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If the seller hasn't doesn't anything to make the pen worse than when they got it, and if they provide clear pictures and descriptions, I haven't got a beef. They may be thinking that they could make things worse with an inexpert attempt at cleaning, and they might actually be right. People pick these things up for a song at flea markets or yard sales; they don't necessarily have any personal connection to them. I don't begrudge them the chance to turn a quick profit; I'll bid what it's worth to me, and if that "wins" it, fine.

 

Although I think well of eBay sellers who understand fountain pens and lovingly restore them before selling them, their prices may be higher. Cleaning and restoring a pen for myself is fun, and it's gotten me some real bargains.

"So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

 

- Benjamin Franklin

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I admit being new still to fixing up pens, and my picks from the bay perhaps have been poor choices on my part, but they haven't been terrible choices.

 

If've found some poor pictures, where I thought "I'm taking a real chance on this one" and I get the pen and it's fine on the outside. Needed a new sac.

 

If've seen some iffy stuff in pictures and asked for clarification esp. if I think it could be a crack, some sellers dissemble while others have offered more specific answers. But sometimes the pictures just show stuff that isn't there, which is weird too.

 

elysee, congrats on your find!

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So, the auction for the pair of pens ended rather cheaply for 182.50 Canadian dollars (171.11 USD); I did not bid. If someone here, on FPN, won the pens, please share pictures of the cleaned-up nib as well as a writing sample.

 

I hope that the pair of pens turns out to be an easy fixer-upper for whomever won the pens like my silver pen/pencil set was for me. : )

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I won a Sheaffer school pen with an unusual cap on eBay even though it had been used with 'silver' paint which was still all over the nib. But ammonia dissolved the aluminium and/or the whatever holds silver paint together. Result: one more pen recovered for the world.

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I won a Sheaffer school pen with an unusual cap on eBay even though it had been used with 'silver' paint which was still all over the nib. But ammonia dissolved the aluminium and/or the whatever holds silver paint together. Result: one more pen recovered for the world.

It is nice that you could rescue and "save" the pen. I would enjoy seeing a picture of your "rescued" pen.

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