This auction didnt last long! I was very tempted, but I with stood my natural urges!
Did a FPN member get lucky?
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Full Version: Ebay 149 Sale
$270 shipped isnt that great... its what i payed for mine on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=013
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QUOTE(bartlanz @ Jan 18 2008, 02:13 PM) [snapback]482755[/snapback]
$270 shipped isnt that great... its what i payed for mine on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=013
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=013
I thought it was a good deal...
I guess I'm wrong...
you know what, maybe i guess, i worded that wrong... It is an atainable deal, and your rite, for a buy it now, it is a good deal. usualy buy it now items fetch more money.
Ok - i saw i restrained - the photo was lousy - and the pen may as well have been a fluke.
The seller's sale numbers do not jive with the price he wanted - he/she knows there is a much higher price to be had.
Yes, I wish I had clicked that button - but there is a good chance I would be sorry later
The seller's sale numbers do not jive with the price he wanted - he/she knows there is a much higher price to be had.
Yes, I wish I had clicked that button - but there is a good chance I would be sorry later
Hi,
Strange that I found this thread....but it was I who purchased this pen (check the winning bidders ID). I think I got an awesome deal for a buy it now..I queried the seller about a few things before I pushed the button,anxiously waiting his reply before anybody else got to it...Yes the picture was bad but you could make out that it had a tri-toned nib..making this a "vintage" #149, so I asked when he bought it...what the piston threads were like, Germany or W.Germany on the clip ring, any serial number, etc..He replied quickly with all the answers that I liked. I pulled the trigger!
This is what I got...probably an early 1970's #149, has black resin piston threads, tri-toned nib, piston filler ring is thin and rounded, Germany on the clip ring, no serial number.Great condition with no brassing of the gold, no scratches/nicks. I have a 1960's #149 where the feed has midline grooves..this pen didn't have those, so not from the 60's. These features jive with the Pentrace article on #149's, stickied in the MB forum.
Best of all....the pen writes like new...smooth wet medium..I have been using it since it arrived!
So yes, a FPN member (new-ish) got lucky and got this pen.
Rick
(talkinghead)
Strange that I found this thread....but it was I who purchased this pen (check the winning bidders ID). I think I got an awesome deal for a buy it now..I queried the seller about a few things before I pushed the button,anxiously waiting his reply before anybody else got to it...Yes the picture was bad but you could make out that it had a tri-toned nib..making this a "vintage" #149, so I asked when he bought it...what the piston threads were like, Germany or W.Germany on the clip ring, any serial number, etc..He replied quickly with all the answers that I liked. I pulled the trigger!
This is what I got...probably an early 1970's #149, has black resin piston threads, tri-toned nib, piston filler ring is thin and rounded, Germany on the clip ring, no serial number.Great condition with no brassing of the gold, no scratches/nicks. I have a 1960's #149 where the feed has midline grooves..this pen didn't have those, so not from the 60's. These features jive with the Pentrace article on #149's, stickied in the MB forum.
Best of all....the pen writes like new...smooth wet medium..I have been using it since it arrived!
So yes, a FPN member (new-ish) got lucky and got this pen.
Rick
(talkinghead)
QUOTE(talkinghead @ Feb 9 2008, 12:32 AM) [snapback]508491[/snapback]
Hi,
Strange that I found this thread....but it was I who purchased this pen (check the winning bidders ID). I think I got an awesome deal for a buy it now..I queried the seller about a few things before I pushed the button,anxiously waiting his reply before anybody else got to it...Yes the picture was bad but you could make out that it had a tri-toned nib..making this a "vintage" #149, so I asked when he bought it...what the piston threads were like, Germany or W.Germany on the clip ring, any serial number, etc..He replied quickly with all the answers that I liked. I pulled the trigger!
This is what I got...probably an early 1970's #149, has black resin piston threads, tri-toned nib, piston filler ring is thin and rounded, Germany on the clip ring, no serial number.Great condition with no brassing of the gold, no scratches/nicks. I have a 1960's #149 where the feed has midline grooves..this pen didn't have those, so not from the 60's. These features jive with the Pentrace article on #149's, stickied in the MB forum.
Best of all....the pen writes like new...smooth wet medium..I have been using it since it arrived!
So yes, a FPN member (new-ish) got lucky and got this pen.
Rick
(talkinghead)
Strange that I found this thread....but it was I who purchased this pen (check the winning bidders ID). I think I got an awesome deal for a buy it now..I queried the seller about a few things before I pushed the button,anxiously waiting his reply before anybody else got to it...Yes the picture was bad but you could make out that it had a tri-toned nib..making this a "vintage" #149, so I asked when he bought it...what the piston threads were like, Germany or W.Germany on the clip ring, any serial number, etc..He replied quickly with all the answers that I liked. I pulled the trigger!
This is what I got...probably an early 1970's #149, has black resin piston threads, tri-toned nib, piston filler ring is thin and rounded, Germany on the clip ring, no serial number.Great condition with no brassing of the gold, no scratches/nicks. I have a 1960's #149 where the feed has midline grooves..this pen didn't have those, so not from the 60's. These features jive with the Pentrace article on #149's, stickied in the MB forum.
Best of all....the pen writes like new...smooth wet medium..I have been using it since it arrived!
So yes, a FPN member (new-ish) got lucky and got this pen.
Rick
(talkinghead)
I think you got a good deal. Mine was a 1970's 149 in unused / uninked condition with original box and papers with an broad nib for $350.00. Mine is one of those pens that is an absolute joy to write with. It has become one of my top two writers.
I see the "average" ones selling on eBay regularly for $300 - $400 very often.
Congratulations!!
I think there are currently some good deals to be had on 149s.
I bought one about a month ago - late 1970s near mint condition with papers from an original owner in CA for $244 including shipping to Australia.
I bought one about a month ago - late 1970s near mint condition with papers from an original owner in CA for $244 including shipping to Australia.
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