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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
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Pen 3046 JB Parker Duofold Senior. MId-late 1920's $325 SOLD Black Celluloid.

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads perfect	clarity: NA
Point: F-M	Imprint: Extra Fine	Size: 5 1/2" 13.6 cm	PRICE: $325
COMMENTS: Original Duofold ("flat top" and "streamlined", 1920-1935) no doubt is amongst the top five most collected vintage USA pen series. Originally introduced in red (the Big Red), black pens actually are well less common than red. This one is very clean. Superb cap-band trim. Clip clean save for "usual" slight brassing just to clip-ball. Imprint sharp overall with slight lightness at top of "Lucky Curve" banner. Smooth fine-medium point with bit of "sproing" for a responsive fee. Beautiful pen.

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 3060 JB Parker Duofold Stubby $ 195 Blue. British. Aerometric. 1950's. Stubby Full Girth Model Double Broad Semi Flex "Monster" Nib

Overall Grade: Extra Fine	Metal: Exc	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: Perfect	clarity: Exc
Point: F-M	Imprint: Exc	Size: 5 1/8" 12.9 cm	PRICE: $ 195
COMMENTS: A plump vintage Duofold, this one has the wide "Duofold Maxima" cap-band, but is stubby in contour. A squat chunky pen. Very clean trim and plastic though maker's imprint is faint. Outrageous wet double broad nib with bit of flex.

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
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. 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
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. 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 3013-S Parker "Striped" Duofold Junior 1941 $150 SOLD Dusty Rose Celluloid

Overall Grade: Extra Fine	Metal: Superb	Color: Superb	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: perfect	clarity: Moderate Amber
Point: Medium Semi-Flex	Imprint: Fine	Size: 5 1/4" 13.2 cm	PRICE: $150
COMMENTS: Junior is the larger size entry level vacumatic-filling model of striped Duofold. The series ran from 1940-1948. 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. It is the only (correct) single-jewel price point from the first generation (1940-1) of striped Duofold, and it does as expected also have the metal filling unit. Great color and trim, particularly those thin double cap-bands, usually a sore point. Bit of weakness centrally on imprint Responsive medium point.

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
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. 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
COMMENTS: The 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
COMMENTS: A "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
COMMENTS: A 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
COMMENTS: The 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 SOLD

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
COMMENTS: The 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.

Pen 2383 Parker Slimfold (English) $115 Teal Green 1950's Aerometric Fill

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: Exc	clarity: NA
Point: Med Semiflex.	Imprint: Exc	Size: 5 15/16" 12.7cm	PRICE: $115
COMMENTS: Presumably the slender lil' sib to the English Duofold, the Slimfold shares general contour and trim features. Matching top jewel. Nice nib. Medium Semi-Flex allowing push toward Broad on the downstroke.

Pen 2384 Parker English Victory $75 Jet Black. 1950's. Aerometric fill.

Overall Grade: Extra Fine	Metal: capband brassing	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: perfect	clarity: NA
Point: Borderline Broad	Imprint: VG	Size: 5 3/8" 13.5cm	PRICE: $75
COMMENTS: Aerometric self-filler. England carried on the wide feather clip and deco-band long after the USA had dispensed with them. This one is bit bigger than the Slimfold but same size as the basic Duofold, leaving me at a loss as to the difference between Victory and Duofold. Different names for different markets? I plead ignorance (shocking, i know). Capband about 25% brassed. Clean clip. Writes a wet "singing" line that is on the fine edge of Broad.

Pen 2385 Parker Duofold. English 1950's. $155 Stubby Senior. Jet Black

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: perfect	clarity: NA
Point: Medium+ semi- Flex	Imprint: extrafine	Size: 5 1/8" 13cm	PRICE: $155
COMMENTS: A plump vintage Duofold, this one has the wide "maxima" cap-band, but is stubby in contour. A squat chunky pen. Aerometric self-filler. This english pen is about the size of a Vacumatic Major. It packs a semi-flex medium+ nib that easily slips into a broad line.

Pen 2392 Parker Duofold (English) 1950's $210 Stubby Senior or somesuch. Burgundy. Medium-Broad Semi-Flex

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: perfect	clarity: Exc
Point: M-B semi flex	Imprint: Exc	Size: 5 1/8" 12.9cm	PRICE: $210
COMMENTS: A plump vintage Duofold, this one has the wide "maxima" cap-band, but is stubby in contour. A squat chunky pen. Aerometric self-filler. This english pen is about the size of a Vacumatic Major. Matching red top jewel. It packs a semi-flex medium+ nib that easily slips into a broad line.

Pen 2404 Parker Slimfold. English. 1950's $115 Navy Blue. Aerometric. Medium Flex Nib.

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: NM	Color: Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads: perfect	clarity: NA
Point: Medium Flex	Imprint: Exc	Size: 5" 12.9 cm	PRICE: $115
COMMENTS: Presumably the slender lil' sib to the English Duofold, the Slimfold shares general contour and trim features. Matching top jewel. Nice nib. Medium Semi-Flex allowing push toward Broad on the downstroke. Full 5" pen but slender contour. Nice writer.

Pen 2204 Parker Duofold. English 1950's. Burgundy. Medium Flex Nib $210

Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color: Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Nearmint	Threads: perfect	clarity: NA
Point: Medium Flex	Imprint: Complete	Size: 5 1/8" 13cm	PRICE: $210
COMMENTS: A plump vintage Duofold, this one has the wide "maxima" cap-band, but is stubby in contour. A squat chunky pen. Very nice medium point with plump iridium and modest flex allowing line shading. Not a wet noodle, but controllable mild flex.