What is the best deal you got for a pen ?

[mitto]

And a Plum, a cocoa, a user grade signet and a teal blue 51 aeros for $110 (all four).

[inkstainedruth]

This happened a couple of years ago, but my best deal ever was a new Pilot Vanishing Point with box and papers for $10.

 

That's better than me. I found one in an antiques shop about an hour and a half north of me about a year ago for $45 US. Looked as if the previous owner used up the cartridge and that was it. The converter included looked as if it had never been removed from the box before I got it.

Pen is too heavy for me, but I'm going to sit my husband down with it one of these days. If he doesn't like the F nib on it, I'll get myself a Decimo with an EF nib and swap nib assemblies between the pens. If the F nib in the VP is to his liking, I'll have to decide what size nib unit to get on a Decimo....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[openionated]

That's better than me. I found one in an antiques shop about an hour and a half north of me about a year ago for $45 US. Looked as if the previous owner used up the cartridge and that was it. The converter included looked as if it had never been removed from the box before I got it.

Pen is too heavy for me, but I'm going to sit my husband down with it one of these days. If he doesn't like the F nib on it, I'll get myself a Decimo with an EF nib and swap nib assemblies between the pens. If the F nib in the VP is to his liking, I'll have to decide what size nib unit to get on a Decimo....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Mine was found in one of those liquidation stores where they sell overstock and returns from other stores. It was in the bottom of a box of office supplies. Someone had taken it apart, down to the clip and nib unit, but all the parts were in the box. Fiddled with it for a few minutes and got it back together. The store owner said since I did the hard work, I could have it for $10 if I wanted it. Of course I did!!

[C-InPenmanship]

I got a "new old stock" Waterman School pen (i.e. plastic body) w/ a 27k gold nib from 1987 this year for $13 shipped from Switzerland. It may be plastic, but it's indestructible and writes like a dream.

[mitto]

Wonder if there can be a 27k nib.

[praxim]

Wonder if there can be a 27k nib.

112% there can!

[mitto]

112% there can!

Convinced now that there can be 27k and even 37k.

[jrmekrn]

I've been having good luck watching newly listed buy-it-now pens on ebay. I think I did pretty well on the following:

 

Pristine Black & Gold Duofold International from 1990 - $160 Shipped

Pristine Visconti Van Gogh Self Portrait - $118 Shipped

Retro 51 Double Eight Tortoise - $21 Shipped

[mbankirer]

1. A Pilot/Namiki VP, green with gold. Purchased NEW from a gift shop inside a hotel in Las Vegas, "going out of business" sale...$25.

2. A Parker Frontier Flighter, with 2 nibs (fine and crisp italic/stub), @ Office Depot...$3.

 

In both cases I specifically asked if they were marked correctly...!!

[STLCardsFan]

I found a yellow duofold senior Parker and a parker 51 vac fill for $60.50 at an antique store.

Edited August 5, 2017 by STLCardsFan

[PenPaper52]

I got a "new old stock" Waterman School pen (i.e. plastic body) w/ a 27k gold nib from 1987 this year for $13 shipped from Switzerland. It may be plastic, but it's indestructible and writes like a dream.

Got two of these...both F nib for 2.

 

And..a FC Ondoro for 46! Love how this pen writes.

Edited August 5, 2017 by PenPaper52

[marcelo]

$125 for a brand new Waterman Carène. :-)

Edited August 5, 2017 by marcelo

[Fuzzy_Bear]

Pair of black Esties, free.

[kestrel]

Nassau Green "51" vac in good condition in a "junk pens" cup at a local antique store. $9.00 US including tax.

[mitto]

A modern UK banner Duofold Centenniel for $55.

[trdsf]

Pair of black Esties, free.

 

I just got three free ones yesterday -- black J, blue J and blue SJ -- from someone on a different site who just didn't want them anymore.

 

Also picked up what turned out to be an Eversharp Doric plunger fill with a superflexy nib, for a very low price.