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I recently picked up this pen and was hoping someone might have more info to share about it. After hours of googling, I haven't been able find a trace of another like it. Based on the trademark cap crown, blindcap imprint (7m), and nib, it appears to be a 1920s(?) Astoria in the #7 size. It's a lengthy 5 7/8" capped. Like a Montblanc #7, it's made of black hard rubber. But unlike the Montblanc, the hard rubber is chased. It's also a button filler, not a safety. The only marking on the barrel is 'Verlag Scherl" (an early twentieth-century German publishing company).

 

I've had plans to list this for sale, but am out of my depth with regard to fair asking price. In addition to its history, any input on its scarcity or ballpark of its value would be greatly appreciated!

 

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Go and ask Horst-Max Schrage at http://maxpens.de for authenticy.

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Montblanc collector since 1968. Former owner of the Montblanc Boutique Bremen, retired 2007 and sold it.
Collecting Montblanc safeties, eyedroppers, lever fillers, button fillers, compressors - all from 1908 - 1929,
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Thanks for the contact! I emailed him early last week but haven't heard back. Does anyone else happen to have any leads?

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WANTED: Vintage Pens with White Metal Trim! —> Sheaffer: OS Balance w/ reverse trim (grey/red vein) | Balance (grey/red fleck); Canadian Balance 5-30 (roseglow, green, ebonized pearl); First-Yr Crest (silver cap) | Waterman: Lady Patricia (clean persian) | Wahl-Eversharp: "half" Coronet (rhodium cap); Doric (Cathay); Skyline (SS/Sterling Cap) | Rebadged Parkers: Diamond Medal (grey pinstripe, marble stripe, etc.)

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