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6:40 CST I bid $142.50 because I've never bid on a Burgundy cordovan Plum 51 before! :bunny01:

WooHoo! Hope I win!...Only 5 days left!

 

Clayton

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Bruce, you are right: I didn't see the back channel chatter. How could I? ;)

 

But, from the exchanges I could see, it looked like the guy was being given the puppy treatment. As for the random caps, I am intrigued by them and continue to strive to discern a pattern!

 

Peace,

Daniel

 

That's why they call them Private Messages Daniel. ;)

 

I'm getting old and crotchety. When some seller wants to argue that I can't read plain English in HIS own listing.... :rolleyes:

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Good luck Clayton. To rich for my current budget.

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I very politely asked for some pictures of the pen uncapped and partly disassembled (if possible). No reply, no extra photos. Hmmm...

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You never really know with that bad lighting :D

Must be Yellowstone then.

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6:40 CST I bid $142.50 because I've never bid on a Burgundy cordovan Plum 51 before! :bunny01:

WooHoo! Hope I win!...Only 5 days left!

 

Clayton

Clayton, I'll buy the pencil from you for a 1/3 of the current price. C.T. 7:52 P.M.

 

Ken

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yeah...way too if-fy...budget allowing, this would be the better-placed bid>>>>

 

www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DECO-PARKER-VACUMATIC-51-BLUE-DIAMOND-16K-GF-BUCKSKIN-BEIGE-TWO-JEWEL/121383246617?_trksid=p272.c100225.m3205&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24122%26meid%3D8

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I consider myself Very Blessed in that I think Most of the high zoot Vac colors are Ooogly.

 

I would however, make an exception for a Raspberry. :P

 

You can live just fine with only 1 kidney, right?

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I consider myself Very Blessed in that I think Most of the high zoot Vac colors are Ooogly.

 

I would however, make an exception for a Raspberry. :P

 

You can live just fine with only 1 kidney, right?

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

What are the "high zoot Vac colors?" Not sure I'm familiar with the term -- or is that just another example of your very individualized and often quite colorful vernacular? For instance, I'm becoming increasingly fond of the word OOGLIE.... :lol:

I have to say, though, that personally I don't think you could pay me enough to take a Buckskin Beige one off anyone's hands....

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Just off the top of my head, no Vac maven here you know, the Mustard one, Buckskin, the Nassau green one and though not high zoot (expensive) you might as well toss Cordovan in there too.

 

Just from what little I know, I'd say the Raspberry falls under Uber-zoot. :P

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Strawberry. I think we called it strawberry.

 

Someday I'll dig out that Orange aero that turned up in Janesville.

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If that's what your Stawberries look like, they're something wrong with your Strawberries. ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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yeah...way too if-fy...budget allowing, this would be the better-placed bid>>>>

 

www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DECO-PARKER-VACUMATIC-51-BLUE-DIAMOND-16K-GF-BUCKSKIN-BEIGE-TWO-JEWEL/121383246617?_trksid=p272.c100225.m3205&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24122%26meid%3D8

 

The funny thing is that confirmed plums sell for the same price and often more than that pen will even though it is much rarer. However, more people know of, and consequentially are looking for plums than DJ 51 Vacs in the "high Zoot" colors (see it's catching on :lol:).

 

Must be Yellowstone then.

 

Apple red perhaps?

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I sent the j*ck*ss erudite vendor a question as to whether the pen had a nib, since he didn't show a pic of one, or were we to price it as parts (barrel + cap).

 

My theory, extreme though it might be, is that if you are selling a pen, you should show that it has a business end.

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I bought the Yellowstone while the debate raged.

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I sent the j*ck*ss erudite vendor a question as to whether the pen had a nib, since he didn't show a pic of one, or were we to price it as parts (barrel + cap).

 

My theory, extreme though it might be, is that if you are selling a pen, you should show that it has a business end.

 

It appears he has had his fill of PIA question askers. (ME Waving!!)

 

 

I bought the Yellowstone while the debate raged.

 

<Shaking head at my friend the Uber-C-Worder...>

 

And YOU. Who have told me you think Cocoa looks like a turd.

 

Mustard and Yellowstone are just the same with bowel issues.... ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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It appears he has had his fill of PIA question askers. (ME Waving!!)

 

 

 

 

<Shaking head at my friend the Uber-C-Worder...>

 

And YOU. Who have told me you think Cocoa looks like a turd.

 

Mustard and Yellowstone are just the same with bowel issues.... ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

The one I got is missing a jewel so hope we can just call it parts.

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Just put a Kullock bright yellow one in it.

 

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Still no response to my request for pics with the cap off. I think Bruce is right. On a similar note, I asked another seller a question about something I saw in a posted picture and promptly got banned from bidding on it! What the heck is the matter with these people?

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Looks burgundy to me so therefore it is burgundy. I live in a VERY subjective world.

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