Is It The Lighting Or .....?

[JotterAddict62]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PARKER-Vacumatic-Fountain-Pen-Made-in-Canada/272913347703?hash=item3f8ae73477:g:oG0AAOSwLyVZ1Khp

 

I saw this Vac and wondering if the lighting is over exposed or that the pen was placed in warm water at one time?

 

I would not pay more than $10 just for the blind cap assembly.

 

[mitto]

What is the nib on the pen?

[JotterAddict62]

What is the nib on the pen?

It said curve

14k

 

Can not tell the rest of the imprint...

[peterg]

It's a plated nib. Overall the pen looks horrible.

[inkstainedruth]

Actually, I was thinking that the color looked weirdly interesting. But unless I can score one of the candy flake ones for cheap (unlikely) or the rumored "Silver Web" actually exists -- I really dislike the look of the Golden Web and just sort of blink every time someone gleefully announces they've gotten their hands on one (but silver might be a different story, if it's actually real) -- for some semi-affordable price (which is even more unlikely) I pretty much have all the Vac colors I want; every time I go "hmm, Burgundy Pearl" my brain goes "Naah -- you have the Red Shadow Wave Junior Lockdown already... and it's prettier."

But at that price it's not weirdly interesting *enough* to me... Plus, I'm feeling a bit broke at the moment. So, if someone here does get this, I want to see pix of what color it REALLY is....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sherbie]

Agree, Warm or even boiling water probably

 

Now why someone would put it in hot water that way up, no idea!!!

[FarmBoy]

Actually, I was thinking that the color looked weirdly interesting. But unless I can score one of the candy flake ones for cheap (unlikely) or the rumored "Silver Web" actually exists -- I really dislike the look of the Golden Web and just sort of blink every time someone gleefully announces they've gotten their hands on one (but silver might be a different story, if it's actually real) -- for some semi-affordable price (which is even more unlikely) I pretty much have all the Vac colors I want; every time I go "hmm, Burgundy Pearl" my brain goes "Naah -- you have the Red Shadow Wave Junior Lockdown already... and it's prettier."

But at that price it's not weirdly interesting *enough* to me... Plus, I'm feeling a bit broke at the moment. So, if someone here does get this, I want to see pix of what color it REALLY is....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Silver web pens actually exist. So does a green version of the web.

[alexwi]

Something's up with the white balance of the camera. The pen looks gray in one of the close-ups.

 

You can see the same "effect" comparing the colors in the first and tenth picture in this listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-KAWECO-SPORT-V16-B-Gold-585-14C-Nib-Fountain-Pen-Ballpoint-619-Set/272913346345?hash=item3f8ae72f29:g:jxYAAOSwJmVZ1J5w

 

If you're interested, ask the seller to place the pen on a sheet of white paper and send you a few pictures like that. Or ask him what color the pen really is. Daylight, unless you're under direct sunlight, is blue.

 

alex

[JotterAddict62]

Here in Parker country a Parker looking like it does would only fetch $5.

 

Here is a photo of a pen lot I bought some four years ago for only $20.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f239/Jotteraddict62/036_zps3bbd7172.jpg

Why would I pay $60 for a whitewashed vac... I will take a chance on pen parts from time to time [ most of the time ]..

[Ernst Bitterman]

There's definitely SOMETHING amiss with the body plastic. If not hot water, perhaps an attempt at polishing gone horribly wrong. Between that and the Curvex point (which is slightly interesting in the way it replaces tipping with a firing-pin dent), the $60 they're asking is... optimistic.