Difficult to find with such good color. Slight to moderate (at best) discoloration of the barrel. Excellent trim, threads, and barrel imprints. Slight surface scratches on casing indicating light use. Tiny bit of brassing on ball of pocket clip. Big Duofold DeLuxe nib looks to be Extra Fine……..$475
3 Vacumatic Jr. in marbled green, c. 1935, lock-down filler. Excellent barrel clarity with slight ambering, much better than average. Slight surface scratches indicate light use. No brassing that I see. Date code is 35 (third quarter 1935). Nib is Medium leaning towards Broad with a slight amount of flex. Strong imprints. Good threads to cap and barrel, etc. …………………………………………………………..$275
4 Duofold De Luxe Streamline Jr. in sea foam green and pearl with black veining, c. 1932. Button filler. Strong imprints, good threads cap and barrel, wide center cap has a significant amount of brassing. Some brassing to the pocket clip as well. Light surfaces scratches to body of pen. Duofold DeLuxe nib looks to be Fine. ……………………………..$175
5 Vacumatic Standard in silver pearl celluloid, c. 1935. Lockdown filler. Pen has both strong and weak points: threads are good and function properly, but have some wear. Most of the imprint is present, but weak. Barrel is moderately ambered but retains some transparency. Matching striped end jewels and grip section. Tassie and cap bands are not brassed but pocket clip has a moderate amount of brassing. Excellent two-tone Fine arrow nib. Clean pen polished to a high luster which may have caused wear to imprints on the barrel. …………………$145
6 Vacumatic Standard in silver pearl celluloid, c. 1936. Lockdown filler. Moderate ambering to barrel. Good threads to cap and barrel. Complete imprint with 46 date code (fourth quarter 1936). Two-tone arrow nib is Fine and retains most of its white plating. Proper striped end jewels and matching striped section. Brassing to back of top ring of pocket clip……………………………..$175
7 Vacumatic Jr. in silver pearl celluloid, c. 1940. Has a Speedline filler unit. Good barrel clarity with moderate ambering, light scratches to barrel (mostly polished out) indicating use. 0 date code indicates first quarter of 1940. …………………. $145
8 Vacumatic Senior in golden pearl celluloid, c. 1936. Lockdown filler. Good barrel clarity with moderate ambering. Fully legible imprints and good threads, matching end jewels and striped section, 36 date code indicates third quarter 1936, monotone arrow Fine nib…………$185
9 Vacumatic Senior in golden pearl celluloid, c. 1937. Lockdown filler. Slight to moderate barrel ambering. Clarity is better than average on this one. Complete legible imprint on barrel. Striped cap and barrels jewel, striped matching section. 47 date code indicates fourth quarter 1937. Good cap and barrel threads. Slight brassing to high points on pocket clip and trim. Two-tone arrow nib retains its plating and writes with a Fine line. …….$265
10 Vacumatic Senior in golden pearl celluloid, c. 1936. Lockdown filler. Opaque barrel looks to be the same material as the cap. Trim is very good. Slight brassing to high points on cap band and barrel-end tassie. Good, threads, fully legible imprint. 46 date code indicates fourth quarter 1936. Monotone arrow Medium nib with lots of tipping material…….$245 ON HOLD
11 Vacumatic Senior in emerald green pearl celluloid, c. 1937. Lockdown filler. Slight to moderate barrel ambering. Clarity is better than average. Imprint looks to have been obliterated at some point when the pen was polished. Trim is very good with slight brassing on highpoints. Matching striped green cap and barrel jewels. Black section. Monotone arrow nib is Very Fine to Fine. …………….. $265
12 Vacumatic Senior in emerald green pearl celluloid, c. 1938. Lockdown filler. Barrel is not transparent, another pen where the barrel material is the same as the cap. Trim and pocket clip are clean slight brassing at the high point of the pocket clip. Cap and barrel threads are very good. Matching green striped cap and barrel jewels and section. Strong imprints. Two-tone arrow nib has some wear to the plating but plating still covers the surface of the nib. Writes with a Medium line…..$275 ON HOLD