Nice 51 Vac in blue with a jewelers band cap....
Highlights in description are mine....
"THIS RARE OFFER IS VALUED AT $750.00 TO A COLLECTOR IN THIS PRESERVED NEW NEVER INKED CONDITION"
But it has been "TESTED WITH SPECIAL DYE AND h2o FOR EFFICIENCE. IT WRITE AMAZINGLY WELL."
Isn't special dye and H2O what they make ink from
Gotta Love a Benz Auction description.... especially when you see what someone has bid on this pen...... more than I would pay or even charge for one....
Full Version: I need to raise my prices
8 bidders and 37 bids... sigh...
Luckily, this pen is from THE Philip Benz Collection and, as you noted Griz, has been "tested with a special dye and H20" solution. Now I feel better about it.
John
Luckily, this pen is from THE Philip Benz Collection and, as you noted Griz, has been "tested with a special dye and H20" solution. Now I feel better about it.
John
Tom, you're forgetting one thing!
Knowing your new Benz has been protected from the element....priceless.
Knowing your new Benz has been protected from the element....priceless.
I am having a hard time believing that most or all of the bids are from real bidders. The hype in the description is so thick you can cut it with a knife. If anyone here is a legitimate bidder on this though, I would be more than happy to sell them a 'much more desireable' and older genuine first era Vac from the 1930s from the world famous 'Kimo Kollection' with a real gold nib for a mere $25,000. 
Look on the bright side. "Precious" didn't appear even once.
I noticed he has started shooting pictures of white metal nibs and caps with a light that makes them look gold.
i dont know a lot about 51s, but the plunger was plastic. werent the first ones aluminum?
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i dont know a lot about 51s, but the plunger was plastic. werent the first ones aluminum?
The first 51's(1941s)had aluminum speedline fillers in them,but the aluminum was given up for the war effort. Vac-filling 51's
would never again have metal filler units in them. In 1948 or `49 Parker switched to their aerometric filling system.
John
That is the Art of writing......
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TESTED WITH SPECIAL DYE AND h2o FOR EFFICIENCE. IT WRITE AMAZINGLY WELL."
"Isn't special dye and H2O what they make ink from"
"Isn't special dye and H2O what they make ink from"
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I am having a hard time believing that most or all of the bids are from real bidders....
They aren't. I saw him list the same pen within 2 days of "selling" it one time. Unless the person just said "Hey, I ain't paying you nothin" right after he won the auction, and Benz didn't feel a need to leave bad feedback, it was a scam. I'm sure he really sells some pens to legitimate buyers, but he'll usually try to shill bid the pen as high as he can.
Tom, you just need to hire a good fiction writer.
Actually, those ads are some of the funniest things I've read -- funny, that is, until I realize that some unwitting buyers are actually falling for it. Then it's not funny anymore.
Actually, those ads are some of the funniest things I've read -- funny, that is, until I realize that some unwitting buyers are actually falling for it. Then it's not funny anymore.
One day when I'm incredibly bored, I'll create an auction for a Bic ballpoint, and market it exactly like this guy. The whole thing will be a prank.
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One day when I'm incredibly bored, I'll create an auction for a Bic ballpoint, and market it exactly like this guy. The whole thing will be a prank.
Been Done a couple of times already....
The ones I like are the auctions that just say "Pen" with a starting bid of $9.99 and no other description...
I have actually seen 2 of these auctions go up to almost $20.00
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