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Small, Gold Filled 'wahl Pen' With Roller Clip


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I recently got this small Wahl Pen and am having a hard time IDing/valuing it. Normally in this situation I would either keep it or stick it up on eBay as an auction but I have a friend who wants to buy it. I'd like to give him a good deal but maybe not a great deal.

 

From my struggles in IDing it, I am thinking it might be fairly uncommon? What is throwing me is the clip. It seems that these generally are ringtops or have another clip style. It looks factory, the pen is in great shape with no dings and almost no brassing so I don't think it is a repair. Also there is no hole for a ringtop and I don't think other clip styles would have attached the same way. The nib is a replacement though, I assume it should have had a Tempoint or Wahl nib.

 

Any hints at an ID, rarity, or value?

 

http://i.imgur.com/MLbsRsfh.jpg

 

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I think this is just post '21 so it should have a Wahl nib. The numbering scheme in '21 would have this be a 306A with clip and there is a 302A shown with clip in the catalog. That said I think it is a '22 or '23 and would probably have a 4 digit code which handles the clip included option. A nice small pen worth about $75-100.

 

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Thanks Roger.

 

I've been looking at the catalogs (not sure why I didn't do that first) the gold filled Grecian Gorder pens in the 1922 catalog all seem to be the 'all-metal' models where mine has the HR end, they also have the spoon(?) clips.

 

It does look exactly like the 306A in the 1921 just with a clip added. Though a clip is not expressly stated as an option for the gold filled pens (just the sterling and solid gold pens) I would not be surprised if it was an option when ordering anyways.

 

Another possible indicator for 1921 are the "14k 1/8" markings on my pen. In '22 it looks like they dropped that and just said "14k gold filled"

 

Note: I may be wrong about any or all of this.

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