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I was at an estate sale today and found this Sheaffer Levenger in a box of p/bs and stuff. Of course I bought it, at what I found out is a truly audacious "sumgai" price.

I really didn't know what it was at the time. Now, please will someone tell me why is this pen selling for SO much money? I've seen prices up to $200+ Sadly mine doesn't have a box or papers, but it appears to be in lovely shape and has a 14 k 580 nib. BTW that's not a crack in the barrel, just fluting on the inside to hold the cartridge.

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No idea of why they are selling at such prices but must admit I am glad. The "Seas" series did have some nice pens but in reality they remind me of the colored transparent "school" pens and NoNonsense.

 

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Congratulations! They sell for so much because they are somewhat difficult to find, they are pretty good writers, and they came in pretty colors. It seems like everyone who bought one must be holding on to theirs. I still have my purple one, but I kick myself every day for having traded off the other colors that I had long ago. I had the good fortune to find a black Connaisseur, the pen that this Levenger Seas is based off of, at a recent pen show for almost $200, and I would have gladly paid more than that because I had been looking for one for quite some time.

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