If you've wanted a Parker 51 but worried about the price, here is a mis-identified Parker 51, probably a special, at a "buy it now" $55. Seller thinks it is a "Parker Sonnet Matte Black Lacquer Super Chrome Ink Fine Pen". Superchrome, of course, was Parker's heavily saturated ink, intended only for their 51.
The cap shines as if it is a P51 Special. Clip suggests either the full-51 aerometric or the Special, so the filling system probably will work with only a flush.
Pen is missing the cap jewel, but these are usually available for about $10 on Ebay. The Special should have a black jewel, but cream-colored jewels are legal. I have a P-61 jewel in a 51 Special...a smaller jewel, but shellac holds it well.
From the pictures it is hard to tell the nib gauge, but looks to be either a fine or a medium.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Sonn...53.m1438.l2649
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