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#1 Francisco

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Posted 15 October 2010 - 08:22 AM

I obtained this Parker Duofold recently and would like to know what it is valued at please?
It has a nib inscription that says "Canada" but not on the barrell. It works fine for it's age( I estimate 1938 era)

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Posted 15 October 2010 - 08:37 AM

very nice specimen of the lapis duofold. that will be more like 1928 than 1938, though. (note, especially, the squarish-round top and blind cap; they go "streamlined" into the 30s.) are you sure it's a senior? maybe the angle of the shot produced some foreshortening, but it looks more like a junior to me. very nice pen, nonetheless. i won't hazard a value, but the color and condition of the pen will warrant a premium. will leave it to the real duofold experts like john danza to cough up a figure ;)
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Posted 15 October 2010 - 09:36 AM

I obtained this Parker Duofold recently and would like to know what it is valued at please?
It has a nib inscription that says "Canada" but not on the barrell. It works fine for it's age( I estimate 1938 era)

Thankyou


Hi Francisco,

A great "find" for a first post. To my eye the pen does yell "Senior" not "Junior" though to confirm should measure about 5.5inch (close to 14cm) closed. Agree with Jose dating it to 1927-8 or so. Canadian nib instead of USA nib not a big deal. Lapis is a "better" color, and besides the usual grading issues (wear, brassing of trim, cracks, bad threads), preservation of color has huge impact in value. At retail a horribly darkened pen is reduced nearly to parts value, a mint stickered perfect colored pen can ask couple thousand. This pen, if Senior would sell for few hundred at least, if clean, as there is some barrel darkening, but appears to have decent color overall.

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Posted 17 October 2010 - 06:53 PM

Hi Francisco,

A great "find" for a first post. To my eye the pen does yell "Senior" not "Junior" though to confirm should measure about 5.5inch (close to 14cm) closed. Agree with Jose dating it to 1927-8 or so. Canadian nib instead of USA nib not a big deal. Lapis is a "better" color, and besides the usual grading issues (wear, brassing of trim, cracks, bad threads), preservation of color has huge impact in value. At retail a horribly darkened pen is reduced nearly to parts value, a mint stickered perfect colored pen can ask couple thousand. This pen, if Senior would sell for few hundred at least, if clean, as there is some barrel darkening, but appears to have decent color overall.

Best Regards

David


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Posted 17 October 2010 - 07:02 PM

Hi David

Thankyou for your reply. It is nice to hear your advice. Here in South Africa there is limited places where one could restore these presious resin jewels. I have several Vacumatics and Vacumatic 51s which need some tlc. I can get nib replacements here from Parker South Africa but they do not do body repairs and theyr spare parts are limited. Who would you recomend in your country to repair them?
Thankyou once again.
I am also willing to exchange the whole lot for modern Duofolds or Premieres.

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Francisco

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Posted 18 October 2010 - 02:04 AM

Hi David

Thankyou for your reply. It is nice to hear your advice. Here in South Africa there is limited places where one could restore these presious resin jewels. I have several Vacumatics and Vacumatic 51s which need some tlc. I can get nib replacements here from Parker South Africa but they do not do body repairs and theyr spare parts are limited. Who would you recomend in your country to repair them?
Thankyou once again.
I am also willing to exchange the whole lot for modern Duofolds or Premieres.

Regards

Francisco


Hi,

Many restorers can do nice work on Parkers. Three experts who Advise here at times include

Ron Zorn http://www.mainstreetpens.com

Richard Binder http://www.richardspens.com

Joel Hamilton http://www.ink-pen.com

Bill Enderlin, Aaron Svabik, Ron Meloche, Danny Fudge and others do these, . Bit fuzzy tonight. Have not slept in more than day. I can talk trade, but for rough raw pens, the ratio really would depend on how good the pens are.

http://www.vacumania...ernmainpage.htm

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