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The Waterman Gentleman In Blue With Gold Splotches

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Just today I spent $87.50 for a Waterman Gentleman (which includes free shipping) after comparing prices to the other ones being sold on eBay. The one I bought is burgundy lacquer with a medium "Ideal" nib.

 

Interestingly, in my perusing of the 'Bay I came across a picture of a dozen Waterman Gentlemen(!) being sold en masse, in a Waterman box, no less. The pen which caught my eye immediately was the blue lacquer Gentleman with what I call "gold splotches." These splotches aren't specks or flecks but amoeba-size (enlarged a few hundred times) patches of gold. Whether they are comprised of real gold (as in gold leaf) or just a gold-colored metal of some sort, I do not know. What I do know is that I'd like to get a hold of one of those pens (not the box of 12, mind you, but a single blue-and-gold-splotched Gentleman)!

 

Can anybody lead me in the right direction? Does the finish of the pen in question have a particular name?

 

By the way, the box of pens which is still listed on the 'Bay for $2k and is numbered 3913 7994 9239. The blue and gold-splotched one is easy to spot; it's the seventh from the left.

 

Thanks for whatever help you can render.

 

 

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." (Jim Elliot, Christian martyr)

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The seller states one limited edition and two prototypes.

 

The LE is the Maki-E (black lacquer with gold leaf inset pattern) to the left of the Blue...prototype. To the right of the Blue is a Black with chicken wire pattern...it too is a prototype.

 

If you want a (the) Blue...you gotta buy this set and sell the others on. I have never seen another.

 

Unfortunately the seller does not state their condition.

 

Also I think flash photography has been used in one or two pics which tends to brighten the colours.

 

This could have been a salesmans sample set but I do know the boxes can be purchased separately so they may have been put together by someone. The Maki-E model does appear on ebay but we will never know how he/she came by the two prototypes.

 

The pen in question,

 

 

 

I wonder if Waterman were trying to recreate this effect,

 

 

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Just when I thought I had seen all the Gentleman pens made.....

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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