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Manny
June 1st, 2012, 07:17 AM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/IMAG0004.jpg

writingrav
June 1st, 2012, 08:14 AM
Please do stay Manny. We should all be required to send at least one handwritten post a week, or more.

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Manny
June 1st, 2012, 08:24 AM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-7774-1338560589238.jpg

goldiesdad
June 1st, 2012, 08:45 AM
Welcome Manny love that bold writing in your first post ... what is the pen ?

KrazyIvan
June 1st, 2012, 08:49 AM
He did it! All are welcome to stay. :D

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 09:13 AM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-21519-1338563515279.jpg

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 09:22 AM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-10373-1338563971008.jpg

KrazyIvan
June 1st, 2012, 09:43 AM
Very nice blue color to that pen. Where is the link again?

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 10:11 AM
Very nice blue color to that pen. Where is the link again?

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-12860-1338566719641.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-18122-1338566546747.jpg
Platinum Preppy

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-22920-1338566555902.jpg
Platinum Preppy OR Noodler's Ahab

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-16979-1338566528257.jpg
Platinum Preppy, Noodler's Ahab OR The Lincoln Pen from National Pen Products (flexible fine nib)

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 10:15 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221036000711?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_4425wt_934

ALL GUESSES IN US DOLLARS ONLY!

writingrav
June 1st, 2012, 10:26 AM
$37.00

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Manny
June 1st, 2012, 10:30 AM
$37.00

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ok, because you were the first to welcome me, I will give YOU and only YOU this ONE opportunity to change your "guess", because if you didn't notice, the auction is in Great Britain Pounds (GBP), but your "guess" has to be in US Dollars.

tytoalba
June 1st, 2012, 10:54 AM
122.00
: )

melissa59
June 1st, 2012, 11:17 AM
Yeah, Manny! You are using a different name but I still recognize you.
I thought the handwriting looked familiar, then I saw the Guess that Bid game and knew it was FPN's own GCLEF.

It's good that FPN is back up. But I do hope you stay here, too. I like the intimacy of this friendly forum.

Melissa

writingrav
June 1st, 2012, 11:53 AM
Ok. Thanks much $119.00

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KrazyIvan
June 1st, 2012, 12:02 PM
But if this is a sniper contest, should the guesses be going in this early?

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 12:47 PM
But if this is a sniper contest, should the guesses be going in this early?

Entirely up to you.
Lock your guess in now, or take a chance later.

fountainpenkid
June 1st, 2012, 01:17 PM
Welcome!

Manny
June 1st, 2012, 09:08 PM
Welcome!

Thanks, FPKid!
So, are you gonna play?

KrazyIvan
June 1st, 2012, 09:45 PM
I have one in black but the nib is not flexible. I paid $25. Hmmmmm.

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 02:21 AM
I have one in black but the nib is not flexible. I paid $25. Hmmmmm.

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/IMAG0007.jpg

fountainpenkid
June 2nd, 2012, 07:11 AM
Thanks, FPKid!
So, are you gonna play?

I'll play! So we are trying to guess what that flexible snork on ebay (green, open nib, white dot) will sell for?

fountainpenkid
June 2nd, 2012, 07:13 AM
Yesterday, I almost won a White Dot snorkel set IN BOX and in near mint condition for $35. My dad put in his bid of $35, but something wierd happened, and he got logged out instead of winning the auction :(

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 09:11 AM
I'll play! So we are trying to guess what that flexible snork on ebay (green, open nib, white dot) will sell for?

Yes.

PSmith
June 2nd, 2012, 09:33 AM
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/diokan/Guess/guess_1.jpg

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 09:47 AM
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h346/diokan/Guess/guess_1.jpg

yeah, but it's a darker green. I like this color.

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 10:04 AM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-11566-1338652953519.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-19536-1338652467425.jpg

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 12:30 PM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-24132-1338661815381.jpg

fountainpenkid
June 2nd, 2012, 01:22 PM
552

Manny
June 2nd, 2012, 01:43 PM
552

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/IMAG0008.jpg

melissa59
June 2nd, 2012, 03:29 PM
LOL ... I had to do a double take, but I was actually able to read this.
The last time I had to deal with Roman numerals was in high school and that was ... well .. a few decades ago. :-)

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 10:11 AM
Alright then, looks like we're comin up to the last couple of hours.
Here's the LUDICROUS part:

If the winning guess is THE closest to the end of the auction (sniper), AND within $20.86 of the actual winning bid, without going over, the winner will get ALL 3 pens!

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:06 PM
564

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:07 PM
and how do you guys get the images to be full size?? mine always end up puny so that people have to click to see what I wrote...

melissa59
June 3rd, 2012, 12:09 PM
I can't wait until the last minute ... too ... much ... pressure ....
I guess $95.08 ... the current bid. LOL

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:09 PM
565

final guess

OcalaFlGuy
June 3rd, 2012, 12:10 PM
95.08

melissa59
June 3rd, 2012, 12:10 PM
C'mon .. you all have 20 seconds left. Bid, bid, bid ...

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:12 PM
its done now! ~$99 @Ocala--Did you peak ;)

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
Kid, kid, kid...I'm sorry...your first guess of $75, was your one AND only chance.
And, Bruce...buddy...I do believe Melissa beat you by a minute with the identical bid.
Melissa...sweetheart...oh, my...I...I don't know what to say....

OcalaFlGuy
June 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
Freekin' wonky wifi

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:23 PM
I need to go get some tissues...

OcalaFlGuy
June 3rd, 2012, 12:28 PM
But. But. But.

Your rules clearly state it's NOT who posts first this time, it's who post CLOSEST to the end of the auction.
I was closer to the auction end by that same minute.

(Or was I? You can't really tell without a seconds counter on the post time. But I did send before the end of the
auction even though you can't prove that. )

I think I'll change Manny's name to Soloman. ;)

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:32 PM
The identical bid with the OLDEST timestamp is the valid one.
All others are SOL because you only get one bid and you can't edit it.

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:42 PM
Bruce, if you guessed $95.09, you would've won the LUDICROUS part, or if you, or someone else had bid less than $95.08, AFTER Melissa's guess, then that would've taken her out of the LUDICROUS part, because there was another bid AFTER her.
FPkid's $99 guess is invalid, because he already guessed $75 as his first guess.
So, because your identical bid came AFTER Melissa's, yours was invalid, clearing the way for Melissa to be....






LUDICROUS!!!

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:45 PM
Nice Catch Melissa!!!! Enjoy your new pens!

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 12:47 PM
I didn't guess 99 dollars. That was just a post of what it sold for. Sorry if you misunderstood.

OcalaFlGuy
June 3rd, 2012, 12:48 PM
:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2: Melissa!

Bruce in Ocala, FL

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:52 PM
I didn't guess 99 dollars. That was just a post of what it sold for. Sorry if you misunderstood.

Yeah, my bad...I didn't catch it when I first read it.

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:53 PM
Melissa, PM me at FPN with your address, I'll get these out tomorrow.

melissa59
June 3rd, 2012, 12:58 PM
Yeah!!
Now I'm really going to have a pen collection! Woo-hoo!!

Melissa
P.S. to Bruce, after reading your posts on FPN, I never really took you for a pink hair ribbon and pink pom-pom guy. :-)

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 12:58 PM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/IMAG0012.jpg

PSmith
June 3rd, 2012, 01:17 PM
Congratulations Melissa and Manny!

cmg.sweet
June 3rd, 2012, 02:25 PM
Congrats Melissa! Manny, when FPN was down I think your handwritten posts were what I missed the most!

KrazyIvan
June 3rd, 2012, 03:48 PM
That is evil.

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 04:09 PM
That is evil.

Melissa is the LUDICROUS Sniper!!

KrazyIvan
June 3rd, 2012, 04:19 PM
Melissa is the LUDICROUS Sniper!!

My riffle was in the closet while I grilled some steaks.

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 04:31 PM
My riffle was in the closet while I grilled some steaks.

We were waitin' fer ya...I was waitin' fer ya...thinkin' you was just goin' stealth or something

KrazyIvan
June 3rd, 2012, 04:35 PM
I thought it was ending later and I forgot to add it to my watched items. Maybe next time.

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 04:49 PM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/fpgeeks/photobucket-27389-1338763537497.jpg

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 04:54 PM
Wait...I'm confused of what Melissa won..did she really manage to walk off with a preppy, an ahab, and the flex nib touchdown? :)

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 05:05 PM
Wait...I'm confused of what Melissa won..did she really manage to walk off with a preppy, an ahab, and the flex nib touchdown? :)

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-16029-1338764648631.jpg

she got the preppy, the ahab and the flex nib Lincoln Pen.

fountainpenkid
June 3rd, 2012, 05:42 PM
oh...the lincoln pen. I thought you were just ready to shell out $100 bucks and give the touchdown away to someone else!

Manny
June 3rd, 2012, 05:48 PM
I thought you were just ready to shell out $100 bucks and give the touchdown away to someone else!

Whoa, hey, whoa...just cool your jets there, buddy.

melissa59
June 3rd, 2012, 07:56 PM
oh...the lincoln pen. I thought you were just ready to shell out $100 bucks and give the touchdown away to someone else!

I think I'd rather have him buy me dinner, first. No telling what a guy would want for giving away a vintage fountain pen!

fountainpenkid
June 4th, 2012, 04:57 PM
Whoa, hey, whoa...just cool your jets there, buddy.

what do you mean?

melissa59
June 4th, 2012, 05:10 PM
what do you mean?

He means there's no way in heck that he's spend $100 on a fountain pen to give to some stranger on the Internet. :-)

Manny
June 12th, 2012, 03:26 PM
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/photobucket-5100-1339536148073.jpg

writingrav
June 12th, 2012, 04:01 PM
Nice pen. Nice match!

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KrazyIvan
June 12th, 2012, 05:28 PM
The green goes well with my envy. D'oh! I did it again!

fountainpenkid
June 12th, 2012, 07:40 PM
nice!

melissa59
June 13th, 2012, 01:27 AM
Oooh ... I have a sample of Private Reserve Spearmint in my little box waiting for me to give it a try (after I finish this sample of J. Herbin Rose Tendresse). I think I'm going to love that color. It's a beautiful ... as is your new 1949 Canadian Sheaffer Statesman!

melissa59
June 13th, 2012, 11:52 PM
I just wanted to jump in and tell everyone that I received my prize today. And oh my, what a grand prize it is!
The lovely National Pen Products Co. "Lincoln" pen will go in my antique secretary, along with a few family heirlooms.
The other two pens will be inked up and played with tomorrow.
The prize also included a tiny little notebook with some special handwritten words Manny copied from one of my favorite books.

KrazyIvan
June 14th, 2012, 07:02 AM
Congratz Melissa. :)