Parker 51 DJ set on ebay

**sloegin** · April 6th, 2015, 01:01 PM

Link. Thoughts?

**tandaina** · April 6th, 2015, 01:18 PM

What sort of thoughts? On the price, on the pen?

I would never pay that much for a 51, but if this is some sort of special one (I have no idea, not an area of interest of mine) in mint condition that you need to fill a hole in a 51 collection then it might be worth it to *you.* For a regular daily user? There are just too many 51s in great shape for a *lot* less.

**Laura N** · April 6th, 2015, 01:37 PM

Looks like a fair price to me. But I buy the junkers.

**fountainpenkid** · April 6th, 2015, 01:52 PM

It may just be the flash in the photos, but the pen's barrel looks to be in amazing condition, with very little desk wear. I think it will go well above $300.

**sloegin** · April 6th, 2015, 09:17 PM

I'm surprised at the result. The blind cap looks like a modern reproduction to me.

**Laura N** · April 6th, 2015, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by sloegin

I'm surprised at the result. The blind cap looks like a modern reproduction to me.

Ah, well that would affect things.

I guess we'll see if it's relisted in a few weeks.

The winner isn't a newbie. Boy, though, the bidding does look odd, with that one guy making a gazillion bids.

**Farmboy** · April 6th, 2015, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by sloegin

I'm surprised at the result. The blind cap looks like a modern reproduction to me.

I agree. The Tassie is not correct. In one picture the blind cap jewel looks wrong.

The 'red ball' in the diaphragm is to me a likely a sign the pen has not been inked since the last restoration. Composition of the red ball would provide an answer.

I note a healthy dig on the cap as well.

**mhosea** · April 6th, 2015, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Farmboy

The 'red ball' in the diaphragm is to me a likely a sign the pen has not been inked since the last restoration. Composition of the red ball would provide an answer.

I guess there's more than one type of red ball. My last "51" vac restoration had a red ball in it. It had been inked more than a few times after it was restored. That particular red ball was much tougher than the original celluloid balls. It bounced off my wire drill bit and started spinning around inside the cup. I hated it.

**david i** · April 14th, 2015, 12:37 PM

Fake butt.

Sad really.

-d

**Lady Onogaro** · April 14th, 2015, 02:49 PM

Interesting that it is in Crowley, Louisiana (Crowley is just down the road from us).

**sloegin** · April 14th, 2015, 06:01 PM

The seller has sold three of these pens with questionable blind caps in the past week!

**david i** · April 15th, 2015, 12:28 PM

Lesson sometimes are learned with pain.

-d

**Farmboy** · April 15th, 2015, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by mhosea

Originally Posted by Farmboy

The 'red ball' in the diaphragm is to me a likely a sign the pen has not been inked since the last restoration. Composition of the red ball would provide an answer.

I guess there's more than one type of red ball. My last "51" vac restoration had a red ball in it. It had been inked more than a few times after it was restored. That particular red ball was much tougher than the original celluloid balls. It bounced off my wire drill bit and started spinning around inside the cup. I hated it.

Styrene or a poly olefin. Original balls were neither.