Waterman- Beautiful Nurse's Set In Antique Store

[ralfstc]

Hi folks,

 

Just a heads up that I found a lovely pen, pencil, thermometer white pearl nurse's set in an antique store today in British Columbia. It's in remarkable shape. It needs a new sac, but there is pretty much no discolouration. The set is boxed and appears complete to me!

 

If interested, please drop me a line and I'll connect you with the owner of the shop. The owner is aware that it's a nice set, so it won't be a sumgai, but his prices are very fair (I bought a Vac Debutante).

 

Thanks,

 

Ralf

[txomsy]

Wow! Wonderful set. Great finding. Not for me though.

[Honeybadgers]

Definitely don't bother looking for pens in Seattle's antique stores. Everywhere I look, they want ungodly amounts of money for non-working steel nibbed no name junk with snapped tipping.

 

Makes me kind of sad. There are so many sweet antique stores and so many other things in them are so cheap. But for some reason everyone here thinks fountain pens need to be insanely expensive.

[inkstainedruth]

Definitely don't bother looking for pens in Seattle's antique stores. Everywhere I look, they want ungodly amounts of money for non-working steel nibbed no name junk with snapped tipping.

 

Makes me kind of sad. There are so many sweet antique stores and so many other things in them are so cheap. But for some reason everyone here thinks fountain pens need to be insanely expensive.

 

A couple of summers ago we were in the Seattle area for my husband's nephew's wedding. A couple of days after the wedding my brother-in-law and his wife took us to Snohomish (I have never seen so many antiques stores in one place). I picked up a Pastel Green Snorkel Admiral in the last place I was in. Not a stellar price, but not horrible either.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[A Smug Dill]

Makes me kind of sad. There are so many sweet antique stores and so many other things in them are so cheap. But for some reason everyone here thinks fountain pens need to be insanely expensive.

It is a good thing when even commercial participants recognise the value hobbyists attribute to fountain pens. The 'hobby' isn't about making anything more accessible, affordable or less exclusive to people who want to buy pens and paraphernalia. I think it's about cultivating the appreciation, in oneself and in others -- including those who seek to sell and/or profit from others -- of the tools and the skills. (Note I wrote 'hobbyists' and not 'evangelists'.)