What Makes This Pen Special?

[masterguns]

This pen.

$207.55 at the hammer. It's in great shape and a beautiful color, but there must be something particularly collectable about it.

 

[inkstainedruth]

And not even that exotic a nib.... I found a blue J in an antiques store a couple of months ago with a 9556 nib. For $20 US.

Okay, it's a nice color (it may be what is called "root beer") and it's a Transitional J (which is an earlier model). But honestly? Your guess is as good as mine. I paid less for a Pelikan 400 brown tortoise... including shipping....

Maybe some of the Estie experts will weigh in and enlighten the rest of us?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jdllizard]

No idea, it has a cracked ice look to it but as far as I know they never did a copper in cracked ice. I think it's just such a strange color plus it being a transitional J, it brought all the money.

 

I had a proxy bid in but my top was $65, that's all I thought it was worth.

[Hobiwan]

Check out Brian's site, http://www.esterbrook.net/j.shtml

and look at what he's dubbed "Visumaster 3" It's not a VM, but a tranny made with the same plastic as a VM.

 

But even at that, it's a very high price for that model. Looks like there was a serious bidder against an elephant with a high limit "sniper" program set to activate at about 4 seconds and overbid everything.

 

Some people have a lot of money, and like Esties, eh?

[OcalaFlGuy]

Oh THAT, that's just Another kick in my ass that I should have bought Hobiwan's when I had the chance.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[Hobiwan]

And mine was in better shape. This one has a pretty large nick in the lip of the section. So that'll have to be replaced. But this is just one auction for that one color in that model. The high-sniping elephant has it and may not be in for the next one that shows up ....

[masterguns]

Good info. Thanks gentlemen.

[Veltri]

So that'll have to be replaced. But this is just one auction for that one color in that model. The high-sniping elephant has it and may not be in for the next one that shows up ....

 

Right, and this result may bring a few more forth. If not for that baller, the high bid would have been about $100 and after that $65. Congrats to the winner, if all Esties are unique like snowflakes, that one was a pretty nice looking snowflake.