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Larry Barrieau

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Hi, I was in an antique store today and there was a quart bottle of Blue-Black Quink with only about an inch gone at the top of the neck. It was listed for $75. I wouldn't buy it for half that because I would not use it, but I was wondering if that is an outrageous price?

 

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I remember an SBRE Brown vid about expensive pens in which he said that something is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. I wouldn't spend a penny on Quink, but to someone else the blue-black may have huge sentimental value. I wonder what a quart of Quink would cost now? I'm no good at maths. :wacko:

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A standard Quink bottle has ~ 2 fl. oz

40 oz in a Quart, therefore 1 Quart bottle = 20 standard bottles.

1 standard bottle @ $8 x 20 = $160

 

But, that is 20 standard bottles of the current, non-Solv-X ink

$75 for 20 bottles worth of Blue-Black w/Solv-X is not bad.

It's a good ink for using in mildly gummed-up pens that you don't want to, or can't, disassemble to clean.

 

You could 10 bottles worth at $7 ea., then you would have 10 bottles worth for a net cost of $5.

And still have enough left to last many years.

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That measurement must be Imperial (as opposed to US, which is 32 oz. for a quart).

That being said, I bought an possibly never opened 8 oz bottle of vintage Quink Violet on Ebay a couple of summers ago, and paid $50. So that bottle Larry found might be a pretty good price, depending on whether or not the ink still looks okay (and has no SITB).

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I guess it depends if the ink's still good and if you plan to use it. I bought a bottle of 1940s Quink Permanent Blue-Black which looked more like a watery grey with particulates. As far as I could tell, the ink had gone bad. I kept it for the bottle, box and label.

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Thanks Everyone. It's been in the store for months. I'll think about it.

Larry

 

Looking for a black SJ Transitional Esterbrook Pen. (It's smaller than an sj)

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That measurement must be Imperial (as opposed to US, which is 32 oz. for a quart).

That being said, I bought an possibly never opened 8 oz bottle of vintage Quink Violet on Ebay a couple of summers ago, and paid $50. So that bottle Larry found might be a pretty good price, depending on whether or not the ink still looks okay (and has no SITB).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

It is Imperial (is there any other?).

I'll let you re-do the sums for local conditions...

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