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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

pipoman

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6. Always disappointing when people scrap

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 09:53 AM

Mar 2014

Usable or reusable antique items. I suppose some nibs are damaged beyond restoration, I've seen some pretty good fixes though. I bought an early Mabe Todd 18kt pen/pencil combo from a metals dealer for gold weight and tripled my money 1 week later to an advanced MT collector who had never seen this particular pen/pencil combo before...it came very close to scrapping. .

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Junk fountain pens [View all] safeinOhio Feb 2014 OP

Huh - I didn't know that... cyberswede Feb 2014 #1

On most you have to look pretty close. safeinOhio Feb 2014 #2

That's interesting arikara Feb 2014 #3

Many fountain pens of real historical significance were lost by such a practice. Stinky The Clown Mar 2014 #4

Always disappointing when people scrap pipoman Mar 2014 #6

Did you know that a 17th century Hepplewhite chest has 4 bucks worth of firewood in it? Stinky The Clown Mar 2014 #5