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[rachels]

Hi. I was trying to research the value of this pen and am having a hard time pinpointing information on it. I know it is a vacumatic from 1947, but a Google search brings up varying results. None of them match this one's details and the price range for the pens similar to this is between $140.00 and $440.00. It also has the name Dewey G. Chesebrough on it, which gets zero Google results. Does anyone know more?

[icardoth]

Many aspects can affect the final value.

 

Plus:

* The mint or near mint condition, based on the stickers.

* The original box included.

* The barrel transparency. While I cannot see it in the pictures, I assume a near mint pen should have a pretty transparent barrel.

 

Minus:

* Not a Maxima size. It seems to be a Major.

* The barrel engraving with previous owner's name

* Not an early Vacumatic, but a later one

 

I think you can reach up to $180-$200 in an auction. But of course I may be wrong.

 

 

[rachels]

Thank you very much, icardoth. That was very helpful!

 

It hadn't occurred to me that the engraving would be a pen owners name, but makes sense.

 

The barrel is transparent, I believe the pen has never been used.

[pen lady]

Dewey G Chesebrough (can there be more than one?) married a Zylpha Messmer on 24 Nov. 1921 in Wyandot County Ohio. The biggest town there is Upper Sandusky and I got another hit for 1938,

D. G. Chesebrough's name turns up in a Spring 1938 Amateur Radio call-book listing. His call-sign was

W8AIV. and his address was listed as 433 S. Eighth St. Upper Sandusky. After that I ran out of time. Thanks though, this was fun!

[rachels]

Great, pen lady! Mystery solved!! I wonder if he has living relatives (I don't imagine he is still around). It would be neat for them to have a pen with their father's (or grandfather's) name on it. I'll be sure to update here if I pursue this...

[rachels]

Great, pen lady! Mystery solved!! I wonder if he has living relatives (I don't imagine he is still around). It would be neat for them to have a pen with their father's (or grandfather's) name on it. I'll be sure to update here if I pursue this...

[icardoth]

Before contacting his relatives, think that they probably sold it not long ago...

[rachels]

Icardoth-

 

You have a point about the family...although my mother sold off a bunch of my dad's music collection when he died and I would have loved to go through it first.

 

I have decided to try and sell it (my first attempt at a sale!). I am using icardoth's lower price suggestion/guestimate. Wish me luck! If anyone is interested you can find it here:

 

http://www.thepenmarket.com/productList.aspx/old-pens/brand-Parker-pens

 

If anyone has a better suggestion for selling online, I'd appreciate the advice. Although I will be keeping many of the pens, I'd like to sell some as well. There are lots...

[rachels]

I just read the rules for selling on here, and if I did something wrong by linking another site, please feel free to let me know, moderators (or remove my post). Thanks!