Sumgai Alert -- Pounce On It Quick!

[2GreyCats]

There is a *restored* Esterbrook J on eBay that ends in ~25 minutes and is currently at $8.50.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ESTERBROOK-MODEL-J-FOUNTAIN-PEN-/221339232291?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3388d8a823

I have a Copper, so I don't *need* it. Someone else might, though.

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

IMO, the sellers first sentence is non-sensical.

 

It can't be a Fully Restored Estie If it's got only 1/2 of a cap jewel.

 

Being that a dropped Estie probably more likely lands on the cap, breaking that jewel, the unavailability of cap jewels has a lot to do with why it's sitting at $8.50

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[2GreyCats]

Very true, that. But for someone who's not worried about the state of the cap jewel, a resac-ed Estie at that price might be a good deal...

[ac12]

It sold for $21

 

I would have loved it at $8.50

I don't have a copper J series yet, so that is a color that I am looking for, at a good price.

Edited December 19, 2013 by ac12

[OcalaFlGuy]

I've said it before, On Any given day on Fleabay, Anything can happen...

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[pajaro]

You could make your own cap jewels. I have a Sonnet that some joker put a blue faceted glass jewel onto.

 

You could get creative and pick up some ocean-ground glass on the shore.

 

You could grind your own. You might fashion a copper jewel for a copper J.

[OcalaFlGuy]

There is a thread somewhere where Tyler Dahl used I think black ink to color 2 part epoxy, spread it in the shape of the missing half jewel and sanded and polished it down to match. Exactly.

 

You couldn't tell it had been done.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[rpk1204]

Replacing those jewels is a real pain! Done one, won't do another. Bottom jewels are very easy - just cap ones difficult.

[Brian C]

Auction didn't close as a sumgai. Waaay overpriced. Amazing. Hope it wasn't one of us...