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I'll Take This Beat Up Estie Box Over The Fancy New One Any Day.


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Just picked this box up, Now I've got a dilemma. I bought them to restore and resell but now I don't want to break the set up!

 

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Nice grab. You could always restore them, and then sell them as a set. The hardest thing to do when you truly don't want to collect, but fix and sell, is to learn to let go. I've sold a fair amount of nice pens this past year, and I'll surely sell more. It's fun to get them, fix them, use them for a while and then move on to the next project.

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I'd sell the group as is. No messing with them. Just sell them as is.

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I'd sell the group as is. No messing with them. Just sell them as is.

 

 

That's what I'm leaning towards, I think it will sit for a while though. Probably not many buyers of 6 nibless LJs at once.

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Do as Farmboy said.

The pens still have the labels.

It is of MORE value to a collector "as is" and "as a set," than to a user restored and sold individually.

 

WARNING. you can damage/destroy the pen attempting to remove the section (I have). Then you are down 1 pen, and the set is now incomplete.

 

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I'd keep them original, just as they are. That's what would get my attention if I was a buyer.

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That's what I'm leaning towards, I think it will sit for a while though. Probably not many buyers of 6 nibless LJs at once.

 

Depends on the price. :)

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+1 for "set as is". Likely, since they haven't been inked, the sacs are still good, and only need a nib. But in the box, a complete "sampler", it qualifies as a historical bit of "ephemera" as well. Good C-worder stuff.

And as Brian notes, Depends on the price.

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Agree with FarmBoy et al...sell them as is. I think you'd find a lot of serious Esterbrook collectors very interested...especially all of us who used to buy large bags of NOS nibs from Frank Dubiel back in the day. May he rest in peace.

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I don't really know how to value it other than I know it's worth more than I paid :D

 

Maybe it will end up on eBay at some point in the near future, I do like looking at it though...

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Nice score, I would sell them a set.

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I ran across something similar a few years ago, but since I'm a confirmed c-worder, I never worried about restoration or sale.

 

http://gergyor.com/images/esterbrook_icicle_x4_in_box.jpg

 

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Sorry Greg, but MxMJ has you beat. Okay I say this strictly because I'm just such a sucker for the mackerels. :rolleyes:

So -- what are the nibs on both these sets? Inquiring minds want to know!

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icicles !!!!

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Sorry Greg, but MxMJ has you beat. Okay I say this strictly because I'm just such a sucker for the mackerels. :rolleyes:

So -- what are the nibs on both these sets? Inquiring minds want to know!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

MxMJ definitely has me beat. Wow!

 

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Look, I don't do this for just anyone, but you seem like a good guy. I know these aren't those dollar pens Esterbrook made. These were more expensive. You've got six. I'm willing to go as high as three bucks a piece. Eh, you know what? For a nice young man from the great state of Oklahoma, I'll make it a round $20 bill to take those antiquated old things off your hands. I mean they don't even have nibs or feeds, but I'll take a hit for ya, kid. That's just the sort of guy I am. ;)

 

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gregamckinney: If my box looked like that, i would be much more temped to keep it. Great set!

 

inkstainedruth: there aren't nibs in any of mine

 

badharlock: haha, gonna have to pass. I'm a nice guy but not that nice :)

 

For those interested, the set is up on the bay now, opening bid is quite reasonable in my (unbiased ;)) opinion.

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