Parker Sonnet Lust On Ebay

[Bermie]

So I was checking out ebay today and found the following Parker Sonnet gold plated which at first glance looked interesting

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Parker-Sonnet-Gold-Plated-Fountain-Pen-W-Box-/162131401724?

 

But now i wonder if it is not a fake .... This pen has been listed by this seller more than once and in my research on internet i have not been able to find anything from Parker that looks like it. The photos shown in the listing reflext the nib, etc... And i wonder if this just looks all too new to be real.

 

 

Tks for feedback

[maksim]

Compared to my gold chiseled

 

Converter is different, threads on pen different, nib different.

[kapanak]

There are many sellers with this particular form of Parker Sonnet, and many threads here on FPN that talk about this. It is definitely a fake.

[pajaro]

There are many sellers with this particular form of Parker Sonnet, and many threads here on FPN that talk about this. It is definitely a fake.

 

I would be interested to know what criteria you used to decide this pen is a fake. The nib is merely the gold plated steel nib. Frankly, with the resolution in the pictures I couldn't make a determination. The starting price was reasonable enough for a pen with a gold plated nib. If the pen could be determined by the pictures to be genuine, then the expectation of higher bids might be reasonable. If I wanted to sell a genuine pen, though, I would have made sure the pictures showed the pen to not be a fake.

 

The gold plated nib looks genuine enough. It's not a gold nib. Threads? Converter? I do not see anything conclusive there.