Esterbrook and Ferber pens from EBay.

A recent purchase from the Bay. One Esterbrook and a FERBER pen. I am looking for info on the Ferber pen. I have found references to the VuWriter ball point by Ferber but have found nothing on the fountain pen. Wondering if anyone here may have some clues to the Ferber FP. The seller said it was made by Esterbrook, and the pens could be twins except for the imprint on the clip. There is reference to a law suit between Ferber and Esterbrook but that doesnt tell me much about the relationship. Thanks for any clues.

 

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Eberhard Faber?

Eberhard Faber?

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Here is a link to some info on Fred Ferber; the article notes he had an Englewood NJ ball point pen company and references a 1969 Life magazine article. And I found three design patents in his name.

http://www.hiddennj....-developer.html

http://books.google....ber pen&f=false

AND if you scroll down to page 4, there's a paragraph about Esterbrook acquiring the stock of Ferber Pen Co in Jan 1964:

http://www.sec.gov/n...4/dig033164.pdf

Does Brian Anderson know more?

Edited by matt, 17 August 2014 - 12:09 AM.

Further research found a NYT article stating that Esterbrook and two companies owned by Ferber were merged in 1964.