Value of 0552 1/2V - should I have bid more?

[chud]

So, I just got sniped at the last second on this item:

 

Waterman 0552 1/2 V on ebay

 

I don't have a good feel for the value of these; should I have been willing to go much higher on this one (it's safe to assume that I could have done so without using the rent money )? Assuming that it probably needs some work, what's a general going-rate for something like this, any guess?

 

Thanks!

[david i]

I don't have a good feel for the value of these; should I have been willing to go much higher on this one (it's safe to assume that I could have done so without using the rent money  )? Assuming that it probably needs some work, what's a general going-rate for something like this, any guess?

 

Probably/Perhaps/Maybe/WHo knows.

 

While i don't really wish to mix retail posts with would-be-educational posts, i note that i sell these on regular basis, of course restored and guaranteed, often with nice flex nibs. Sell them for well more than this, though again in theory getting a raw pen from ebay does carry some risks. But, then if you play there you already know that :-)

 

If this one were pretty clean (and i have not scrutinized it or asked questions to seller), i'd happily have bought it, spent well to have had it restored, and would have had rooom to mark it up reasonably for resale down the pike.

 

regards

 

david

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