Art Vintage
Here are Todays Great Art Vintage Deals
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 Vintage Modern American Painting Portrait Boy Windsor Chair COOPER Colorful $99.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 1:33:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage CALIFORNIA Oil Painting DON MILES Plein Air DESERT SHADOWS Signed FINE $293.00 (8 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 6:39:55 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Oil Painting w Ornate Gold Frame $61.00 (7 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 8:20:20 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 OLD Listed Artist Fine Art OIL PAINTING vintage Primitive Folk Artwork w Frame $51.00 (6 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 17:16:48 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE snowy landscape hand painted original oil painting by NIVEN $44.00 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 21:47:06 PDT Buy It Now for only: $44.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 EBERSOLD VINTAGE PAINTING SCULPTURE MEXICO VERA CRUZ FIRE DANCER TRIBAL SIGNED $13.50 (2 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 15:40:36 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 American Modernist Geometric Op Art 1960s Vintage Original Signed Oil Painting $189.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 15:37:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $279.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Oil Painting Louisiana Backwater Scene Miriam Ragan Vintage $160.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 18:04:43 PDT Buy It Now for only: $160.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 SAM SAVITT LISTED VINTAGE SOUTHWEST PAINTING COWBOY HORSE WRANGLER DESERT SIGNED $36.01 (7 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 16:22:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ALVIN HALOO VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ZUNI PAINTING KACHINA POTTERY SIGNED $15.00 (3 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 15:18:37 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Oil Painting Dutch Scandanavian Tavern Scene Male Female Table Fish Bread $199.99 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:31:37 PDT Buy It Now for only: $199.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING of SHIPS BOATS HARBOR DOCKSIGNED $20.50 (4 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:30:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE SIGNED IMPRESSIONIST STILL LIFE FLORAL PAINTING $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 8:30:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 COCK FIGHTPELEA DE GALLOS VELVET PAINTINGVINTAGE18 BY 22W FRAME ARTGIRO $32.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 8:06:55 PDT Buy It Now for only: $32.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Signed GRACIA Mexican Art PAINTING Man Riding Donkey Burro Framed $51.20 (2 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 9:33:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RUSSIAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING SIGNED LANSKOY $15.50 (4 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:45:39 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 vintage painting signed rivera mexican $24.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 6:10:15 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 1819 Painting Sailing boat Ship South Carolina ART Beautiful vintage colors $12.85 End Date: Sunday Jun-10-2012 22:57:01 PDT Buy It Now for only: $12.85 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 3 Vintage Paint by Numbers Seasons Paintings Framed Summer Fall Winter 11 X 25 $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 5:56:07 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Exquisite Vintage Oil Painting Portrait Beautiful 1920s Woman on Canvas Signed $20.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 20:29:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE antique French animals elephants book print with watercolor painting $56.00 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 21:38:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $56.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 OIL PAINTING ORIGINAL 20thC FARM SILO STILL LIFE SMALL LANDSCAPE SIGN VINTAGE CC $0.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 20:28:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL ITALIAN FASHION SKETCH VINTAGE ART $8.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 5:36:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 OUTSIDER ART Oil Painting FORBIDDEN FRUIT by Malcom Weiss 1982 $125.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 17:25:54 PDT Buy It Now for only: $125.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 FINE VINTAGE ORIGINAL JAPANESE OIL PAINTING LISTED $25.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:19:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Richard Blow Montici Art Pietra Dura Stone Marble Mosaic Inlay Plaque $299.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 21:00:42 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Modern Cincinnati WPA Realism Painting Norma Allen AD Graphics Circus $169.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 1:33:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $169.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RUSSIAN OIL PAINTING STILL LIFE SIGNED KIKOINE $22.50 (7 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:40:13 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Mid Century Modern Oil Painting B Meyer Wisconsin Forest 1950s Spicuzza $27.66 (4 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:42:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 DARWIN DUNCAN PAINTING VINTAGE GHOST TOWN MINING TOWN BODIE PLEIN AIR CALIFORNIA $124.50 (10 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 16:15:03 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 CERTIFIED MERRILL CHASE OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPE ARTIST SIGNED TEDESCHI 20thC $225.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 19:44:55 PDT Buy It Now for only: $225.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 The Hunter Vintage Barn Wood Frame Oil Painting of Bird Signed $10.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 6:46:09 PDT Buy It Now for only: $12.50 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ANTIQUE RUSSIAN EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING LANDSCAPE SIGNED A MANIEVICH $81.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:43:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE snowy winter landscape hand painted original oil painting by Gossett $48.00 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 21:35:25 PDT Buy It Now for only: $48.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 PETER DARRO old Listed Artist Fine Art OIL PAINTING vintage artwork animals No R $32.99 (7 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 16:36:50 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ++ TWO VINTAGE FRAMED ORIGINAL PAINTINGS ++ $29.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:05:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil Painting Seascape Artist Signed $45.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 4:06:35 PDT Buy It Now for only: $45.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 FINE VINTAGE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING PORTRAIT OF JOHN F KENNEDY $70.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:30:35 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 EL GATO GOMEZ PAINTING RETRO EAMES MID CENTURY MODERN VINTAGE AIRLINE STEWARDESS $70.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 19:06:14 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Painting Original Oil Columbine Harlequin signed SCORPIO French Female Clown $450.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 20:48:32 PDT Buy It Now for only: $450.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Beautiful Antique 19th C French Aubusson Oil Painting 7600 $349.99 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 13:45:19 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 LOT OF 2 BAILEY VINTAGE PAINTING TROPICAL COOKS SHIP VOLCANO ISLAND SIGNED $12.34 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:27:02 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE dogs poodle sheepdog original hand painting oil painting on wood $26.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 17:41:43 PDT Buy It Now for only: $26.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Modern French Oil Painting Listed Armand Guerin Paris 1913 1983 $227.50 (8 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:00:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 FINE VINTAGE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONISM OIL PAINTING LISTED $100.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:28:43 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VERY FINE SIGNED MENSA VINTAGE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING LISTED $25.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:37:29 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Oil Painting European Landscape Farm House Pond Figure $99.99 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:33:06 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE J BARRY OIL PAINTING BUILDINGS CITYSCAPE SCENE $250.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 11:18:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $1,000.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE EMPORER EMPRESS REVERSED PAINTINGS $199.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 5:39:36 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Clipper Ship Painting Left to right Oil Painting Vintage Signed Gilt Frame $950.00 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 7:48:07 PDT Buy It Now for only: $950.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VERY FINE VINTAGE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING LISTED $100.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:32:07 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE OIL PAINTING SIGNED BY CARL MALOUF 1916 1947 INTERESTING NEW YORK ARTIST $53.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 17:32:31 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 M M BIGGS SEASCAPE WATERCOLOR SAIL BOATS PAINTING $99.99 End Date: Monday Jun-18-2012 18:28:21 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Philippine Painting Jose Joya Filipino Artist Vintage Master Antique Old $1,999.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:42:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Philippine Painting Aguilar Alcuaz Filipino Artist Vintage Master Antique Old $300.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:45:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Painting on Fabric Fruit Grapes Pears Bunch Vines Stencil Theorem Art $99.99 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:32:38 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Philippine Painting Hernando Ocampo Filipino Artist Vintage Master Antique Old $250.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:52:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE ASIAN KOREAN JAPANESE MODERNIST ABSTRACT PAINTING SIGNED OIL ON CANVAS $76.00 (16 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 19:36:42 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vtg 23 x 19 Framed Oil Painting Butterfly Flowers Signed Japanese Chinese $19.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 6:37:13 PDT Buy It Now for only: $24.99 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE OIL PAINTING OF LANDSCAPE IN WOODEN FRAME BY SCHILLER $39.99 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 17:56:47 PDT Buy It Now for only: $39.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage 1950s colorful oil painting of boat harbor by Swedish artist $89.00 (8 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 19:28:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VERY FINE SIGNED VINTAGE ORIGINAL PAINTING LISTED $65.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:50:00 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 OLD antique Fine Art OIL PAINTING vintage artwork signed Impressionist Landscape $114.89 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 7:51:48 PDT Buy It Now for only: $114.89 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Oil Painting Jazz Age Elegant Black Woman Lena Horne memorabelia Old $150.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 16:07:39 PDT Buy It Now for only: $350.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Antique Vintage Folk Art Farm River Landscape Painting Primitive Signed Charming $24.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 8:40:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Original Oil Painting by BERNARD w fr 23 3 4 x 19 7 8 $49.95 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 4:43:49 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE BARK ART AUSTRALIAN SCENE EMU ABORIGINAL TRIBE 1979 $57.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 21:10:54 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE MINIATURE PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE SIGNED WHEELER 133 200 SPECIAL 5 DAY SALE $15.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:19:49 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 LARGE VINTAGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR CABIN IN WINTER ALIREZA 1977 32 X 24 FRAMED 1 $399.99 End Date: Monday Jun-18-2012 12:26:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $399.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 RAYMOND JUDGE VINTAGE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PAINTING PORTRAIT MORNING DOVE $15.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 15:02:39 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Vintage Oil Painting Landscape Mountain Lake Scene $34.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:29:27 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Watercolor Painting Bucket Fresh Flowers Duck Country Muted Shades $49.99 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:32:36 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 TEXAS BLUEBONNET OIL PAINTING SIGNED A KISSLING 10 X 8 $9.95 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 10:25:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE HAITIAN OIL PAINTING NO RESERVE $18.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 10:10:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE OR ANTIQUE EUROPE CITY STREET SCENE OIL PAINTING SIGNED GASTONE GUSTAVE $25.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 19:46:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Oil Painting Bay Coastal Scene Bridge Green Meadows Rocky Coastline $65.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:16:14 PDT Buy It Now for only: $65.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Antique French Miniature Handpainted Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette 19thC $51.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 7:07:37 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 RAY TRAIL CALIFORNIA VINTAGE ABSTRACT PAINTING FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONSIM SIGNED $52.00 (6 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 17:04:31 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Painting on Velvet Massive Bouquet Flowers IRWIN Vintage Hollywood Regency $165.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 20:45:22 PDT Buy It Now for only: $165.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 JOUANNE LISTED VINTAGE PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE PAINTING INDUSTRIAL BAY IMPRESSIONISM $97.66 (9 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 16:27:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Mountain with Lake Scene Signed Duncan Gleason $65.00 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:11:53 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE SIGNED FRAMED ITALIAN PAINTING TRANQUIL VILLAGE SCENE $27.00 End Date: Sunday Jun-17-2012 12:58:05 PDT Buy It Now for only: $27.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Large Vintage Indian Oil Painting Signed $12.50 (5 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:00:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Signed Original Hong Kong Asian Oil Painting 1966 LauSeYee $99.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:30:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Impressionist Signd Watercolor Painting Peonies Bouquet $75.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 17:31:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $75.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 LARGE VINTAGE FOLK ART PAINTING WHALING SCENE $430.00 (18 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 16:54:20 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 OLD antique Listed Artist Fine Art PAINTING vintage artwork illustration No Resv $22.50 (7 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 17:42:57 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 SURREAL OIL PAINTING VINTAGE 1960s FOREST LAKE FLOWERS MOUNTAINS OBRIEN PRETTY $9.95 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:30:51 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 1870 Lithograph Munich Painters Homer Poem Roses Ruth Christians St Elizabeth $49.95 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 12:02:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Original Oil on Canvas Painting EIFFEL TOWER PARIS FRANCE Signed Velosi $20.49 (3 Bids) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 12:31:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Old HAND CARVED American Impressionist FRAME From BUCKS COUNTY PA No Reserve $198.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 19:07:46 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Highwaymen Al Black Oil on Canvas $375.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 4:50:01 PDT Buy It Now for only: $375.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL SIGNED FRENCH OIL PAINTING RIVER BRIDGE LANDSCAPE ANTIQUE VINTAGE OLD $99.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:23:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 2 VINTAGE PAINT BY NUMBERS ELK AND STAG IN OAK FRAMES HUNTING CABIN LODGE ART $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:20:06 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 1870 Lithograph Berlin Painters Death Da Vinci Schrader $49.95 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 12:32:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Modernist Still Life Framed Oil Painting Victor Di Gesu 1914 1988 CA Art $9.50 End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 11:07:30 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 vintage 1960 art painting Oil on canvas Maine Coast Rockport framed Reeves $14.99 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 18:00:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 1923 JC Leyendecker Arrow Collars Ad Man Woman Dance Vintage ad PRINT $12.85 End Date: Wednesday Jun-13-2012 23:35:55 PDT Buy It Now for only: $12.85 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 FINE CHARMING VINTAGE NEW ENGLAND SUMMER FARM WATERCOLOR PAINTING ARTIST SIGNED $9.99 End Date: Monday May-21-2012 18:34:04 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 KEN JOAQUIN CALIFORNIA AMERICAN VTG ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM MODERNISM SIGNED $72.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 16:57:06 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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The Write Stuff - Art news & views ,August
Serendipity would strike a collector if s/he found a Waterman no.420, one of the rarest of the filigree fountain pens produced in early 1910s, only about four specimens of which are known to exist throughout the world.
Today when fountain pens are zooming out of focus and e-mails reign with ubiquity, connoisseurs quest for those vintage and Limited Edition collectible fountain pens which are examples of elegance and artistry, fine craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty.
An evolution of writing equipments, including dominance of quills, reed pens and brushes for 13 centuries and wide use of dip pens for about 2 centuries finally culminated in the creation of a blemish-free pleasure elevating writing instrument i.e., the fountain pen in the 19th century.
A fountain pen is a nib pen that contains its own internal reservoir of water-based liquid ink. The ink comes to the nib through a feed and then to the surface of the paper as a result of a combination of gravity and capillary action. So, writing with a fountain pen virtually needs little or no pressure. History shows that the earliest forerunner of such pens was created in 953. According to Qadi al-Nu'man al-Tamimi(d.974) as recorded in his “Kitab. Al-Majalis wa'l-musayardt” the caliph of Egypt, Ma'ad al-Mu'izz demanded a pen that would not stain his fingers or clothes and he was given a pen with an ink-reservoir. The ink would be delivered to the nib and the pen could be held upside down without leaking. The next record is from German inventor Daniel Schwenter who, in his “Deliciae Physico-Mathematicae”(1636), described a pen made from two quills, one served as a reservoir for ink inside the quill with cork. Ink would flow through a small hole to the writing point. Samuel Pepys, the renowned English diarist mentioned such pens in 1663. Famous Maryland historian Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862-1933) came by a 1734 notation made by Robert Morris the elder in the ledger of the expenses of Robert Morris the younger, who was at the time in Philadelphia, for “one fountain pen.” Examples of fountain pens were known to be made by Nicholas Bion in 1690. He was the instrument maker to Louis xiv (reigned 1643-1715). His pen design was a simple tubular metal reservoir that led to a quill nib. It was widely imitated in the 18th century. Progress in development of a dependable fountain pen was not remarkable until the mid 19th century as most of the early pens suffered from irregular flow of ink to the writing tips owing to varied reasons, mostly for lack of perfect knowledge about the role of air-pressure in the operation of the pens and the highly corrosive and sediment-prone inks. Starting from 1850s patents for reservoir pens were granted to an extensive range of producers. The inventions of the iridium-tipped gold nib, hard rubber and free flowing ink made the fountain pen a widely popular writing equipment. During 1880s the mass production of fountain pens went off with a bang. American manufacturer Waterman ushered in a breakthrough by developing a feed system which ensured a regular supply of ink to the nib in 1883. After a prolonged labour pain the modern fountain pen saw the light of day. This event marks the start of the marketing of such pens and many companies including Sheaffer, Parker, Folsch and Moseley entered the new and growing fountain pen market. Soon Waterman emerged as the market-leader and kept up its position until the early 1920s.
Fountain pens, at this phase, were filled by eyedroppers. To get rid of this slow and untidy system pen-makers created self-filler pens using flexible rubber sacs to hold the ink and devising means of expelling air from the sac prior to filling. Conklin's crescent-filler, Waterman's twist-filler, Sheaffer's leaver-filler, Chilton's piston-filler and Parker's button-filler came into being. In addition to these there were other fillers inclusive of blow-fillers, coin-fillers, matchstick-fillers and sleeve-fillers.
Technological innovations brought in many changes in the manufacture of fountain pens during the decades of 30s, 40s and 50s. Celluloid replaced hard rubber and wider range of colours and designs was introduced. Some of the most noteworthy models were created during the war period, such as the Parker Duofold and Vacumatic, Sheaffer's Lifetime Balance series and the Pelikan 100. During 40s and 50s market saw a novelty of models launched such as the Parker 51, the Sheaffer Snorkel and the Eversharp Skyline.
The modern fountain pen nib is normally 14 or 18-carat gold with an iridium tip. Gold is considered the optimum metal for its flexibility and resistance to corrosion. Today nibs are often made of stainless steel as developed stainless steel alloys and less corrosive inks have lessened the indispensability of gold.
During the long period of fountain pens glory various pens of unusual designs were produced. Some of those were special purpose pens. Pens with retractable nibs were manufactured by different firms. These pens are called 'Safety' pens. Moore, Conklin, Montblanc, Waterman, Whyworth, Aurora, Kaweco and other pen makers made such pens. Some of these models were decorated with floral patterns and had diamonds and rubies inset.
At the time of the great wars metals were in short supply and glass was mostly used for making nibs. Several glass-nibbed pens were manufactured in Germany and Japan. The British firm of Burnham made a popular model of such pen in the 1930s & 40s.
Demonstrators' pens were produced for salesmen to show the customers the internal components and also how the filling systems worked. These were transparent pens. Market leaders such as Sheaffer(Pens For men), Parker(Vacumatic), Montblanc released this type of pens.
In the 1930s Omas produced a rare kind of pen which consisted of two separate pens fitted into a regular size barrel. The two pens were linked by a mechanism so that each nib extended alternately when the end of the barrel was twisted. Some examples of other pens with innovative and unusual designs are 'Trench' pens with ink pellets in the cap produced by waterman and Moore, 'Mickey Mouse' by Inkograph, 'Popeye' by the Eagle Pencil Co.
Fountain pens are prized items for the collectors. They generally seek two kinds of fountain pens: 'Vintage' fountain pens and contemporary 'limited edition' pens. One of the most expensive limited edition fountain pens is a joint creation between Montblanc and Van Cleef and Arpels. This pen has 840 diamonds and more than 20carats of gemstones set with cloisonné design. A total of nine pens have been released in 3 variations, set with rubies, sapphires or emeralds and accentuated by diamonds. This pen costs a whopping $730,000. La modernista diamonds by the Swiss company Caran d'Ache in homage to Antonio Gaudi(1852-1926), the most famous modernist architect was sold in Harrods, London for $265,000. It is made of rhodium coated solid silver components. It has an 18 carat rhodium-coated gold nib and is set with a total of 5,072 Wesselton diamonds and 96 rubies.
The new age collectors in India value workmanship, artistry, tradition, history and legacy. The Shiva fountain pen by Caran d'Ache priced at Rs. 5.15 lakhs has done well here. Other limited edition pens being linked by Indian collectors are St. Dupont Place Vendom & Family pen at Rs.1.25 lakhs, Pelikan Hanging Gardens pen at Rs.2.25 lakhs and Caran d'Ache 1010 at Rs. 7.75 lakhs.
Although fountain pens are now an anachronism, exotic reminders of a different time and place, almost like a Scene From the pages of a Dickens novel, the largest markets for them are in the United States and Southest Asia. The Indian collectors pine for a good market in India and hopefully that is in the pipeline.
- Anindya Bandyopadhyay
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art Vintage Oil paintings thomas moran?
We have had this painting for a very long time.Its an old Oil Paint .My dad has had it for 30 years . .he got it from his boss when his boss retired 30 yrs ago .My dads boss had got it from a art gallery or muesum.We cant remember which.Anyway it looks really old .Its dated 18and the rest is covered.On the right hand side it has a sighnature that is paint and its Tmoran .Thomas moran.Now we know that they didnt use staples in frames or on canvas back than.So if anyone knows where this could have came from or has something like it can they please let me know.I dont know if it was stapled due to them having to restretch it or if there were years when they made replicas that looked as real as this.Or maybey how old this is.I have pictures but I dont know how to send a link for one or if yahoo lets people do that.Any information would be great
Send a photo of the painting to the appropriate Embassy and they will forward it to the country of origin. You should receive a response from the museum of the country that the knows who the painter is and how much is is worth in their currency.
I have done this with a painting of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway and sent the photo to the Palace. They sent the photo to experts and told me who painted it, although it was signed. I could not read the signature, but the museum knew who painted it and when.
This message board will not help you. You must investigate by contacting museums and the country of origin to find out what the artwork you have. You can also send good photos to both Christie's auction house as well as Sotheblys. They can help you further.