Authentic?

[sleepykat513]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can tell if these are really Mabie Todd? You might need to zoom in, should be four pens. I don’t have them, they are for sale. The maroon/ish pen’s swan kind of looks like a duck and there isn’t a hyphen between self-filler, and the gray pen has an imprint I’m not familiar with at all, but my knowledge is limited. Thanks in advance. 
Kat

[shalitha33]

I'm no expert on this so you should really wait for a reply on some one who know. To me they all looks ok. only pen I haven't seen before is the last one. I'm assuming its from the biro-swan period ? If you can note down their model numbers, that might also help to id them.

[eachan]

I'm sure they're fine.  The swan image changed a lot over the years.  It would be impossible for a forger to cover his costs in creating everyday pens of this vintage so it just doesn't happen.

[sleepykat513]

5 hours ago, eachan said:

I'm sure they're fine.  The swan image changed a lot over the years.  It would be impossible for a forger to cover his costs in creating everyday pens of this vintage so it just doesn't happen.

Thanks!

[sleepykat513]

6 hours ago, shalitha33 said:

I'm no expert on this so you should really wait for a reply on some one who know. To me they all looks ok. only pen I haven't seen before is the last one. I'm assuming its from the biro-swan period ? If you can note down their model numbers, that might also help to id them.

I’m not too familiar with the biro-swan period. The numbers starting from the top blue one look to be 3120, 6160, and 3150. I don’t see a number on the grey one. 

[sidthecat]

A forger would probably concentrate on Mont Blancs, which are both expensive and somewhat standardized. My dad collected Chinese porcelain, and he ended up with a lot of fakes because he neglected to learn to distinguish what an expert on The Antiques Roadshow described as "250 shades of white."

[eachan]

3 hours ago, sleepykat513 said:

I’m not too familiar with the biro-swan period. The numbers starting from the top blue one look to be 3120, 6160, and 3150. I don’t see a number on the grey one. 

 

Those numbers are correct for the respective colours.  The colour of the section on the blue pen is interesting.  I don't say it's wrong but I've never seen that combination before.

[sleepykat513]

9 hours ago, eachan said:

 

Those numbers are correct for the respective colours.  The colour of the section on the blue pen is interesting.  I don't say it's wrong but I've never seen that combination before.

Thanks. I didn’t win the auction, but good information nonetheless.