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I wonder how much this post will drive up the price of Parker 51s on eBay (or spur the market for modern knock-offs, if one exists), and for how long.

• themodelplumber 7y ago
  Should have bought the fountain pen dip.
• dvh 7y ago
  I bought 30 for $0.29 each, minor nib adjustment and they're good to go.
• ecspike 7y ago
  Likely not. There are so many modern Parker 51 inspired pens already. The vintage P51s are priced all over the place from $60-7500 depending on the features of that pen....$7500 was a pen that Cartier commisioned to sell in their stores. Their past popularity makes supplies of low to mid ranged models pretty plentiful. P51 is "out of print." I find reliable P51-inspired writers for $2-4 a pen so I have no desire to try and buy a vintage one that might not work.
• kloh 7y ago
  They were non trivially higher a little over a year ago, so I'd argue they could do with some propping up....