Pricing For Vintage Cs?

[Ambien]

I figured I might as well try here. I'm looking at a Conway-Stewart #75 or Conway Stewart Universal Pen 479 in particular but any other vintage pens would be welcomed. Ebay's pricing tends to vary greatly depending on the week or seller.

Edited June 15, 2014 by Csrae

[furious]

Well just in the last couple of months I have purchased four vintage CS pens and paid between $10 and $65 on EBay. Prices are indeed all over the place.

[Ambien]

Well just in the last couple of months I have purchased four vintage CS pens and paid between $10 and $65 on EBay. Prices are indeed all over the place.

 

If I may ask do you remember which CS pens you purchased? I do know a few high volume vintage British pen sellers but their auctions tend to be insane due to the popularity. I don't think I'd stand a chance.

 

OT: I used to follow MT Swans and now slowly expanding my interests.

Edited June 15, 2014 by Csrae

[furious]

Actually did a little better than I thought. I won a 286 ($33), 15 ($44), 466 ($49), and a 759 for $11. These prices are all minus shipping, which in some cases was close to $20 coming from the UK.

[Ambien]

Actually did a little better than I thought. I won a 286 ($33), 15 ($44), 466 ($49), and a 759 for $11. These prices are all minus shipping, which in some cases was close to $20 coming from the UK.

 

Not bad at all

 

Unfortunately, the UK shipping does tend to kill some deals. Did you buy them restored or unrestored? I know restoration increases the price considerably. I'm just worried I'd end up breaking a pen somewhere even after the long trip from the UK.

[furious]

Believe it or not, all were restored and wrote pretty well right out of the box. The 466 is scratchy and needs a little tweaking to get just right. The 15 is the smoothest of the bunch with a nice medium line and some flex.

[furious]

Still waiting on the 759. Should be here sometime this week. I wouldn't have ruled out any of them though if a resac were required.

 

Right now I am looking for pre-WWII models with the older style ball clip. Those appear to be few and far between on the Bay.

[Ambien]

Still waiting on the 759. Should be here sometime this week. I wouldn't have ruled out any of them though if a resac were required.

 

Right now I am looking for pre-WWII models with the older style ball clip. Those appear to be few and far between on the Bay.

 

I could send pens off to repairs but I guess I'm just on the fence since I'm not sure if I could deal with a cracked cap or nib that the seller forget to mention. Then the whole return policy issue for vintage pens.

 

Have you tried setting up a saved search for it? I set a few up for "waterman" and "mabie todd" which oddly pulls pens that are not listed in either at times. I would love to get a pen from a actual vintage pen sales site but the selection tends to vary often.

[Mardi13]

These arent cheap but it's a good place for all of the pens you mentioned:

http://www.penamie.com/html/conway/conway.html

[furious]

Haven't set up a saved search yet although I have for others. Maybe has to do with having to sort through all the new pens, etcetera.

 

Like with everything else on EBay it's a total (bleep) shoot. I suppose that's half the fun--at least for me anyway.

 

The vintage pen sites is always an option although one would expect to pay top dollar and I try to avoid that!

[furious]

These arent cheap but it's a good place for all of the pens you mentioned:

http://www.penamie.com/html/conway/conway.html

Nice pens there!! Will bookmark that one. Thanks.

[Ambien]

These arent cheap but it's a good place for all of the pens you mentioned:

http://www.penamie.com/html/conway/conway.html

 

Thanks for the link. The red herringbone CS is lovely but ouch so many £.

 

Haven't set up a saved search yet although I have for others. Maybe has to do with having to sort through all the new pens, etcetera.

 

Like with everything else on EBay it's a total (bleep) shoot. I suppose that's half the fun--at least for me anyway.

 

The vintage pen sites is always an option although one would expect to pay top dollar and I try to avoid that!

 

Haha, I agree I keep hoping that I'll find affordable pens in my range but it's a challenge with S&H costs, repairs, and oddly written descriptions. I admit some pen sites don't have the most user friendly UI.

[rubyeyespenlover]

Take a look to my Conway for sale please....

[pajaro]

http://www.writetime.co.uk/conway/conway.htm