The Waterman Gentleman In Blue With Gold Splotches

[ccvinylman]

Just today I spent $87.50 for a Waterman Gentleman (which includes free shipping) after comparing prices to the other ones being sold on eBay. The one I bought is burgundy lacquer with a medium "Ideal" nib.

 

Interestingly, in my perusing of the 'Bay I came across a picture of a dozen Waterman Gentlemen(!) being sold en masse, in a Waterman box, no less. The pen which caught my eye immediately was the blue lacquer Gentleman with what I call "gold splotches." These splotches aren't specks or flecks but amoeba-size (enlarged a few hundred times) patches of gold. Whether they are comprised of real gold (as in gold leaf) or just a gold-colored metal of some sort, I do not know. What I do know is that I'd like to get a hold of one of those pens (not the box of 12, mind you, but a single blue-and-gold-splotched Gentleman)!

 

Can anybody lead me in the right direction? Does the finish of the pen in question have a particular name?

 

By the way, the box of pens which is still listed on the 'Bay for $2k and is numbered 3913 7994 9239. The blue and gold-splotched one is easy to spot; it's the seventh from the left.

 

Thanks for whatever help you can render.

 

 

[Left FPN]

The seller states one limited edition and two prototypes.

 

The LE is the Maki-E (black lacquer with gold leaf inset pattern) to the left of the Blue...prototype. To the right of the Blue is a Black with chicken wire pattern...it too is a prototype.

 

If you want a (the) Blue...you gotta buy this set and sell the others on. I have never seen another.

 

Unfortunately the seller does not state their condition.

 

Also I think flash photography has been used in one or two pics which tends to brighten the colours.

 

This could have been a salesmans sample set but I do know the boxes can be purchased separately so they may have been put together by someone. The Maki-E model does appear on ebay but we will never know how he/she came by the two prototypes.

 

The pen in question,

 

 

 

I wonder if Waterman were trying to recreate this effect,

 

 

[Sinistral1]

Just when I thought I had seen all the Gentleman pens made.....

[kernando]

really bad brassing?