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Posted 3 months ago
valentino97
(110 items)
Another weakness of mine. I love the messages:
"It's clear, it's solid, it's hard - IT'S A CUBE"
Ice-cuber Uniflow Mfg. Co. Erie, PA
"Bango - Central Pop Corn Co"
Schaller, Iowa (near my hometown)
And of course the subject matter:
Midwest Livestock Commission Co. - Sioux City Stock Yards
Washington Kennel Club - Spokane, WA (w/dice top - go figure)
Best Hybrid Corn Co - Tennant, IA
Funks G Hybrids - Local Dealers Everywhere
Pic. 2 - that's how they are stashed. A few neat pencil sharpeners & a Japanese girl eraser.
Pic. 3 has some fun crackle celluloid 2-tone. My favorite is the 1943 calendar from Peerless Dental Lab, Everett WA
Pic. 4 - since my sisters know I collect pens these have come into my life.
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No - only mechanical pens. No Mont Blancs gosh darn it.
Dear AR8Jason: I will never be able to pull a fast on you because you are the man about antiques - so again thanks for looking at my stuff.
This pen (probably not a pencil) is a missing all its guts. No marks on it. I love the brown and gold crackle celluloid or bakelite housing. Thank you - what do you think about the bakelite pencil I posted?
Yes, I prefer pens too but what attracks me to the pencils - most still can be used. Always a conversation starter and they hope you leave it behind...which I do not do.