Help! I've Been Sent The Wrong Vacumatic!

[Davvon]

Hi all,

*EDIT* There was a mix-up at our end, not with the seller, leaving here for posterity.

After some excessive hint-dropping my girlfriend bought me a Parker Vacumatic for Christmas, shipped from a UK company to Australia. However, I think we may have been sent the wrong pen. It doesn't match the description of the item, or the sizes/dates I can find online.

 

This is the pen we ordered

Now, the information I'm using is based on what I found on Richard's Pens, which seems to be one of the go to sources for Vacumatics (http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/profiles/vac.htm), and my own measurements.

The item was described as a Parker Vacumatic Maxima with medium two tone nib, circa 1944. This already doesn't make sense, as Richard's Pens dates the Maxima from 1937-1941 with a metal speedline filler.

 

As you can see from my photos, the nib is plain (no arrow as in the product photos) and gold-only, with "Parker Duofold 14K Pen N" inscribed on it.

My measurements place it as a Vacumatic Major (plastic) - 5 1/8" capped, 5 7/8" posted, which tallies with the post-1939 Blue Diamond clip, post-1942 non-jeweled blind cap and post-1942 plastic filler mechanism.

I intend on going back to the seller to query this all, but my question is - what are the comparative values of the two pens? I don't necessarily mind keeping the one I have been sent, but I just don't want to have been overcharged for it.

Anyone who can shed some light on this, it would be much appreciated!

Edited December 28, 2016 by Davvon

[FarmBoy]

You show a 3rd generation Major in Silver Pearl. The pen with a green background is a Maxima and most likely a double jewel pen.

 

There Maxima is with 2-3X the Major as a rough guide.

 

I would say it really depends on what you paid before further determination can be made.

[ThomasB]

What you purchased based on the 1st picture should have been a true Maxima...What you received based on the second picture was a Major with the a replacement nib...Quite a difference between the two...Silver Pearl Maxima should go for around $300-325USD depending on quality of the nickel plated trim...The Silver Pearl Major around $125USD with the correct nib--with the replacement I would estimate $75USD

[Davvon]

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated. After more investigation it turns out it may have been a mix-up at our end, but the confirmation of the model and replacement nib was still very helpful! Thanks again.