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Mottled Silver Celluloid. Excellent clarity. Larger Size Junior $225 |
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| Overall Grade:
Exc |
Metal: Exc | Color: Exc | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition:
Exc |
Threads: perfect | clarity: superb | barrel is personalized |
| Point: Lush Medium | Imprint: Exc | Size: 4 5/6" |
PRICE: $225 |
| COMMENTS: Today often bedeviled by heavy ambering and wear to that unpolishable white trim, the collector does not have an easy job finding crisp early mottled Vacumatic Juniors. But, when found, they make a for pleasant acquisitions. This one is a gem in all respects. Obviously, a bold but neat personal name has been engraved in the barrel, "JS Kapadia". This impacts value, but not condition. A nice writer with plump medium nib. | |||
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Mottled Silver Celluloid. Excellent clarity. Larger Size Junior $295 |
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| Overall Grade: extra fine |
Metal: Exc | Color: Exc | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition:
Exc |
Threads: perfect | clarity: Superb | |
| Point: Medium | Imprint: Exc | Size: 4 5/6" |
PRICE: $295 |
| COMMENTS: Today often bedeviled by heavy ambering and wear to
that unpolishable white trim, the collector does not have an easy job
finding crisp early mottled Vacumatic Juniors. But, when found, they
make a for pleasant acquisitions. This one is quite nice. Clean color, clarity and trim, save for one small mark on the blind cap ring (tassie). |
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Absolutely Mint, with Price Sticker. |
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| Overall Grade: Mint |
Metal: Perfect | Color: Perfect | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: Mint | Threads: perfect | clarity: Mint | |
| Point: Fine |
Imprint: perfect | Size: 5
1/8" |
PRICE: $285 |
| COMMENTS: Third
generation Vacumatics are typical "First Vacumatic" for most collectors
due to their availabilty and due to their ability to provide a nice
sized pen for reasonable cost. The two standard sized 3rd Gen pens are
Major and Junior, identical pens save for trim, subtle difference to
shape of nib, original price, and status of original Parker warranty.
Despite easy access to this sort of pen, it is not at all easy to
find true mint examples. This one pops, showing why silver pearl celluloid seems so prevalent today. While most found today are faded and dingy, when they were fresh they were eye catchers. This one is... mint. It has original sac and fills with water, but if you plan to use regularly, placement of a new sac is recommended. I can have this done for extra $25. Pen may not be returned if inked or dipped. Water testing is fine. |
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The 2nd Generation Short Shadow-Wave in Golden pearl Celluloid $185 |
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| Overall Grade: ExtraFine |
Metal: Exc | Color: Extra Fine | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition:
Exc |
Threads: perfect | clarity: VG | |
| Point: Fine-Med | Imprint: Fine | Size: 4 5/8" |
PRICE: $185 |
| COMMENTS:
Shadow-Wave is a pattern, not a model. It appears on various econo-line
models from late 1937 probably through 1943. This one is a 2nd
Generation Junior Debutante from 1939. All correct. Nice writer. Nice
shape. |
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Absolutely Mint, with price sticker residue. $260 |
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| Overall Grade: Extra Fine |
Metal: Mint | Color: Perfect | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: Mint |
Threads: perfect | clarity: Mint | |
| Point: Med | Imprint: Perfect | Size: 5" |
PRICE: $260 |
| COMMENTS: A
not uncommon pen in uncommon condition Perfect clarity. Uninked. Still
some price sticker residue on cap. May not be returned if inked or
dipped. May be water tested Sac appears to function but has not been
replaced. Resac can be arranged if desired. |
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Emerald Pearl Celluloid $150 |
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| Overall Grade: Extra Fine |
Metal: Exc | Color: Exc | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition:
Exc |
Threads: perfect | clarity: minimal | |
| Point: Smooth Fine-Med | Imprint: Exc | Size: 5" |
PRICE: $150 |
| COMMENTS: Third generation Vacumatics are
typical "First Vacumatic" for most collectors due to their availabilty
and due to their ability to provide a nice sized pen for reasonable
cost. The two standard sized 3rd Gen pens are Major and Junior,
identical pens save for trim, subtle difference to shape of nib,
original price, and status of original Parker warranty. A nice-writing smooth fine-medium pen, this one has sound color and trim, with limited transparency and excellent imprint |
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2nd Generation Pen. Emerald Pearl Celluloid $115 |
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| Overall Grade: Fine |
Metal: Exc | Color: Exc | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition:
Exc 2-tone |
Threads: Exc | clarity: Minimal | |
| Point: Medium | Imprint: ExtraFIne | Size: 4 5/8" |
PRICE: 115 |
| COMMENTS: A
high-line pen introduced in 1938, this 1938-1941 2nd generation pen
exists in six color. In nice shape, this one has good color and
well-preserved two-tone effect on the nib. Bottom Tassie has some high
point brassing and couple small dings. Mild wear to the plastic. Note
that the pump unit is of slightly later plastic. |
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1st Generation. 1937. "Reticulated Lines" pattern $285 |
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| Overall Grade: Exc | Trim:
Very clean |
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| Nib condition: Exc | Threads: Perfect | Clarity: Moderate amber |
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| Point: Fine firm | Imprint: Exc | Size: 4 7/8" | PRICE: $285 |
| COMMENTS: A very nice example of this
two-year pattern. The trim is superb, better than most of this sort.
The tranparency is readily apparent when pen is held to light, and has
an amber-red cast, not nearmint white-yellow. |
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Silver Pearl with "Reverse" Trim $225 |
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| Overall Grade:
G-VG |
Metal: VG | Color: Exc | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: VG | Threads: perfect | clarity: Amber-red |
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| Point: Firm Fine |
Imprint: Exc | Size: 4
7/8" |
PRICE: $225 |
| COMMENTS:
Silver-Pearl
Vacs feature chrome-tone trim... except for the very occasional
uncatalogued "reverse" trim pen, which has goldfilled trim on silver
pearl plastics. My personal collection- after 8 years of hunting these-
features about 10 pens total from all Vacdom. This one is an intact, though imperfect example. The goldfilled capbands are brassed, though enough spots of original gold is present to show this was never a white-trim pen. Clip and tassie are much better- it is not uncommon for those thin capbands to take selective wear. The blind cap alignment is a smidge off. Tranparency is pretty good with large swaths of reddened transparency. Imprint is excellent. A very unusual vac markedly discounted vs an excellent example |
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Mottled Silver Pearl Celluloid with Superb Transparency |
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| Overall Grade:
Exc |
Metal: NM | Color: Perfect | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: Exc | Threads: perfect | clarity: Spectacular | |
| Point: Medium | Imprint: perfect | Size:
4 7/8" |
PRICE: $335 |
| COMMENTS:
Silver
Pearl mottled Vac Juniors do seem a bit more common today than Red,
though they were made just as long. Many today show ambering of the
silver panels, loss of clarity in the barrel and trashing of the white
trim, which shows wear more than the gold fill trim seen on other
colors. But, on occasion one comes along which reminds us why
these probably outsold the
red pens in their day. Crisp
white trim, staggering barrel clarity (Photo above was done before the
barrel was
flushed) and great color render this a crisp pen indeed. One of
the
best i've seen |
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Silver Pearl Set. $165 SOLD |
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| Overall Grade:
Extrafine |
Metal: NM | Color: Perfect | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: Mint | Threads: perfect | clarity: |
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| Point: Fine-Med | Imprint: perfect | Size: 5" |
PRICE: $165 |
| COMMENTS:
Pen
grades EF with great color and trim, with decent imprint (slightlly
light at top) and with minimal barrel clarity. The pencil grades Near
Mint. Pen has a 1945 date code and pencil 1946. Nice set. Typical nice
Vac nib writing a fine-med line. |
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| Overall Grade: Extra Fine | Metal: excellent | Color: Excellent | CLICK FOR LARGER PIC |
| Nib condition: Excellent | Threads: Perfect cap threads. | Transparency: bright amber clarity | Click if link is hot, for more info |
| Point: Fine | Imprint: exc | Size: 4 7/8" by 1/2" | PRICE: $195 |
| COMMENTS: From 1934-1939 Parker produced Vacs in patterns other than the typical lattitudinal stripes. That these catalog-documented patterns appear largely on Junior line pens adds to the charm of the Junior line vacs which featured fewer "luxury" features, but the same solid Vac construction. The larger 1st generation lockdown-fill pen like this one is the same diameter as a Vac Standard but runs about 1/8" - 1/4" shorter. The black gripping section is nearly as large as that of a later Senior Maxima and is larger than that of the later Major. This is a squat pen, providing a lot of grip area for the buck. The typical weak points of this series are not present here. The chrome-tone trim is well more clean than what is seen typically. A slight mark on the cap is noted where the clip moved against plastic. See if you can find it. Blind cap alignment is about 98%. Couiple light umarks to blind cap plastic. | |||
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