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PARKER
(Updated 19th July, 2010)

(Condition Scale of pens advertised below:
F = Fair.   G = Good.   VG = Very Good.    EX = Excellent).

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Our ref.
Model
Colour
Year
Condition
Price

 

JGPA 52

 


 Oh so RARE, and a real piece of Parker history
LUCKY CURVE SENIOR (PRE -Duofold) (USA) A first-year Jade pen, as manufactured to compete with the Sheaffer Oversize pen of the same colour (see page 66 of David Shepherd's DUOFOLD book)
(click on the images below for larger pictures)
jgpa52
with original LUCKY CURVE FINE nib
jgpa52(i)

Jade Permanite - the cloned Sheaffer shade

(no sac fitted - to help preserve original colour. Silicone sac could be fitted, if requested)

 c.1928 EX £475
($810)

PAR 388

 

 

 

 

 A RARE find, and one for the Parker collector.
An early Duofold DESK-SET, complete with original Black glass base and the original style of Parker desk pen holder, marked PARKER USA, Patent applied for
Par 388
(click on the images for larger pictures)
Complete with DUOFOLD JUNIOR Lucky Curve pen, with the 1923-26 LARGE barrel imprint. (pen may, or may not, be the original, but is certainly of the period).
Par388(i)		 Black glass stand, with bevelled edges, V-shaped groove, and indent for paper-clips etc. c.1925

EX, and amazing to find in this condition !

Two very tiny chips - one on the leading edge of the stand (see large photo) and the other inside the V groove.

£175 plus postage at cost - probably around £10

$295 plus postage at cost - probably around $15

NOTE: We can only mail this item to the UK or Europe
PAR 433 LUCKY CURVE Junior Duofold (USA)
with original FINE USA Duofold nib
sold		 Red Permanite c.1927 EX £80
($135)

 

JGPA 51

 

Most desirable to any PARKER collector !
LUCKY CURVE SENIOR Duofold (USA)

with original FINE Duofold nib

sold

Mandarin Yellow

(no sac fitted - to help preserve original colour. Silicone sac could be fitted, if requested)

 c.1928 Colour EX throughout. One or two tiny marks on barrel & cap
(probably could be taken out)		 £795
($1,350)

 

PAR 431


 LUCKY CURVE Junior Duofold (Canadian)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par431
with original Canadian FINE Duofold nib 		Lapis Lazuli c.1928 VG - some typical discoloration in barrel. Some barrel lettering still picked with original Gold filling £85
($140)
PAR 373
 Junior Duofold
(click on the image below for a larger picture)

with original FINE/MEDIUM Duofold nib 		Jade c.1929 VG- some typical discoloration, but only on the barrel £72
($140)

 

 

PAR 418

 

 

 Boxed SENIOR (USA manufacture) Streamline Duofold

with original FINE Duofold nib

sold		 Jade c.1931 EX, with gold- filled lettering still visible on the barrel.
Very small colour difference between barrel and cap		 £190
($325)
PAR 310

SENIOR (Canadian) Streamline Duofold with (? later) large arrow nib

Parker
Niib has a FINE smooth point

Burgundy/Black marble c.1931 EX - previous owner's name engraved on barrel, but hardly visible amongst the marble patterning £110
($220)

 

PAR 341

 

 BOXED SENIOR Streamline DUOFOLD pen and pencil set (Canadian manufacture)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par341
Pen has its original MEDIUM/FINE nib & feed		 Burgundy/Black marble c.1932 EX £225
($385)

 

PAR 417

 

 BOXED JUNIOR Streamline DUOFOLD pen and pencil set (USA manufacture)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par417
Pen has its original MEDIUM nib & feed		 Burgundy/Black marble c.1932 EX - previous owner's name engraved on pen, but not very visible £125
($210)

 

PAR 437

 

An attractive and slender MODERNE
with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib

sold

 Bronze and Blue marble c.1932 EX £75
($125)

BTPA 72

 

 Boxed LADY DUOFOLD pen and pencil
(Canadian manufacture)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
btpa72
Pen has its original FINE nib & feed
 Lapis Lazuli c.1932 EX - noting a small hint of wear to inscription on barrel of pen, and ink-stains in interior of box (see large photo) £245
($390)

BTPA 68

 

 

 

 You may have seen a vest-pocket set before, but have you ever seen one in it's original Parker box - another RARE find !
(click on the images below for larger pictures)
btpa68
Pen has its original MEDIUM nib & feed
btpa68(i)
 Jade, with discoloration on the barrel c.1932 VG - (pencil is virtually MINT)

£275
($440)

 

 

PAR 419

 

 

A real riddle ! This is certainly a DUOFOLD - the barrel is marked, but with nothing else other than Geo S. Parker, Might it be a Danish version that escaped the usual markings ?
with ?original FINE USA Duofold nib

sold

 Red Permanite fitted with unmarked (and slightly ill-fitting) clip, which is probably original c.1933 EX £90
($150)

 

G 51


FROM OUR OWN COLLECTION - and in a superb Art-Deco style Parker light fawn leatherette box.
A MOST RARE and MINT Thrift-Time de Luxe
pen and pencil set, with the unusual stepped cap tops and barrel end all in the same material as the pen.
(click on the image below for a larger picture)

Pen has MEDIUM nib, with some flexibility

Green/Black marble

This model is very rare, and is only the second such style of pen and pencil that we have seen

 c.1933

MINT - though the box has a few small marks on the interior - see photo.

 £345
($550)

 

SBPA 67

 

 VACUMATIC - 1st generation SLENDER model (with lock-down filling system)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
sbpa67
with original two-tone MEDIUM nib 		Green Pearl

1936 -
3rd
Quarter

 EX - noting replaced clip button (now Black instead of Green Pearl) £58
($100)

 

PAR 209

 

 BOXED DE LUXE CHALLENGER pen and pencil set (USA manufacture)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par209
Pen has its original FINE/MEDIUM nib		 Silver Pearl & Black marble c.1937 EX £125
($210)

 

PAR 422

 

 Attractive PARKETTE ZEPHYR
with original PARKETTE FINE nib

sold		 Silver (Grey) marble c.1937 EX £55
($90)
BTPA 52
MAXIMA Vacumatic
with original two-tone MEDIUM/FINE nib
sold		 Silver Pearl, with matching end studs. c.1938 EX £195
($310)

BTPA 74

 

 Handsome & boxed OVERSIZE VACUMATIC (lock-down filler), complete with original Guarantee and filling instructions
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
btpa74
with original two-tone FINE nib

 Emerald Pearl
(not our best photograph !) -
lovely colour - much better than shown here		 1938
(2nd Quarter)		 EX £285
($485)
JGPA 53 RARE ENGLISH Senior Duofold
with original MEDIUM semi-flexible N nib
sold		 Lined Cream, Silver & Brown c.1943 EX £275
($465)
PAR 432 51 - English Mark I (Aerometric filler)
with original BROAD nib
sold		 Teal Blue c.1952 EX £65
($110)

SBPA 74

 

 The B - I - G one !
A handsome boxed MAXIMA complete with the rarely found BROAD No.50 nib
sold
 Black c.1960 EX £100
($170)

 

SBPA 75

 

 Another B - I - G MAXIMA
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
sbpa75
with original MEDIUM No.50 nib
Red c.1960 VG (inscription on barrel slightly worn away, through use) £75
($125)

 

PAR 442

 

 And yet another B - I - G MAXIMA
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par442
with original FINE No.50 nib
Blue c.1960 VG (inscription on barrel worn away, through use) £70
($120)
PAR 326 Parker 17 SUPER (aerometric filler)
with original MEDIUM nib
sold		 Black c.1964 EX £38
($60)
PAR 365

 Another Parker 17 SUPER (aerometric filler)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)

with original MEDIUM nib 		Black c.1964 VG/EX - some slight wear to barrel inscription £35
($55)
OR 615
 Boxed 21 pen/pencil set
(click on the image below for a larger picture)

Pen has EXTRA FINE nib 		Green c.1976 MINT, and although in a handsome and mint box, it is not the original. £55
($88)

BT PAF

 

 

 

A one in hundred part of the PARKER legend of the 1970's, and oh so rare !
No.32/100 of the Sterling Silver FALCON designed by Alex Jardine of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and commissioned by the Parker Pen Company.
(click on the 2 images below for larger pictures)

Marking the launch of the Parker Falcon pen

Sterling Silver

 1978 Virtually MINT - with original box and certificate of authenticity

£450
($720)

 

RDPA 31

 

Boxed and attractive No.180
rarely found in its velvet original box !!
with original MEDIUM double-sided nib

sold

 Gold plated, with vertical line patterning c.1979 EX - and being sold in aid of local church funds £60
($100)

 

PAR 439

 

 A boxed No.75 (French manufacture)
(click on the image below for a larger picture)
Par439
with original MEDIUM nib
Tortoiseshell
Lacqué		 c.1980 VG (would have been EX but for two tiny marks on back of cap) £75
($125)


 

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