Parker 45

[wingwiper]

Wow............can you believe it a plain Parker 45 FP & P set w/14k nib, stainless cap went for 95 bux on fleabay!! One of my favorites, but good grief:noidea:

Even though the color is teal it is still not rare?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PARKER-45-PEN-PENCIL-SET-TEAL-BOX-UNUSED-SILVER-GOLD-NIB-TAGS-STILL-ON/232795633048?hash=item3633b37598:g:kO0AAOSwtH9bFut g

[Rapidray]

And it looks like it sold. What was the price? Never mind saw it in your post - sorry

[Farmboy]

Well

Some NOS pens for sale here (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Black-45-Cartridge-Pen-Desk-Set-in-box-new-old-stock-1966/372065335735?hash=item56a0d279b7:g:XFsAAOSwH4NZiKL M), here (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-45-Flighter-Fine-Nib-New-Old-Stock-Complete-w-Converter/321449884897?epid=2222698359&hash=item4ad7e7fce1:g:6jUAAOSw9NxTs1~q), and here (https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Old-Stock-Parker-Flighter-45-10k-Fine-Nib-US-Made/201557449618?hash=item2eedc29b92:g:Yy4AAOxyk99Rzf-2:sc:USPSFirstClass!94030!US!-1) if you feel you missed out.

[FredRydr]

Like any auction, two bidders will have their own reasons to keep bidding, including being too lazy to look elsewhere for an identical item.

[wingwiper]

Like any auction, two bidders will have their own reasons to keep bidding, including being too lazy to look elsewhere for an identical item.

That would be it in a nutshell......very wise oh great one[emoji106]


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[alexwi]

I just paid about $35 for one with the harlequin finish. I think that's rarer.

alex

[Kaputnik]

I was confused by the link in the first post, which showed a Parker ballpoint pen and pencil set. Then I saw that there were links back to the original listing that you meant.

I never know what are good prices for these. My one gold-nibbed 45 is a Flighter, and cost me $30 shipped. The nib needed tweaking, but that turned out to be easy. And my steel nibbed one was $25, but also came with a cap activated ballpoint and a mechanical pencil, so that didn't seem too bad. I use the ballpoint occasionally. Don't know if it counts as a Jotter or a 45.

But although I try not to pay too much, I assume that whatever I pay, someone else will have gotten it for less. I wouldn't have paid $94.93 for that set, though.

[wingwiper]

I just paid about $35 for one with the harlequin finish. I think that's rarer.

alex

That is a heck of a buy.......congrats[emoji41]


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[alexwi]

It's hard to tell what's a good price. I tend to decide, on a whim, how much I'm willing to pay, depending on how rare I find a particular pen to be, and go with that.

I bought three 45's in the past month. Including shipping, I paid about $43 for a black Coronet, $35 for the Harlequin, and $43 for a Hlighter with a ground nib (Italic).

alex

[alexwi]

That is a heck of a buy.......congrats[emoji41]

Thank you!!!

alex

[welch]

The bid history tells the story. (Incidentally, My second FP was a $4.98 Parker 45 in 1960. Gold nib and all that.)

As I read it, the winner, "y***m" originally bid about $35. That's a reasonable bid for a P45 set. A few bidders nibbled up to $35, and then it got crazy. Looks like "y***m" and another bidder sniped about $93 or $94.

It's an untouched 45 set, and the price suggests it is from the first few years, but, wow. Maybe they wanted the early set or maybe they wanted teal?

[wingwiper]

It's hard to tell what's a good price. I tend to decide, on a whim, how much I'm willing to pay, depending on how rare I find a particular pen to be, and go with that.

I bought three 45's in the past month. Including shipping, I paid about $43 for a black Coronet, $35 for the Harlequin, and $43 for a Hlighter with a ground nib (Italic).

alex

I don’t think that is out of line. I have so many now I buy for the more hard to get nibs or if it has a converter included that is cheap.
I have pretty much every 45 nib put out except “needle,” whereby my Accountant nibs are thin enough for me.
I love 45 italics.......[emoji106]


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