Sep 13, 2012 - Sale 2285

Sale 2285 - Lot 104

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Ca. 1930 Long Island #36 "turquoise" (blue and bronze) marbled celluloid fountain pen and mechanical pencil set with two gold-filled bands at cap bottom. Each excellent, fully restored, owner imprint ("U.S.S. Kittery") on barrel, excellent color, crisp imprint, 14K Chilton nib. The pencil, functional.

Additional Details

Each 5 inches.
The U.S.S. Kittery was originally a German transport ship, "Praesident," captured in 1917 by the U.S. Navy, for whom the newly-commissioned transport served until 1933.