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SOLD PENS ARCHIVE: LE Waterman Note. All Pens below already have been sold. Most pics are smaller than images in the active-sales pages. For Pens for SALE: use this link Pens for sale email: isaacson@frontiernet.net

Pen 2180 Watrerman Ink-Vue Deluxe Emerald Ray . Blue keyhole nib. Canada 1936 $480 SOLD Pencil is flawed and is tossed in free.
Overall Grade:  Extra Fine	Metal: Exc	Color:  Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc (?)	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    none left
Point: Medium Obliq SemiFlex	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 5/16" 13.4cm	PRICE: $480
COMMENTS:   The mid 1930's Waterman Ink View was Waterman's answer to the Parker Vacumatic, though its engineering was a bit more conventional.  Popular collectables, these are much more scarce than most Vacumatic pens (guess Parker was winning the battle back then), and this Deluxe model with triple capband is well less common than the regular model. This one packs a Waterman Keyhole "Blue" nib usually considered a blunt stub. This one- from Canada as is the rest of pen- has a definite oblique cut to it.  The pencil is flawed. The clip  crimped with an early crack about 1/3 from the top. Runs across the clip. Can see in pic. I tossed this one into the set "free"

Pen 1822 Waterman 52V (the stubby 52- don't confuse with the slender  52 1/2V) Cardinal Red Hard Rubber. Fine Flex nib. $275 SOLD
Overall Grade: Exc+	Metal: Exc	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    Exc
Point: Fine Flex	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 3/8"	PRICE: $275 SOLD
COMMENTS:  Most of the short lever filling Waterman HR pens are of the  52 1/2 V sort.  The fat stubby series (no "1/2" in the model number) as i follow it ranges from 51V (actually not so fat for that one) up to 56V.  A cardinal red 52 V is heftier than the slender line pens (sort of by definition, i s'pose). This one is all correct, has very clean trim, sharp imprints and a nice nib.

Pen 2272 Waterman "100 Year" Standard Set $365 SOLD 2nd Style "100 Year".  ~ 1941
Overall Grade:   Exc	Metal: Exc	Color:  Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Nearmint	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    NA
Point:   Smooth F-M	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 1/4" 13.1cm	PRICE: $365
COMMENTS:  Waterman's last great pen. This one early style with barrel bands. Very clean. Smooth nib.

Pen 2265R Waterman Ink Vue Silver Ray Set. Mid 1930's $400 SOLD Fine Point with Flex
Overall Grade:  Exc	Metal: Exc	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:   Exc
Point:   Fine Flex.	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 1/8" 13cm	PRICE: $400
COMMENTS:   Waterman's would-be Vacumatic Fighter. Gorgeous set. Nice fine point with respectable flex. The bottom Waterman Globe has been replaced with identical appearing replacement (these often are lost as they'd just been glued on in the 1930's).  This one has been epoxied on by El Zorno and should be good for our lifetimes :)

Pen 2273 Waterman 52 V Red Ripple $145
Overall Grade:   Fine	Metal: Extra Fine	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  Exc	clarity:    NA
Point:   Fine Modest Flex.	Imprint:  VG	Size: 4 1/4" 10. 7cm	PRICE: $145
COMMENTS:  A squat stubby pen, the 52 V is less common than the typical full-lenth 52, less common still than the thin 52 1/2V ringtops. This one is a functions well, writing a fine line that shows moderate flex, though not so much as a "Red" or "Pink" keyhole nib.  Trim with light brassing-- edge of cap-band and clip ball--.  Imprint strong in places, light in others

Pen 1602 LE Waterman 0552 1/2V Gold Filled Overlay "Etched"  Pattern. Green Gold Filled  $195
Overall Grade: Extrafine	Trim:  Some speckling only ot the knurled bottom		CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  Perfect	Transparency:  NA
Point: Fine Flex	Imprint:   Perfect	Size:  3 3/4"	PRICE: $195
COMMENTS:    LE Waterman, oldest of the Big-4, produced a huge array of overlay pens. The 0552 1/2V  effectively is a LEC (lower-end-covered) model, but this size does not receive the LEC marking as this is implicit to overlays of this size.  Found in gold filled, sterling and solid gold overlays, these are the entry point to overlay Watermans.  With GF overlay the pen is model 0552 1/2V. If sterling, it would be 452 1/2V. Solid gold packs the 552 1/2V imprint.  This one is Hand Engraved Vine, one of the most desirable patterns. It appears to be in green gold filled instead of the usual yellow. The cartouche is unengraved.

Pen 2069 LE Waterman 0552 1/2LEC   $450 SOLD Pansy Panel Pattern  Flex Nib Alert
Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: exc	Color:  NA	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    NA	Plastic: NA
Point:  Fine Flex	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 1/8"	PRICE: $450
COMMENTS:  Most Waterman overlays show the underlying hard rubber down by the butt of the pen. the LEC (Lower End Covered/Closed) models have a milled overlay even at the bottom. Almost no use-wear sows on the pen though there are a couple pin dings near very top. A crisp  lovely pen with a nice flex nib- moderate flex not "ultra wet noodle"

Pen 2252R Aikin Lamber "Mercantile" $270 SOLD Jade Celluloid. High Flex Nib. Aikin was owned by Waterman 1920's-1930's
Overall Grade:  Extrafine	Metal: Exc	Color:  Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    NA
Point:   Fine Flex.	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 1/2" 13.8cm	PRICE: $270
COMMENTS:  Known best for some glorious overlay eyedropper-fill pens from twenty years earlier, Aikin Lambert eventually came under the ownership of LE Waterman and took on a rather Waterman-ish look, though often featuring smaller nibs than similar Waterman-branded pens. This one is rather clean. No clip brassing.  The plastic has an area of translucency opposite the clip, but the color overall is sound. Most jade has discolored well more than this. Big pen.

Pen 2153 Waterman 100-Year Pen. First Style Oversized  1940   $900 SOLD
Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Extra Fine	Color:  Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    NA
Point:   F-M Semiflex	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 1/2"  13.8cm	PRICE: $900 SOLD
COMMENTS:   This second style (overall) pen was the  first style to be produced in chunky OS form.  Ribbed pen. Translucent Red. Original blind-end. Barrel band.  Bit of edge brassing.

Pen 1876 LE Waterman #7 ( a 55-size pen) Red Ripple Hard Rubber "Red" verrrrry flexible nib.   $440
Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    Exc
Point:   Medium High Flex	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5 5/8"	PRICE: $440
COMMENTS:   Waterman's Ripple hard rubber pens are key collectables from the 1920's. The #7, with color coded cap insert and nib, is based on the Model 55. really the 01855 given the trim style. Sharp imprints. Clean rich hard rubber. High Flex "red" Waterman nib. Nice writer. Crisp pen. usual specks of brassing on the clip ball.

Pen 1845 LE Waterman #7 (a 55-size model) "Red" Nib. Flexible  $395
Overall Grade: Extra Fine	Metal: Fine	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    Exc
Point:  Flexible Fine-MEd	Imprint:  Fine	Size: 5 1/2"	PRICE: $395
COMMENTS:  Waterman's Ripple hard rubber pens are key collectables from the 1920's. The #7, with color coded cap insert and nib, is based on the Model 55. really the 01855 given the trim style.  Unlike many, this example has superb HR, with no texturization (caused by overpolishing a pen withvariable hardness due to colorants). Imprints are better than some and worse than others. The main barrel imprint is solid, the lower imprint is light. The bottom "7" is sharp. The RED nib is a flexible nib, and this one gets close to some of the PINK nibs for flex. No craquelure is present   such as is seen on so many of the cap inserts.  Trim shows the usual clip-ball brassing but also a speck or two on capband and about a quarter of the lever.  A serviceable #7 with nice nib and modest wear but with no fatal flaws,

Pen 1933 Waterman 94 (early-late 1930's, USA production)  $495 Monster Nib Alert: Pen is fitted with Waterman Canadian Triple-Tine "Music" nib.
Overall Grade: Exc	Metal: Exc	Color:  Exc	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Exc	Threads:  perfect	clarity:    Exc
Point:  3 Tined Music Nib	Imprint:  Exc	Size: 5"	PRICE: $495
COMMENTS:  This eminently collectable 1930's Waterman pen (priced in the Patrician, "7" and Lady Patricia range). Clean trim and nice pen, it is thrown a bit over the top by presence of a Canadian Waterman Music Nib- effectively a BBB-Stub by virtue of its three tines.  Grand user in collector-grade pen. It is noted (for the meticulous) that this is a Canadian nib in a USA-manufactured pen.

Pen 1825 Waterman. Dunno model. Probably late 1980's. Early Laureat? Pretty laquer-ish finish. Cartridge fill  $50
Overall Grade: NM	Metal: NM	Color:  Perfect	CLICK FOR LARGER PIC
Nib condition: Nearmint	Clutch:  perfect	clarity:    NA
Point: Fine	Imprint:  NM	Size: 5 1/8"	PRICE: $50
COMMENTS:  A Cartridge/Converter pen (none included), this laquer finish pen with ribbed gripping section is attractive. Not sure i've seen another. Not sure which model it is. Darn thing was included in a large collection i purchased.

Pen 2156 Waterman 242 1/2V  $240 Flex "Fine-double Broad" SOLD Sterling Overlay "Hand Engraved Vine"  late 1910's-late 1920's An Excellent El Zorno restoration