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Pens for Sale: Parker  Duofold
Early, Toothbrush, Striped, English
All in working order unless noted.

Pens for sale in relative scale.
"Sold" pens shown with small images. 

See also
 
Parker Vacumatic
Parker "Other Early"
Parker 51
Parker "Other Late"



Pen 3042 Sheaffer "Striped" Duofold BLACK SHADOW-WAVE  1940  $265 
Yes, the only Parker pen besides Vacumatic ever to feature this plastic. 1-year item.

Overall Grade:  Exc
Metal: nearmint Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: NM
Threads: Perfect clarity: Exc+
Point:  F-M Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/16" 13.1 cm
PRICE: $265
COMMENTS:  This one is a 1940 black Duofold Junior, the larger of the two pens that mark the entry level to vac-fill Duofolds from this era (cheaper Duofolds can be found as button fillers, and more expensive vac-fill pens also were made, albeit not in black in the latter case). It is a "first year" pen from the "striped" Duofold series, though this is the only one (save for opaque black button-fill pens) that lacks conventional stripes.

Black vac-fill Duofolds were made 1940 through perhaps mid 1942, when Junior was phased out. That end point will need to be better defined by observation of more pens. Those made from 1941 and later have typical distinct longitudinal stripes of barrel clarity. But, the 1940 pens have "Shadow Wave" transparency as shown above, a pattern explicitly catalogued only for Vacumatic, not Duofold.

Most black Shadow Wave Duofolds are rough things as most Junior Duofolds have poor preservation of cap-band gold-filled metal (a mm of brassing on a big cap band equals "edge brassing", while a mm of brassing on thin double bands equals "total brassing"). As barrel clarity on most celluloid Parkers suffers severe ambering, most pens of this sort tend to have an unimpressive appearance. To find clean trim and good clarity on a black Duofold Junior (or smaller Sub-Deb) is a grand thing indeed.

This one is in the top five I've handled in ten years. Keep in mind it is not a "brown" Shadow Wave. Those stripes you see are not brown/black variegation, but mark a black pen with transparency showing up as golden color. The gold-filled trim is superb. Manufacturer's imprint is sharp. One superficial mark to plastic above imprint.  Responsive (verging on semi-flex) fine-medium point.

Pen 3057-JB  Parker  1940's "Striped" Duofold Senior  1940's $235 
Blue and Gray Celluloid

Overall Grade:  Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads: Perfect clarity: Bright amber.
Point: F-M Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8th" 13.6 cm
PRICE: $235 
COMMENTS:Senior is  the  largest model of striped Duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  It has the correct chevron-motif ("V") nib. The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series. 

Pen 3001-S  Parker "Striped" Duofold Senior 1945  $240
 Green/Gold Celluloid

Overall Grade:  Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  Perfect clarity: Exc
Point:  nearly full Medium Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8" 13.6 cm
PRICE: $240
COMMENTSSenior is  the  largest model of striped Duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

Pen 3009-S  Parker "Striped" Duofold  Senior 1945   $235
Dusty Rose Celluloid

Overall Grade:  Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  Perfect clarity: Extra Fine
Point:  Fine-Med Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8" 13.6 cm
PRICE: $235
COMMENTSSenior is  the  largest model of striped Duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

Pen 3017- (?TB) Parker "Striped" Duofold Senior 1945  $245 
Green/Gold Celluloid

Overall Grade:  Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Perfect CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads: Perfect clarity: Exc Amber
Point: Fine Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8" 13.6 cm
PRICE: $245 
COMMENTSSenior is  the  largest model of striped Duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

Pen 1913 Parker Striped Duofold Desk Pen 1941
Green-Gold Celluloid  $225

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc "V" nib
Threads:  perfect clarity:    VG
Point:  Smooth F-M Imprint:  Exc Size: 7 1/2"
PRICE: $225 
COMMENTSThe dedicated Parker striped Duofold desk pen is far less common than ais the  Parker Vacumatic desk pen- itself not so common. I've probably seen or handled  ten during the last 9 years.  This one has the blue-diamond barrel band and the correct "V" nib. It has a 1942+ plastic filler unit.  A nice find for the serious collector of striped Duofold.

Pen 2865-M  Parker Duofold  Junior Streamline. ~1930   $70
Moderne Green Pearl
From Vacumania's Basement

Overall Grade: User
Metal: Extra Fine Color: VG-F CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads Function well clarity:    NA
Point:   F Imprint:  Exc Size: 4 1/2" 11cm
PRICE: $135
COMMENTS:  A "less common" Streamline Duofold Color. Barrel Ambered, obviously. Cap color Excellent. Clean trim with only the "usual" clip-ball brassing. This one is in the "Basement" as there are two tight cracks in the thread. No effect on function (this is a sac pen and the cap threads perfectly onto the barrel), but a value hit.

Pen 2866-M Parker Duofold  Junior Streamline. ~1930   $135
Moderne Green Pearl

Overall Grade: Fine
Metal: Extra Fine Color: VG-F CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads perfect clarity:    NA
Point:   F Imprint:  ExtraFine Size: 4 1/2" 11cm
PRICE: $135
COMMENTSA "less common" Streamline Duofold Color. Barrel Ambered, obviously. Cap color Excellent. No cracks, something to which this color is prone. Bottom cap ring has partial brassing as does clip ball. 

Pen 2556 Parker Duofold Senior  $400
The "Big Red"   Orange Celluloid. 1928-ish. Feather nib

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc 
Threads: perfect clarity:  NA
Point:  Fine-Med Imprint:  Extra Fine Size: 5 1/2" 13.9cm
PRICE: $400
COMMENTS: Excellent pen with clean trim and plastic.  Nib is a kosher Parker 10-feather nib, used for late production pieces and for replacements of Duofold-marked nib. This one is smooth wet writer. Has the spear feed.

Pen 2557 Parker Duofold Senior  $355
The "Big Red"   Orange Celluloid. 1929

Overall Grade:  ExtraFine
Metal:  Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  Perfect clarity:  NA
Point: Fine-Med Imprint:  Extra Fine Size: 5 1/2" 13.9 cm
PRICE: $355
COMMENTS:  Very clean trim.  Imprint shows some central weakness, but is legible. Endpieces nice and dark. Has "Duofold" nib and spear feed. Has a toothmark in top endpiece. Nice eye appeal.

Pen 2594 Parker Duofold Senior Flat-Top
Big Red. Orange Celluloid. ? Late production piece 1941   $360

Overall Grade: Fine
Metal: Fine Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc*
Threads:  Exc clarity:    Exc
Point: Medium  Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 1/2" 13.6cm PRICE: $360
COMMENTS:  Overall clean Flat Top Duofold with some.. .interesting... features. The Flat Top styling and non-Lucky-Curve imprint would date the pen to 1928-29, just before the streamlined style kicked in.  Yet, an interesting finding is the classic "upside down" date code on barrel found usually on Vacumatic and on Striped Duofold that suggests 1941 production. Pen has late comb feed. Nib is unusual. Round Vent Hole simple "Lucky Curve" imprint that is unfamiliar to me from 1920's Lucky Curve pens similar in size to Duofold. Late replacement nib?  The nib is rarer than Duofold nib, proper, so i opted to leave it in.  This could be late production piece or late factory repair. Neat pen. Would be full excellent, save that in addition to usual clip ball brassing, there indeed is bit of cap-band brassing, probably  <10% overall.  Nice eye appeal

Pen 2316 Parker Streamline Duofold Juniorette Pencil $65
Moderne Black and Pearl. Excellent Color

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Perfect CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: NA
Mechanism  perfect clarity:    NA
Point:   NA Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 1/4" 13.2cm
PRICE: $65 
COMMENTS:  Very clean pencil Excellent color. Uses 1.1mm lead. Needs Eraser

Pen 1136 Parker Vacumatic Streamline "Vest Pocket" model in Black/Pearl Celluloid $295
Overall Grade:  Excellent Trim:  Exc Color:  Modest barrel ambering noted CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc Threads: Perfect Transparency:  NA Click if link is hot, for more info
Point: Fine Imprint:  complete and very good Size: Teeny Tiny PRICE: $295
COMMENTS:  In pendom, size might matter, but bigger is not *always* better than smaller. The extra-small vest pocket Duofold is a model in high demand, well more valuable than middle sized pens, and giving the big-guy a run for the money. This is a charming pen. As you can see, the color on the barrel is not perfect, due to sac/ink fumes, whilst the cap color is superb. Overall excellent cosmetic condition. A nice collector's pen.

Pen 2357M Parker Vacumatic done in Duofold plastic/contour  $235
The dread Vacufold. And odd and scarce pen.

Overall Grade:  Fine
Metal: ExtraFine Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  perfect clarity:  Extra Fine
Point: Fine Imprint:  Ahhhh.... Size: 5 5/16" 13.2cm
PRICE: $235
COMMENTSA nifty variant, well known to those who know.  In late 1942-early 1943 Parker produced some Vacumatics (including odd size like this one) in the striped celluloid better known from the 1940's Duofold series. These appear about two years after the introduction of the Duofold proper. They feature a Vac nib and Vac-style clip of course, as well as a cap-band unique on plastic of this pattern to these short lived Vacumatics. This "stacked coin" capband is not seen on Duofolds, proper. The pen has a "Vacumatic", not "Duofold", barrel imprint.

This one shows real signs of use, though hardly anything fatal. Color and clarity are sound. Clean nib is a smooth fine point. Plastic is very clean. But... the cap-band cartouche (area meant for engraving) has couple visible nicks. There is some "silvering" (some WWII era pens show silver beneath the gold-fill, instead of brass) and the Vacumatic imprint is weak, showing "parker" well enough but just hint of couple letters of Vacumatic.  Priced about the same as typical striped Duofold Senior, but waaaay more rare. 

Pen 1913 Parker Striped Duofold Desk Pen 1941
Green-Gold Celluloid  $225

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc "V" nib
Threads:  perfect clarity:    VG
Point:  Smooth F-M Imprint:  Exc Size: 7 1/2"
PRICE: $225 
COMMENTSThe dedicated Parker striped Duofold desk pen is far less common than ais the  Parker Vacumatic desk pen- itself not so common. I've probably seen or handled  ten during the last 9 years.  This one has the blue-diamond barrel band and the correct "V" nib. It has a 1942+ plastic filler unit.  A nice find for the serious collector of striped Duofold.

Pen 2365M Parker striped Duofold Senior   $225
Blue-Gray Celluloid

Overall Grade:  ExtraFine
Metal: Exc Color:  Perfect CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  perfect clarity:    NA
Point: XF-F Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8" 13.6cm
PRICE: $225
COMMENTS:  This Senior represents the  largest model of striped duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  I actively collect the striped Duofold series.

A strict color hierarchy does not exist for the stripers, but my experience is that the blue-gray is the least frequently encountered color amongst the three colors found in most models. This one has sharp imprint, clean trim, occasional mark on plastic  and a quite fine yet smooth point point.  I will need to have the ink-flow increased  a bit before shipping, based on "final" testing, when i prepped this website update.

Pen 1789 Parker striped Duofold Major Set. Green-gold Celluloid 1940
Barrels have been personalized  $225

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc 
Threads:  perfect clarity:    Exc barrels are personalized
Point: Fine Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 1/8"
PRICE: $225 
COMMENTS:  The Duofold Major (yes, Major) was the most expensive of the non blue diamond striped Duofolds and is a medium size pen. The barley-band is particularly appealing. This one is a vac-filler (there are button fill striped Duofolds out there) and is an early style double jewel pens. This model commonly seen than the Senior. A crisp excellent set with barrels stamped, "Eugene B. Mackey:

Pen 1892 Parker Duofold Senior. 2nd Generation.  1944
Dusty Rose Celluloid  $235

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc
Threads:  perfect clarity:    Exc
Point:  F-M Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8"
PRICE: $235 
COMMENTS:  This Senior represents the  largest model of striped duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

Excellent condition with nice color and clarity.

Pen 1791 Parker Striped Duofold Debutante. 1st Generation. Double Jewel 1941
Blue-Gray Celluloid   $130

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc 
Threads:  perfect clarity:    not much Clip is personalized
Point:   Medium Imprint:  Exc Size: 4 5/8"
PRICE: $130 
COMMENTSThe smaller member  of the Barley-Band pair (the larger being the Duofold Major), this pen prices just below the lofty Senior/Ingenue pair.  This one is very clean. The clip is stamped "M.R.S." above the Parker Logo.

Pen 1792 Parker Striped Duofold Senior in Dusty Rose Celluloid
2nd Generation  $235

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc "V" nib
Threads:  perfect clarity:    VG
Point:  Extra Fine Imprint:  Exc Size: 5 3/8"
PRICE: $235 
COMMENTS:  This Senior represents the  largest model of striped duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

This one has nice color and a quite smooth Extra Fine Point.

Pen 1793 Parker Striped Duofold Senior in Dusty Rose Celluloid
2nd Generation
  $245

Overall Grade: Exc
Metal: Exc Color:  Exc CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc "V" nib
Threads:  perfect clarity:    Exc
Point:  Extra Fine Imprint:  Fine Size: 5 3/8"
PRICE: $245 
COMMENTS:  This Senior represents the  largest model of striped duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. As large as a Slender Maxima Parker  Vacumatic,  it employs the Vac's filling system.  The Duofold is a high quality pen which  features the marbled-striped celluloid on a pen which essentially is a Parker Vacumatic. More than 100 variants can be identified.  Vacumania actively collects the striped Duofold series.

This one has nice color and a quite smooth Extra Fine Point.



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