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Saw this set for $1.99 at the Goodwill. Got excited when I saw it was a Parker, but didn't expect it to be a fountain pen.

 

Dipped the nib and wrote a couple of lines with it, not bad at all.

 

http://imgur.com/Ucr6YTH

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Your photo's a bit on the wee side. Maybe you could resize it. Any FP for $1.99 can't be bad.

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From the small picture you've provided, I can see a Parker 45. An excellent writer that was 47 years in production (1960-2007). Not an expensive pen, but not as cheap as $1.99.

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Did you get the base as well?

 

If you have the base I'll spring for $4.00 - That's 100% profit! :)

 

Nice find!

"Not a Hooker Hooker, but rather a left-handed overwriter."

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Did you get the base as well?

 

If you have the base I'll spring for $4.00 - That's 100% profit! :)

 

Nice find!

 

The base is just a metal plate with magnets, two holders.

The FP is a nice writer, it's my fourth Parker and my first 45 ;) I'm might craft a personal desk stand and actually use it. The gold stem is broken on the ballpoint.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Ucr6YTH.jpg

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Ah, showing my ignorance... the taper is broken off on the ballpoint. Now that I realize it's a 45 set, maybe it's possible to replace it?

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Wow- Lots of possibilities for the base! Watch evilbay for the ball point. One of those items that may not come up often, but without a base it may go cheap! Nice Sumgai find!

"Not a Hooker Hooker, but rather a left-handed overwriter."

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Wow- Lots of possibilities for the base! Watch evilbay for the ball point. One of those items that may not come up often, but without a base it may go cheap! Nice Sumgai find!

The first time I saw a 45 Ballpoint desk pen I did not know what it was . And me a Jotter addict.

I have one.

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