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saturday was fleamarket day!

Started by Christof Z, Jun 25 2013 12:54 PM

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#1 Christof Z

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 12:54 PM

After a Long time, I finally found the time for pen hunt again. Last Saturday was fleamarket day! Not a bad day at all...

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...a nice bundle of pens...

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...nothing spectacular but still nice pens. The nicest without doubt is this Parker "51" in Buckskin Beige:

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But there is also a nice black striped Pelikan 400NN, a cute little Osmia, a NOS Lamy 27 and some Waterman's and some of them with flex nibs. Lots of work for me, that's why I have to finish now.

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#2 gweddig

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 02:10 PM

Great finds Christof. Were they mostly spread out among dealers or did one have a box off pens?

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#3 Marsilius

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 02:46 PM

Did your bundle cost a bundle?

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#4 soot

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 02:56 PM

You missed out a pen, Christof. What's the pen under the Parker 51? And always a great hunt!

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#5 Paul-H

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:23 PM

Don't know why but in all the years I have been going to flea markets and boot sales I have never seen one single pen worth buying, how do you do it.

Nice find though.

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#6 Christof Z

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 06:33 PM

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Great finds Christof. Were they mostly spread out among dealers or did one have a box off pens?

Nope, I found exactly this bundle. Same rubber strap.

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Did your bundle cost a bundle?

Five bucks each pen. I think this is reasonable, hihi......

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You missed out a pen, Christof. What's the pen under the Parker 51? And always a great hunt!

Bob, you know what this is. It's a black Soennecken. Nothing exciting, just plain black.

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Don't know why but in all the years I have been going to flea markets and boot sales I have never seen one single pen worth buying, how do you do it.

Nice find though.

Paul

...just luck I'd say.

Christof

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#7 Rocco P

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 07:02 PM

It's nice to know that at least someone has some luck at flea markets.
Here in Rome the only pens that are easy to find are Aurora 88s. I find at least a couple every week (and buy many of those), but it would be nice to have some variety for a change

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#8 spotted and speckled

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 02:00 AM

Beautiful, as always!!

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#9 tenney

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 06:14 AM

Christof, you are very lucky indeed! You could almost charge folks to come with you being their good-luck talisman.

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#10 JonSzanto

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 06:59 AM

... then again, if that Pelikan ends up for sale, hmmm...

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#11 soot

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Posted 26 June 2013 - 09:19 AM

Bob, you know what this is. It's a black Soennecken. Nothing exciting, just plain black.

No wonder I asked... it was a good ol' Soennecken.

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#12 Christof Z

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Posted 02 July 2013 - 03:46 PM

Although I have pretty busy times at work, I found the time to bring two pens of the bundle back to life. It's always an amazing experience to test write These vintage Waterman's nibs. They are marvellous in most cases.

Well, the appearance of These Waterman's number 3 is rather humble....but the nibs, the nibs are premium class!

This one has a flexible stub nib, which writes very smooth:

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The second one has a nib which looks like a factory flexible oblique broad, wich is not a common nib as far as I understand...

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Just look how they write!

I do not really collect Waterman's pens, but I really am fond of these nibs! t's a pleasure to write with. I love it.
Now, I'm already working on a dark blue 1940's Waterman's Commando which seems to have a wet noodle like nib.... sigh...

Christof

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#13 Josephine

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Posted 02 July 2013 - 09:47 PM

Christof, you make me jealous.

Beautiful pens, great restoration job!

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#14 tenney

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Posted 03 July 2013 - 06:23 AM

Great restorations indeed... but I'm also still amazed at Christof's good fortune of FINDING these, especially at a flea market.

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#15 Christof Z

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 12:00 PM

Just got another one fixed:

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It's a dark blue Waterman's commando with a marvellous flexible fine nib. I really love this!

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#16 Josephine

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 02:51 PM

These are gorgeous Christof.

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#17 Mike Kirk

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Posted 10 July 2013 - 03:33 AM

Well done! Nice finds and restoration. Liking the Buckskin Beige DJ 51. Your find(s) definitely qualify as a SUMGAI find. Pity the poor fool who followed you. :lol: