Found In The Wild

[pen lady]

Good Evening Everyone,

 

On our way North to our trailer we pass an antique mall, but it wasn't until today that we stopped to look round. My husband has a nose for finding pens (one day I'll show you the Waterman g/f overlay he spotted at a street fair) and he found this nearly mint Taperite Crusader set. ($24). It's very, very dark blue, Canadian made and the box is in lovely shape too. What a treat to add to a brilliant warm Fall day in Ontario.

[AndrewC]

Holy smokes! Looks brand spankin' new! Nice score. And what a price. If that isn't a "sumgai" I don't know what is.

[pen lady]

May the good Lord keep, protect and multiply the numbers of antique dealers who don't think to clean up a pen nib before they price things! Mucky, dirty nib - nah can't be gold.

[Centopar]

I love those guys. I once had an antiques dealer describe a filthy semiflex No 2 nib to me as a "brass nib". I nodded and smiled. And bought the pen.

[PAKMAN]

Nice find ! Congrats!

[pen lady]

Thanks. It's our Thanksgiving Holiday weekend up here in the (not yet) frozen North and I'm heading to a country auction hall tomorrow. Haven't found anything wonderful there for a while, but I'm always optimistic. Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians - happy hunting.

[OcalaFlGuy]

That is an exceptional deal. I have the same pen.

 

I haven't seen many of the pencils with that cap on them at all.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[amk]

Oh nice! The caps are really stunning.