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Pullman pen
Hi there,
My dad has a Pullman ink pen. He knows nothing about it and would be interested if anybody could tell us anything at all about it. It's not in particularly good shape, but he tells me that a work colleague has offered him £100 (approx. US$170) for it, which intrigued him. I've put a couple of pictures online at http://www.atchoo.org/pen_pics/ Any information would be appreciated - there appears to be nothing to be found on the internet at all. If you want more details of the pen or more pictures, please just ask. Best regards, Roger |
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Roger Light writes:
Hi there, My dad has a Pullman ink pen. He knows nothing about it and would be interested if anybody could tell us anything at all about it. It's not in particularly good shape, but he tells me that a work colleague has offered him £100 (approx. US$170) for it, which intrigued him. I've put a couple of pictures online at http://www.atchoo.org/pen_pics/ There seems to be a problem with your pictures. Nothing displays. Any information would be appreciated - there appears to be nothing to be found on the internet at all. Is this useful? http://www.pentrace.com/article110200016.html |
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Pullman pen
Tim McNamara wrote:
http://www.atchoo.org/pen_pics/ There seems to be a problem with your pictures. Nothing displays. You're absolutely right, I must have transferred them in ASCII mode by mistake. Should be fine now. Is this useful? http://www.pentrace.com/article110200016.html Not really, unfortunately. It doesn't help us identify the pen. Thanks for trying! Roger |
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Pullman pen
Roger Light writes:
Tim McNamara wrote: http://www.atchoo.org/pen_pics/ There seems to be a problem with your pictures. Nothing displays. You're absolutely right, I must have transferred them in ASCII mode by mistake. Should be fine now. Much better. Hmmm- that's interesting. And sounds just a little like the description below. "I had seen, touched, and handled the Holy Grail. The object of my profound desire lay as it should have under glass protected from the hoi palloi. Aside from the owners, no one else even seemed to notice the 1932 La Plume d'Or Meteore "Pullman Meteore 35" - the first vanishing point pen. The owners operated the pen: one holds the cap with fingers and presses the barrel with the thumb, opening a trap door in the end of the cap and revealing an 18 kt. nib. That alone was worth the admission to the 2000 New Jersey National Pen Show." The pen in the photos looks like it has a trap door at the end of the "cap" and that the nib is pushed out through the trap door into the writing position. Is that correct? Is it a fillable fountain pen, or is it a "dip" pen with a retractable nib? (it looks like the latter from the photos, unless there is an ink chamber inside the metal rod or tube that protrudes from the back of the pen). Is this useful? http://www.pentrace.com/article110200016.html Not really, unfortunately. It doesn't help us identify the pen. Thanks for trying! Well, it's a Pullman made in England. ;-) The nib tells that much. I've never heard of Pullman pens, though, before today. You might need to consult specifically with British pen collectors. Even if we can't identify it more than this, thanks for showing it to us! |
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Pullmans are believed to have been made by the French Meteore in
1931-32, although most of the pens found are English. The relation between the French and English pens are not clear. Some believe that there was a distribution deal with an English company. The pens pre-date the Aurora Asterope by a couple years. The mechanism in the Pullman is simpler than the Asterope though. These are some of the rarest pens around. Very few people have more than one. I've seen three for sale over the last few years. A mottled hard rubber and celluloid versions which went for about a thousand or so. There was also a faceted overlay that went for $2,500. They come in at least a couple sizes and yours appears to be the smaller version. All the Pullmans that I've seen have clips and your pictures don't show one. Given the condition of the pen, I'd hazard a guess of maybe a couple hundred as a parts pen. |
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