Identifying old Parker fountain pen

[Sande]

Can anyone help me identify this old Parker fountain pen? What’s the current value?

[BaronWulfraed]

Not enough contrast/brightness on the nib shots, but it sort of looks like a Parker 45 nib and housing.

[Mercian]

Hi Sande,

that pen isn't a Parker 45 - the shape of the back of its body is wrong, and so is the shape of the housing at the front of the body near the nib.

My first thought was that it might be a Parker VS or Parker VP, but it's not either of those pens either.
 

I suspect that it might actually not be a Parker at all, but instead be a pen of a different brand, that has been sold inside an old Parker box.
One often sees such things happen on auction sites.

 

From memory, and from looking at its cap, I suspect that it might actually be a pen that was made by another British brand, called 'Platignum'.
Can you see if it says 'Platignum' on the band that runs around the bottom of the cap?
There was also an Italian company that made similar-looking pens to this, but I cannot bring their name to the front of my mind right now.

 

If you could take a photograph that shows what is written around the shiny band at the bottom of the cap it would be very helpful to us in identifying the pen.

Also, please could you take a photograph of the cap when the clip is 'face-up' - i.e. so that we can see the shape of its clip.
Parker changed the shape of their clips on different pen models, and the clip's shape is often a really good way to identify which model of pen it is.

 

Slàinte,
M.

[Carguy]

I don’t think it’s a Parker either. I was gonna say a Parker Arrow but the body is wrong. The clip should tell the tale though...