Interesting Parker 45

[OldGriz]

I saw this Parker 45 online and the description intriqued me....

I have never heard of a gold toned pen with wooden ends... was this some kind of very limited edition pen?.... If so what would something like this be worth??

http://parkerpens.net/ says that some 45 came in a clipless model like this.

The picture is horrible, but I did my best to make it look better. It looks like the section needs some cleaing, but the rest doesn't look all that bad...

Edited July 2, 2006 by OldGriz

[FLZapped]

The ones without the clip were sold as a lady's pen, no need for a clip if ya have it in your purse.

 

-Bruce

 

[gregamckinney]

These come up from time to time, and generally sell at a fairly good premium over a regular 45- perhaps 50-75% more. I'd take a swag that, if that one cleans up well, it is around a $40-50 pen.

Best regards, greg

[Richard]

The pen you show is a 45 Brocade. It came in both GF and silver (chrome?) versions, but the silver version has ordinary black ends. I picked up one of each at Raleigh; this is the silver one, which went into my collection:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/45_brocade_cr.jpg

 

On the 'Bay a Brocade might go for $50.00 or so. Retail, from a reputable restorer, it ought to be be rather more.