Vintage Waterman Music Nib!

[OakIris]

Wow - I have never seen a nib like that - pretty amazing! Thank you for sharing the photo with us, Bill.

 

The bidding is still holding steady at $1525; perhaps our two frantic bidders grew tired of the war. 9+ hours to go....

 

Holly

[GClef]

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/Gibberish/0218151405a-1.jpg

[ThegreatandpowerfullR]

My guess is that it'll jump up one or two hundred at the end

[OakIris]

My guess is that GClef will slip in there right at the end and snag the pen for $2000! (Make it so, GClef! )

 

Holly

[GClef]

My guess is that GClef will slip in there right at the end and snag the pen for $2000! (Make it so, GClef! )

 

Holly

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/Gibberish/0218151532-1.jpg

[Polanova]

Well, looks to me that the person who won that auction at the end of january was the really lucky one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterman-2-fountain-pen-music-nib-1920s-flex-mint-unused-/111582325838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19fad32c4e&nma=true&si=0xEidzI7rvoSYswKJoWguKG5FYI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

 

in case the link no longer works: Waterman #2 fountain pen music nib 1920s flex mint unused

THAT auction ended at 255 $ after 17 bids

That means that someone just paid about a 1000 $ for a standard Waterman pen

Edited February 19, 2015 by Polanova

[OakIris]

Well, e***t won the pen for $1525; s***s must have been too exhausted from the bidding war last week to participate again! If I were the seller, I would be delighted, but at the same time a bit worried that someone with zero feedback now owes me $1525 + the cost of shipping.

 

No one has ventured to say what an average price for this pen model and nib would be, but I can't imagine that it is anywhere near the price that was paid. Say that a reasonable price for the nib alone was $225, as per the recent auction Polanova linked, and maybe the rest of the pen is worth another $150 or so (I have no clue, I don't even know what material it is made of,) and, yes indeed, e***t paid $1000+ more than the pen is worth. (More money than sense or does he/she know something about the pen that the rest of us don't? lol )

 

Hopefully seller and buyer will have a smooth, successful transaction and both will be very happy with the results.

 

Holly

[GClef]

 

 

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/Gibberish/0219151645-1.jpg

[GClef]

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/Gibberish/0219151653-1.jpg

[ThegreatandpowerfullR]

I just wanna shake that person's hand because they are one dedicated and persistent person.

[GClef]

Geez! I wish I knew what happened here !!??

[Left FPN]

Geez! I wish I knew what happened here !!??

The term Band Wagon comes to mind.

[GClef]

The term Band Wagon comes to mind.

 

I believe it's the same pen. Same listing title and everything.

[JonSzanto]

The term Band Wagon comes to mind.

 

And here I was, thinking the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute."

[Left FPN]

I cannot see the original listing now. It does not show the pen sitting on the white hand.

[ThegreatandpowerfullR]

The buyer was probably fake

[Left FPN]

The buyer was probably fake

Maybe but it's a different seller.

[Florida Blue]

Maybe but it's a different seller.

 

Both sellers seem to be located in the same area of Washington State though. I wonder if the seller thought they could more for it.

[AZBennett]

My guess is the winning "bidder" was a dummy account that bid up the item to see how high a real bidder would go. Then the seller lists the same item on a different account with different pictures for a higher price but a Best Offer in hopes of getting roughly the same or more than the "fake" auction closed at. My wife worked for Paypal for quite some time and this was a scheme that went around and still goes around. Technically it's not illegal if your "dummy" account wins the bid but I think it is against their policy to drive it up and then "lose" the auction after driving up the price. I believe they called it "ghosting".

[mirosc]

Maybe but it's a different seller.

Or just a different Ebay-Account? And the first account is now used for driving this one up? And the first auction was for crossreferences to sho how valuable such a pen is?

 

A lot is possible...

 

Edit: AZBennett was faster with that idea :-)

Edited February 22, 2015 by mirosc