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Art Deco Conklin Endura Senior Fountain Pen in Verd Green
Buy It Now Price: $325 (price as of 2019; item no longer available)
Pros:
-This 1920s Conklin Endura Senior fountain pen is an Art Deco Celluloid gem rendered in a strikingly attractive, malachite-like Verd Green color.
-The Conklin Endura Senior was the largest of the Endura pen family. This specimen measures 12.6 cm (5.0 inches) long when capped and 16.2 cm (6.4 inches) long when posted.
-The origins of the Conklin Fountain Pen Company date back to 1897, when its founder, Roy Conklin, invented the first commercially successful self-filling pen. The company reached its apogee in the 1920s to early 1930s with the release of its popular Duragraph, Endura, Endura Symetrik and Nozac lines.
-The Conklin Endura line was produced from 1924 to 1930 and is characterized by a bold, yet streamlined Art Deco aesthetic.
-The Great Depression hit the Conklin Fountain Pen Company hard, resulting in a fire-sale of the firm’s tooling, inventory and brand to a Chicago-based syndicate in 1938. Conklin pens produced from this time until the company’s final liquidation in 1955 are generally of lower quality compared to earlier models.
-This lovely fountain pen has a semi-flexible, solid 14 karat gold nib that writes with a fine to medium line. These kinds of vintage nibs are always a favorite of pen enthusiasts because they are so hard to get today.
-We can date this Conklin Endura Senior to the mid/late 1920s due to the presence of a single, wide gold band on the pen cap. Starting in 1929, the Endura featured a cap with two thin gold bands.
-In the year 2000, the modern Conklin Pen Company was revived. Although this successor firm has the legal right to use the Conklin name (and that of its former models), these modern Conklin pens share nothing else in common with their antique predecessors.
-The seller is an experienced vintage pen dealer who has meticulously restored this Art Deco fountain pen masterpiece. In addition, this Conklin Endura is in phenomenal condition, with no visible chips, cracks, dents or brassing!
-Given this vintage fountain pen’s eye-catching styling and great condition, I believe the buy-it-now price of $325 is quite fair. But you can always bid a lower price if $325 is too much for your wallet.
Cons:
-Because the no-reserve auction format for this listing ends on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 11:48 PM EST, there isn’t much time to secure this treasure. The listing has also attracted 22 watchers already, so if you want to own this gorgeous antique pen you need to act soon!
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