For those that only know Esterbrook as those relatively cheap pens that go on eBay for around $20 or so, check out the completed auction on a beautiful V-Clip pen. Those early rare ones really can hold their value...
For those that only know Esterbrook as those relatively cheap pens that go on eBay for around $20 or so, check out the completed auction on a beautiful V-Clip pen. Those early rare ones really can hold their value...
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
fountainpenkid (January 31st, 2014), klpeabody (January 31st, 2014), southpaw52 (September 19th, 2014)
Apparently not that many of those pens survive, and not as many made as Js. The condition looks nice too.
Final price: $212.50. I think only the Relief pens can fetch more than that in the Esterbrook lineage. Maybe the 'Cracked Ice' models, too.
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
I wish I had seen that while it was live so that I could lament my inability to participate in the bidding, in real time.
The clip on the V-clip pens was a bit more fragile, so therefore fewer of them survive in good shape.
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Jon Szanto (February 19th, 2014)
Any idea what the original price was? My impression is that Esterbrook never made high-end or "gift" pens. Never competed with Parker, Sheaffer, and others. Esterbrook was never the low-end, either: never as cheap as Wearever, Arnold, or Stratford.
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