The Parker Wood Pen

[SwordsMightBeMightier]

Hi, 

 

I am trying to get a lay of the land of a relatively recent pen that I haven’t seen any examples of. not sure if anyone has seen an example of one of these pens sell, but I am trying to figure out what the prices might be. So few examples of sales I can see online that it’s tough to know. If anyone out there has bought one, please help me out. I have my thoughts but I’m curious what your opinions might be, unbiased by my own.

 

the pen is a rather rare Parker that was made in the 80s I believe in a variety of different wooden finishes. But information is really scarce so any help would be more than welcomed.

to be clear, I am neither buying nor selling, I don’t have one to sell nor do I know of one to buy. As I learn about the various parker models over the years, I feel like I have a pretty good idea of where they kind of fall on the ladder of price and scarcity. This wood pen model is one of the exceptions and I’m just trying to get an idea of where it might fall.

 

like I said, anything you know would be more than I know and any help would be great.

 

thanks

[joss]

I was not aware of these and I guess that you also saw them pictured, with brief history, in the limited edition page of the ParkerPens website:

https://parkerpens.net/limitededition.html

 

 

[SwordsMightBeMightier]

thanks!
 

Yeah I’m familiar with this website. This seems to be the only source of info though. Kinda crazy how little is out there

[joss]

They seem to be scarce indeed but also remarkably ... ugly?

[jchch1950]

The Parker wood pens were expensive when they were available in the 80's.I think they were made in Germany. I wanted to buy one but they were  out of my financial possibilities. I don't remember the exact amount ,but if you can find some pen store catalogs of those years you can see the price they had.

[baz666]

There's one for sale here,   Wood pen

and there is currently one on ebay (from Japan), for an exorbitant amount of money.

 

Paul.

[FarmBoy]

I seem to recall a complete set of the pens showing up from a retired Parker rep and it making its way to a collector.

Perhaps Tsachi and/or Graham have sets.

They were made in Germany and Parker US shut it down.

[baz666]

4 hours ago, FarmBoy said:

I seem to recall a complete set of the pens showing up from a retired Parker rep and it making its way to a collector.

Perhaps Tsachi and/or Graham have sets.

They were made in Germany and Parker US shut it down.

 

Tsachi has a full set, not sure about Graham.

 

I was lucky enough to pick one up some years ago.

 

 

Paul

[SwordsMightBeMightier]

22 hours ago, baz666 said:

There's one for sale here,   Wood pen

and there is currently one on ebay (from Japan), for an exorbitant amount of money.

 

Paul.

I found the one on eBay. You aren’t kidding about the price. The crazy part is that without more prices it’s tough to know just how optimistic that seller is. Based on the fact that they are also asking $4500 for a gold web Vac, I’m assuming it’s equally high. But I didn’t realize there was one at Vintage pens. I’ll have to reach out and inquire.

 

thanks

[baz666]

Yes, the price on that one is way too high.

However, bargains can sometimes be found!

 

[SwordsMightBeMightier]

Quite the lucky find!

[amk]

Ooooh sumgai!