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[ljwahl]

This is the auction photo of a mixed lot I picked up today for not a lot of money-- what do you think of that center pen?



Will post an update when it arrives.

[gweddig]

I hope you are right.  The color doesn't look black but does the cap look like a "51" Special?(Ducks out of the way of those who are much more knowledgeable than I)

--greg

Edited by gweddig, 09 May 2013 - 05:38 AM.

[loudkenny]

I hope you are right. The color doesn't look black but does the cap look like a "51" Special?(Ducks out of the way of those who are much more knowledgeable than I)

--greg

It's hard to say as the photo is so small. However, my own Plum has a cap very much like the one in the photo.

ken

[ljwahl]

Plum it is-- demi sized.

Pics to follow!

[david i]

Plum it is-- demi sized.

Pics to follow!

NICE pickup

-d

[gweddig]

Great news, plus I learned to keep my mouth shut more often.  (and what a plum cap can look like).  nice find!  

--greg

Edited by gweddig, 15 May 2013 - 01:23 AM.

[Marsilius]

plus I learned to keep my mouth shut more often.

--greg

Wow, if everybody did that, where could we find anything to read?

[ljwahl]

As promised, here is a picture of the demi plum to the right of a full-sized 1948 burgundy aero in daylight:




Over the years, I've pulled out one or the other of my burgundy 51s and wondered if it weren't, in fact, a plum-- but the difference in person is striking. The purple is no-doubt-different.

By the way, also included in the lot are (from top to bottom in original picture):
1. A Waterman 52V, badly worn and discolored, with a missing clip and chunk out of the cap lip the size of a thumbnail-- but with a great nib, section, and lever box.
2. A no-name "Caravan" with no cap and plated nib. Probably a good j-bar in there...
3. The Plum, demi-size, worn imprint but perfect full chrome filler, and perfect fine nib.
4. A Midnight Blue, full-size 51 Aero, 1950, without cap and with the first-ever bad pli-glass sac I've encountered. I'll use the pen to try one of David N's new sacs. The nib has a bit of a turned-up nose, like someone pressed the pen to paper too strongly, but it's all there.
5. A capless Eberhard Faber lever-filler, with a nice 14K nib-- a bit misshapen but with flex. If any of you want this, let me know and I'll send it along.

Thanks for looking, and happy hunting!

Edited by ljwahl, 15 May 2013 - 11:40 PM.