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Noodler's 'Boston Brahmin Blue
2006' Limited Edition Ink
Reprising the special ink sold at the New England Pen Show in 2005, Noodler's
formulated a new Limited Edition Boston Brahmin Blue for the 2006 show, April
22-23. The '06 Boston Brahmin Blue is an all-new color, but just like its
predecessor it was specially designed for extra feathering-resistance. It's a
bright, clear blue, perfect for everyday writing, yet distinctive. Each
one-ounce bottle carries artist Pier Gustafson's special label: the Noodler's
catfish goes in one end of the newly depressed Central Artery and emerges from
the other, with the harbor-front skyline in between. The ink was sold
at the show, and a few of the limited number of bottles remained, so you now
have a chance to obtain one, and try it out for yourself.
Item 6023
$9
(one ounce bottle) plus $4.05 shipping (USPS priority, to USA
addresses)
    
Rare 1920s Moore with Enameled Decoration and Jade
Cabochon
Moore ringtop lever filler in smooth hard rubber with fascinating and very rare decoration. The elaborate trim appears to be marked '14KT'. Just under four inches.
Medium, flexible 'Maniflex'-style nib. Excellent condition but with some fading to the hard
rubber . These
enameled Moores are very hard to find, and they command a strong premium among
those who know what they are; the stone on top is something I've never seen
before in my many years of Moore collecting. The pen is unrestored and will need
a new sac installed in order to fill.
Item 5024 $235
plus $8.20 shipping and insurance (in USA)
      
Parker Duofold Senior 'Big Red' Pen and Pencil Set circa 1926
Owned by R.H. Woods, the 1920s Miami Beach Chief of Police
R.H. Woods must have had his hands full. As head of the city of Miami Beach's small fledgling police force, he had the whole jazz age to
contend with: the Florida land boom was in full swing, bringing hordes of investors and suckers, and the flappers and gangsters of New York
had discovered the city, where one could have plenty of fun and plenty of sun, and unlike the more established Palm Beach to the north,
pedigree didn't matter. Behemoth hotels---the predecessors of the art deco jewels and
midcentury-modern monuments that we're more familiar with
today---began to cover the beachfront. The Roman Pools and Casino went up in 1920, at 22nd Street and Collins Avenue, and was followed within
a few years by the Flamingo, the Nautilus, and the Rooney Plaza. Industrialists were flocking there, too. Harvey Firestone, J.C. Penney,
Harvey Stutz, Albert Champion and Frank Seiberling all built mansions, turning a three-mile stretch of Collins Avenue into "Millionaire's Row."

History records Woods presiding at the 1928 funeral of the first Miami Beach police officer to be killed in the line of duty. On March 19,
three ne'er-do-wells drank a quart of gin and broke into the Ft. Lauderdale Hupmobile dealership. They stole a brand new coupe, drove it
through the plate glass display window and out into the streets, beginning a joyride through the city.
The ensuing car chase led to Miami Beach, and Officer David C. Bearden, 24, managed, before being fatally hit himself, to kill one
of the thieves and injure another. The city council passed a resolution praising his supreme sacrifice, and Chief Woods issued an order
requiring all officers to attend target practice twice weekly, pointing out that the ill-starred Bearden had himself recently undergone
the training. "Had it not been that, by such practice, he was enabled to improve his shooting, his assailants might have escaped."
The 1930 census places the police chief at 42 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach where, though listed as married, he seems to have lived
with one 24-year-old police officer and with the clerk of the municipal court.
R.H. Woods' 1920s pen and pencil set, offered here, is everything you'd want in an early Permanite Big Red. Raised cap band, monumental
beaded thimbletop on pencil, early spear feed, huge Duofold nib with correct period markings.
The feed even has the original 'Lucky Curve' at the back. You don't see that
much after the hard rubber models. The nib is one of the best I've seen:
it's a good solid medium point in width, but is squared off at the
tip, giving your writing a slight italic quality. The difference is as much in the feel as in the writing: you'll feel a little tooth just
where it helps. The set's in textbook excellent condition, I'd say, with clear imprints, very minor trim wear, minor dings in pencil crown
(much better than most). The color match of the Permanite cap and barrels is perfect, and the matching engraving in the barrels
("R.H. Woods, Chief Police, Miami Beach, Fla.") shows that
these two instruments indeed started out life together. The pen is restored and working with a new sac installed, and the pencil works too.
Item 6109 $515
plus $12.55 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
      
Oversized Sheaffer Balance Pen and Pencil Set c1939, Near Mint in Original Box
UNUSUAL "SHEAFFER STATESMAN LIFETIME" TAG
The iconic oversized Sheaffer Lifetime Balance pen, in black radite with gold filled trim. This is the final, nearly
symmetrical, torpedo shape for the traditional Sheaffer Balance pen---a big fat pen for a big, fat important person.
One of the nicest examples of this pen I've seen, and with one of the nicest original boxes, which includes a Sheaffer
Statesman label as well as the label of the local Lasalle, Illinois, shop where it was first sold all those many years ago.
This set notably includes the pencil, long and pointy, and with satisfying heft and weight. The pencil is much harder to
find than the pen. A late-ish production, the pencil takes modern 0.9mm lead, like a Parker 51 pencil. Both are near
mint, with no visible trim wear. The pen's barrel imprint is a bit weak. The pen has a perfect two-tone Sheaffer Lifetime
nib with slightly upturned point, fine and firm. Again, all of the iconic elements: Lifetime white dot, two-tone Lifetime
nib. It's restored and working, with a new sac installed. The pencil has its original unused eraser, with some corrosion
around the holder. The pencil works. The box is excellent, with beautifully glossy, near perfect grosgrain on the inside
bottom surface, and similarly pristine satin lining the lid. A real time capsule.
Item 7059 $235 plus $10.35 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
   
Sheaffer Oversize Balance Pencil, Brown Stripe c1937
In the world of vintage writing instruments, the matching pencils are sometimes harder to find than the pens, and that's
particularly true of the oversize Sheaffer Balances. If you've got a brown striped pen and also like using the pencil, here it is.
The Sheaffer pencils are especially pleasant to use: they're long and perfectly balanced---they live up to
their name in that regard---
and have just the right weightiness. Near mint, no personal engraving, working well. The original eraser is hardened but appears
never to have been used. This is the 500 model, the largest made at the time, 5 9/16 inches long.
It takes leads that were known as 'thin' at the time, 0.9mm, which are obtainable from your local big-box
office supply store, or I can supply vintage packages for $5.
Item 6105 $115
plus $8.35 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
     
 
Waterman 16, 1910s, Black Chased Hard Rubber with High-Relief Repoussé Bands, Near Mint
EXTRA-FLEXIBLE, SLIGHTLY ITALIC NIB
One of Waterman's largest production pens of the eyedropper era, with the extra features of the two
gold filled bands. Amazing near mint condition with jet black hard rubber, crisp imprints and chasing, original
red color still in model number at the bottom of the barrel. The large Waterman No. 6 nib is very flexible, and
has a squared-off end that gives its writing an italic quality. It's lots of fun to use. A pristine pen
for the collector and a charming nib for use. The section unscrews as it should for filling. Length is about
5 7/16 inches.
Item 8002 $315 plus $11.25 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
      
Waterman 55 Ripple, Thimbletop Gold-Filled Trim
The 55 was the basis for the Number Seven Ripple pens, but before that, Waterman did some cool things to jazz them up.
This is one of them. By adding a gold filled top to the crown, the pen gets a little extra dignity, and the contrast
between the flashing gold of the trim and the dramatic marbelized pattern of the rippled hard rubber was especially
nice. The rippled hard rubber is perfectly book-matched throughout: even the
barrel threading seems to disappear beneath the waves of red and black moving
from the barrel through to the section. Note the correct woodgrain feed. This oversized pen---it's over 5˝ inches long---is one of the prettiest you'll find.
Canadian model, very good condition. The surface of the
hard rubber is near mint, with near perfect color and high contrast between red and black. The gold filled trim
shows some wear, including a spot at the front of the thimble top and around the top edge. There's a small flattened spot
on the back edge. The large No. 5 nib is fine to medium and pretty firm, with just enough flexibility to give you some
springiness. Restored and working with a new sac installed. Length is about 5 9/16 inches.
Item 8001 $315 plus $11.25 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
As-Found Estate
Specials
The following pens
are part of the lifetime accumulation of a New Hampshire doctor, which I'm
selling for his heirs. They are in many cases straight out of
years of storage from the farmhouses or country auctions where they were discovered. These
pens are sold 'as is', with no repairs or modifications by me. In some cases they'll be
working, but most will need refurbishment in order to fill.
Harewood House, Yorkshire, estate of the Earl of Harewood. Not for sale.
  
AS-FOUND ESTATE SPECIAL
Rare Oversized Carter Flattop, with Cap Lip Issue
Carter 1920s flattop pen, model 9117, in beautiful jade green celluloid. Correct huge #7-size Carter nib, fine and fairly firm. The jade color is excellent,
with only minor browning. Excellent imprint on barrel as well as on the bottom end of the pen. There is some wear to the cap bands as well as to the clip, and a
scratched area at the top of the cap.
The cap lip has been trimmed down asymmetrically, as you can see. As found,
unrestored; will need a new sac installed in order to fill.
Length is 5 9/16 inches.
Item 6061 $275
plus $9.40 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
   
AS-FOUND ESTATE SPECIAL
Parker Duofold Junior Streamlined c1932, Burgundy and Black
Very good condition but with some wear as you can see on the clip. Beautiful, perfect color, good imprint. Nib is fine and firm. Looks
like it has a crease or crack coming up from the back, probably won't affect function. A good example of this very attractive pen.
Will need new sac installed in order to fill. Length is 4 3/16 inches.
Item 6056 $150
plus $8.35 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
  
AS-FOUND ESTATE SPECIAL
Parker 75 in Sterling Cisele---Early Flattop Version, Excellent
No dents or dings, very attractive. Fine point. There's a converter in the barrel but it's clogged with dried ink and will need to be cleaned out.
Item 6059 $150
plus $8.35 shipping and insurance (to USA addresses)
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