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Auction archive: Lot number 152

PARKER 51 Rare 14K Gold FISHSCALE Pen & Pencil Set, 1946

Fine Pens
12 Dec 2019
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,440
Auction archive: Lot number 152

PARKER 51 Rare 14K Gold FISHSCALE Pen & Pencil Set, 1946

Fine Pens
12 Dec 2019
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,440
Beschreibung:

A rare Parker 51 pen and pencil set, black resin with 14K gold "Fishscale" Heirloom caps. Fountain pen is a Vacumatic filler with iridescent green jewels set in captop and blind endpiece, cap rims imprinted "14K GOLD / MADE IN USA", date code beneath clutch ring indicates 1946 manufacture. Pen measures 134mm, pencil measures 131mm. Hooded nib, appears fine. In the original flip-top Parker box. Both instruments are in excellent condition, essentially flawless except the pen's clip lacks the blue diamond. A breathtaking set of perhaps the most desirable and iconic postwar Parkers. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World. [Epping: 2005], pp. 92-93.

Auction archive: Lot number 152
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

A rare Parker 51 pen and pencil set, black resin with 14K gold "Fishscale" Heirloom caps. Fountain pen is a Vacumatic filler with iridescent green jewels set in captop and blind endpiece, cap rims imprinted "14K GOLD / MADE IN USA", date code beneath clutch ring indicates 1946 manufacture. Pen measures 134mm, pencil measures 131mm. Hooded nib, appears fine. In the original flip-top Parker box. Both instruments are in excellent condition, essentially flawless except the pen's clip lacks the blue diamond. A breathtaking set of perhaps the most desirable and iconic postwar Parkers. -Lambrou, Andreas. Fountain Pens of the World. [Epping: 2005], pp. 92-93.

Auction archive: Lot number 152
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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