Parker Vacumatics Photo Thread

[Brian-McQueen]

A Burgundy Pearl Slender Maxima with "Vacumatic Band" made only for a short period in 1937.

 

Vac Band Slender Max - Burgundy by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Vacumatic Oversize (bottom) and Vacumatic "Overmax" (top) in Burgundy. The "Overmax" has the same shape and size as the typical Oversize model, but has a Maxima-style cap band. It is uncatalogued, so "Overmax" is a collector term for the pen.

 

Vacumatic Oversize and Overmax by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Erik Dalton]

This little guy arrived today. It’s a nice writer. Haven’t been able to make out any date stamp yet.

 

[Brian-McQueen]

Black Vacumatic Shadow Wave Junior, first generation lockdown filler.

 

Vacumatic Shadow Wave - Black by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Azure Pearl Vacumatic Major, 2nd Generation, Double Jeweled.

 

Blue 2nd Gen Major Vacumatic by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Golden Pearl Streamline Slender Vacumatic, with Star Clip.

 

Golden Pearl Streamlined Standard Vacumatic by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Black 2nd Generation Vacumatic Major. This one is an early example, and has the "triple-stacked" rear tassie.

 

Black 2nd Gen Vacumatic Major by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

This photo shows, from top to bottom, a Vacumatic Oversize, Holy Water Sprinkler, Maxima, and another Holy Water Sprinkler. The top Holy Water Sprinkler is a catalogued shape and size, essentially the same as an Oversize. It's hard enough to find on its own. But the bottom Holy Water Sprinkler is an uncatalogued shape and size, essentially the same as a Maxima. This one is just a downright rarity.

 

Holy Water Sprinkler Comparisons by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[FarmBoy]

Somebody got a bargain.

Nah. Threads chipped on second pen.

[PenHero]

Here is a 1947 Junior in Black with a Purina logo printed on it. These were presumably done in the factory, and I have seen a couple, but not too many.

 

 

Purina Vacumatic by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

 

 

WOW - way cool! And I don't like logo pens.

[Brian-McQueen]

Parker Vacumatic Secretary Pen. These were made in 1936 and were offered with a rubber base that the red ball was intended to snap into. They have a unique spiraling transparency pattern that was not offered in any other catalogued models.

 

Vacumatic Secretary by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Here is a teaching shot. At left is the typical 3rd Generation Major. At right is the typical 3rd Generation Maxima. In the middle is what collectors call a "Long Major." The Long Major was made in the first quarter of 1942 only, with striped cap jewels and two-tone nib.

 

Long Major Comparison by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[Brian-McQueen]

Some early pre-Vacumatic pens in the so-called "Stubby" size. At left, a Golden Arrow. This was the first name used for what would become the Vacumatic, but the name was dropped due to foreign copyright issues. Second from left is a Vacuum Filler ringtop. Parker settled on the name "Vacuum Filler" after abandoning "Golden Arrow," but it didn't keep the Vacuum Filler name for very long, either. Parker did offer Vacuum Fillers and some early Vacumatics as ringtops, and they are quite scarce. The other two pen/pencil sets are Vacuum Fillers.

 

Pre-Vacumatics by BrianMcQueen, on Flickr

[JotterAddict62]

Very Nice....

[colbydgonzalez]

I see I'm a bit late to this party, but here are all my vacs.

From left to right is as follows:

Green Shadow Wave Deb

Blue Pearl Deb

Crystal Junior

Laminated Black Junior (I believe)

Laminated Black Long Major

Laminated Black Major

Silver Pearl Long Major (The pencil not matching, it is an oversize pencil)

Grey Junior

Red Junior

Candy Striped Standard

 

I have a second Crystal on the way which I'll attach a picture of as well.

[Brian-McQueen]

Canadian Vac from 1944 with 1st Generation Oversize profile. This was made at least 4 years after this shape pen was last made in the US, and 2 years after the rear jewel was dropped on all models. The pen has only a single cap band. These are reasonably well-known to exist, but the reason for their existence is unclear. It is quite anachronistic.

 

Vacumatic Canadian Single Band Oversize

[Brian-McQueen]

A quite clean 2nd Generation Maxima in black.

 

Edited December 4, 2019 by BrianMcQueen

[Brian-McQueen]

Some "Reverse Trim" Silver Pearl Vacumatics with their green counterparts. The silver pens are called "Reverse Trim" because they have gold cap bands and clips instead of the silver trim usually expected on silver pens. These uncatalogued trim variants are quite uncommon.

 

 

Edited December 4, 2019 by BrianMcQueen

[Brian-McQueen]

Some "Ripley" pencils. Both are scarce, but the silver one is very rare. The name "Ripley" comes from the "Ripley's Believe it or Not" advertisements that show this style with the thicker dark bands between the pearl bands. The darker bands are actually a dark translucent blue.

 

[Mattematical]

My laidtone blue pearl, and my first Parker!

Edited December 4, 2019 by Mattematical