1946 Parker Vacumatic Golden Pearl *SOLD*

Hello there! Welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug and I'm back with another pen Resurrection Sunday video.

This is the Parker Vacumatic Golden Pearl I was waiting for! I bought this on eBay because number one it's all grimy and number two it has no nib, so I got it fairly inexpensively, except for the duty. I don't understand why I'm paying duty on a used pen from 1946 , but there you go.

The clip is a little bit bent. The Golden Pearl looks gorgeous and I've got a Parker Vacumatic that's in parts right now and I'm going to swap the nib. Here is the Parker Vacumatic nib that I'm going to use. It is fine and flexible. It's going to take a little bit of tuning.

I had previously tried to restore this Parker Vacumatic. The barrel is a little bit stripped where the Vacumatic pump goes in and that blind cap was a little bit short because of that. The clip on the other one is in good shape and has the blue remaining in that split Arrow clip.

I'm going to do some parting out of various pieces. The section on this one is in good shape whereas the section on the donor nib was all chewed up and I filed it down so that it was smoother. Someone had taken vice grips to it or something. I've got a bit of a parts pen and a pen that needs some parts.

I need to get this section off. I'm not sure about the pump. It feels like it has a diaphragm in there but that celluloid rod looks a bit wonky to me. It might be a little bit melted. We'll see whether that pump is in good shape or not.

Take a look at the date code on here at the very back the very end next to Parker Vacumatic made in the USA, there is a six with three dots. That means it is the second quarter of 1946. There isn't a lot of gouging on this. There are some teeth marks back here that need to be removed. And a lot of years of built-up grime.

If I can get that clip off of there I'll probably be able to straighten it. I think this is going to polish up beautifully. With the donor nib being a fine flexible gold nib, this is going to be a beautiful restoration. Cross my fingers!

First, we need to put this whole thing in the ultrasonic bath of pen flush and see if we can get that section off and get the vacuum automatic pump out.

THOUGHTS

What are my thoughts on this Resurrection?

I'm stoked about this one because this pen was a write-off. It had no nib, it was grimy and tarnished. The clip was bent but I had this old Vacumatic that I had tried to restore. It had a good clip, top jewel finial, and a nice nib.

I used this one for parts to give this one a new clip, jewel, and most significantly, a new nib, which has turned out to be just gorgeous. It's much finer and more flexible than my needs, so I will be selling this pen.

I did want to take an opportunity to show this one as well. I just received this while I was polishing this pen. This is what this pen here looked like when it was brand new. Look at that!

80 years old! I haven't even looked at the date code on this one. Let's take a look here... second quarter of 1944. Here is a 1944 Parker Vacumatic Golden Pearl unrestored, and here is a 1946 Vacumatic Golden Pearl fully restored. What a difference!

I've sunk a lot into this pen and I'm asking a lot for it. These are highly sought after, these Golden Pearl pens, especially fully restored and fully functioning.

THIS PEN HAS BEEN SOLD

I'm asking $220 US for this beauty. If you're interested in purchasing this pen, please email me at inkquiringminds@gmail.com with your name and your address I will get you a shipping quote. In North America, this pen package is generally around $10 US using my new shipping company.

I almost hate to let this one go. It is so gorgeous! Channel members get to see this video first and it might be a week or so until the rest of the public sees it on Pen Resurrection Sunday. So if you missed out on this one you still have an opportunity to see if you can purchase this next one when I restore it.

I'm going to work on this one next. I know it's going to be two Parker Golden Pearl Vacumatics from the 1940s in a row, but I don't care! I like these pens! I like restoring them I love the thrill that I get when it goes from this to this. I think it's quite extraordinary.

So there you have it! And that just leaves it for me to say thank you for watching!

And that's all she wrote!