Sale 5541
London, South Kensington
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7 September 2004
Price realised
GBP 335
Estimate
A WATERMAN'S 18KR OVERLAID 42 CARDINAL, Italian, 1920s engine-turned rolled gold cap and barrel signed WATERMAN 18 KR over cardinal red hard rubber, with Waterman's 2 nib, very good
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Waterman made very few cardinal red hard rubber eyedroppers and fewer still safety pens (nearly all cardinal Waterman's are lever fillers), hence the great rarity of this example.
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