51s for Sale * 51s for Sale * 51s for Sale The following pens are available for sale as of 02/04/12.  Payment can be made by , money order, check (must clear first) or Western Union.  Insured shipping and handling in the U.S. is $7.00 for the first pen, $1.00 extra for each additional pen.  International shipping is extra, so please write for details.  Satisfaction guaranteed.  Email me at  erovira383@aol.com   XF55. PARKER "51" vacumatic double jewel in Cordovan Brown with Sterling Silver cap.  Nice, beautiful cap with no dents and only minor marring to finish.  Dated 1944.  Excellent overall condition.  14k fine nib.  Completely restored and working, $290   XF56. PARKER "51" aerometric demi in black with lustraloy cap.  No dents or dings and just overall wear from use.  Dated 1949.  14k fine nib.  Completely restored and working, $75   XF57. PARKER "51" aerometric demi "special" in black with polished steel cap.  No dents or dings and just overall wear from use.  Demi "specials" are not too common.  No date code.  14k steel nib.  Completely restored and working, $70   XF58. PARKER "51" vacumatic cut-out demonstrator in dove gray.  Very neat, all original, from a retired Parker employee.  Does have a crack repaired by the filler, but still shows very nicely and an unique piece of Parker history, $150   XF59. PARKER "51" set of inner caps in different vacumatic colors.  From left to right; black, nassau green, buckskin beige, cedar blue, clear, burgundy shadow wave and dove gray.  All are in perfect condition.  Neat display item showing that Parker wasted nothing, $150   XF60. PARKER "51" aerometric in navy blue with gold filled cap.  2-3 micro dings, shows very well.  Dated 1949.  14k medium nib.  Completely restored and working, $150   XF47. PARKER "51" aerometric in burgundy with lustraloy cap.  Nice, beautiful frosty cap.  Dated 1949.  Excellent overall condition.  14k fine nib.  Completely restored and working, $160   XF48. PARKER "51" aerometric in forest green with lustraloy cap.  Nice cap with no dents or dings.  Dated 1948.  Excellent overall condition.  14k fine nib.  Completely restored and working, $140   XF49. PARKER "51" aerometric in burgundy with lustraloy cap.  Nice cap with no dents or dings.  Late production pen with side vent hole and filler marked "special", but with pearl jewel and 14k fine nib.  No date code.  Excellent overall condition.  Completely restored and working, $140   XF7. PARKER "51" vacumatic trade-in pen.  One of Parker's gimmicks to increase the sales of the Parker 51.  You could bring any old Parker pen towards the trade of new "51".  Sticker on the pen states "Here's my pen for your retirement offer".  Vacumatic is complete except for the nib and feed, which Parker removed to scrap.  Great piece of ephemera.  $150SOLD   XF8. PARKER 21 button filler.  All original and clearly imprinted " Parker "21" Made in USA8 ".  A very unique pen from the era of the Parker "51" redbands and Parker "VS" button fillers.  Never went into production.  Pen is near mint, all original, $350SOLD   XF9. PARKER "51" aerometric MK3 hood in dark blue.  Unfinished and uncut hood along with a finished hood.  Very unique and a neat display item.  From the estate of a retired Parker employee, $75SOLD   XF10. PARKER "51" lot of unfinished cap shells for fountain pens and pencils from the "51" vacumatic era showing the various stages of production.  The bottom 3 are gold filled and for pencils, the next 2 are gold filled for fountain pens and the top one is a lustraloy cap for a fountain pen.  None have any of the finishing guts.  Very rare and unique items.  From the estate of a retired Parker employee, $225   XF11. PARKER "51" unfinished cap shells for fountain pens from the "51" vacumatic era showing the various stages of production.  All are Sterling Silver.  The bottom two show tarnish as they were never rhodium coated.  The top one has a pristine finish, but the chevron cap band is irregularly applied.  Very rare and unique items.  From the estate of a retired Parker employee, $225   XF12. PARKER "51" vacumatic in cedar blue with prototype lustraloy cap.  Cap has a completely smooth finish with no line for a cap band.  Cap is perfect with original finish.  Pen is dated 1944.  From the estate of a retired Parker employee.  $350SOLD   XF13. PARKER "51" vacumatic in cordovan brown with unique gold filled cap.  Cap has a lined pattern and a cap band of applied lines.  Cap band lines are over the gold filled and Made in USA imprints.  Pen is dated 1947.  As found in the wild, indicates that it is Parker production.  Really good looking cap with no dents or dings.  Unique piece.  $850SOLD   XF14. PARKER "51" aerometric in Burgundy with Lustraloy cap in original box.  Nice clean cap with 90% original finish.  "Special" filler sleeve, but has pearl jewel and 14k medium nib, as is common on late production 51s.  Completely restored and working, $150    XF15. PARKER "51" vacumatic Demi set in cedar blue with lustraloy caps and original box.  Set is very clean with no dents or dings.  Made for only 2 years.  Pen is dated 1947.  Fine 14k nib.  Completely restored and working, $125   XF16. PARKER "51" set of original polishing tools.  From the estate of a retired Parker employee.  Handles are made of original 51 black lucite barrels.  Handles were used by repairmen to hold either the hoods or barrels while polishing.  The top tool holds the hood.  The next 2 tools are for polishing full size and demi size aerometric barrels.  $325SOLD   XF17. PARKER "51" vacumatic unfinished barrel from a retired Parker employee that worked at Parker from 1946-1949.  Cut-out hood.  Barrel has not been completely turned and is much thicker than a finished 51.  The blindcap has not been completely shaped.  A stunning piece of Parker history, $425SOLD   XF18. PARKER "51" vacumatic unfinished barrel from a retired Parker employee that worked at Parker from 1946-1949.  Hood is still in intial stage of shaping and is coned-shaped.  Barrel has not been completely turned and is much thicker than a finished 51.  The blindcap has not been completely shaped.  A stunning piece of Parker history, $350   XF19. PARKER "51" vacumatic unfinished barrel from a retired Parker employee that worked at Parker from 1946-1949.  2 hoods in unifished, uncut state.  One blindcap that is not turned down to its final size and a rough finished barrel that has not been completely turned and is thicker than a finished 51 with a very pointy blindcap has not been completely shaped.  A stunning piece of Parker history, $225   XF20. PARKER "51" vacumatic new old stock parts in aerometric Navy Gray.  In the 1950s, Parker was still repairing old vacumatic 51s and when it ran out of the proper Dove Gray plastic of the vacumatic, replacement parts were made using the aerometric plastic stock.  The same was done for the Cordovan Brown vacumatic plastic, but in Burgundy and they are very rare.  This barrel is from a parts stock of a closed down repair shop.  Vacumatic filler is still pliable.  Cannot be returned if filled or dipped.   $300   XF21. PARKER "51" vacumatic era shipping tag.  New Old Stock.  Parker ephemera is very collectible, $25SOLD   XF22. PARKER "51" aerometric rodstock in all the original colors except Plum (unfortunately).  All original, from the Janesville area.  Probably production scraps.  $350SOLD   XF23. PARKER "51" aerometric "Special" rollmark.  Heavy steel die actually used by Parker to roll the filler imprint on the "51 Special".  $250    XF24. PARKER "51" shipping box.  This is how Parker shipped their 51s pens and pencils to the stores.  You could see the contents through the cut-outs and needed to verify the count before opening it.  This box was used to ship aerometric-era pencils as it was found with 2 pencils still in it.  It is empty now, $50SOLD