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[penmanila]

i like dunn pens and have a few (both the old and the new), but i have no idea why this silver dunn pen--missing the pump handle and with a less than perfect barrel--fetched $670 in a just-concluded auction on ebay, with about four or five bidders at play:

 

http://www.ebay.com/...=p2047675.l2557

 

your thoughts, please?

[Rick Krantz]

silver (and for that matter gold filled) dunns are rare. I remember seeing one many years ago at a pen show, the late Tom Threfell had it. great pen. 

 

I don't think the price is out of line, I don't collect dunns, but certainly you have to appreciate the order of supply and demand 

[pen-deco]

Yeah… I'd say Rick is on point with supply and demand. I've talked to a few Dunn collectors that wouldn't have a problem dipping into their retirement for a pen. This was someone's Grail.. no doubt.

 

Compared to a typical Waterman 52 probably averages around $50-60 and a silver 452 roughly $200-300 versus typical Dunn $100-160 and this silver $650… maybe a little higher than I would have guessed, but seems about right to me.

Edited by pen_deco, 16 October 2014 - 02:20 AM.

[John Jenkins]

Cool pen.

 

You might not see another in the next 15 years.  You can assemble a wide Dunn collection pretty affordably.  But if you need a super Dreadnaught or a gold or silver to complete the collection be prepared to venture into this price neighborhood.

[david i]

Agreed. 

 

 

-d

[John Jenkins]

I love this spread.

 

Probably the hardest piece to obtain is the gold ring top pencil.

[pen-deco]

[david i]

Excellent.  Solid Gold lurks. I'd pay well for one of those.

 

This ad had the color in it (besides the text highlights) already?

 

regards

 

david

[pen-deco]

I added a couple images to the gallery. I'm on my iPad and can't copy the BBC code. The ad was in Collier's Illustrated Weekly.

Edited by pen-deco, 22 November 2014 - 07:26 AM.

[FarmBoy]

David,

 

December 10, 1921.  I think it was the back cover.

 

In color.