Parker Place Vendome

Description

This lovely Early 88 variant
plated with Silver Measures 5 ¼ inch capped, 4 ½ inch uncapped and 6 1/8 inch posted. This silver-plated version, manufactured in the UK 3
rd
quarter of 1993, is called Corinth due to the lined design to look like the Corinth columns in Place Vendome in Italy. It uses a slide piston converter (included installed) which can be removed if you prefer to use Parker cartridges instead. Nib is gold plated steel, marked F on the back of the feed.. The 88 line is a natural follow on to the vector line and 95 models which came out at about the same time Pen is in excellent condition, showing minimum surface scuffing, no brassing, no dents or noticeable scratches. No obvious bite marks, though there are a few tiny marks on the black end section of the barrel. Can’t say for sure they are bite marks and they are too small to show up on the photographs, I can find no indications that this pen has been used, no residual ink etc, but not being the original owner I must call it used.
At 83 I'm selling some of the hundreds of pens in my collection. All have been refurbished when I bought them, and are filled, not dipped (except where mint or other stated problems prevent it) written with and tested again when I put them up for sale. I am very careful to show every aspect of the pens, so nothing is left to the imagination. My descriptions and close up photos go the extra mile, so please examine them carefully.
Never, ever
put drafting ink such as India ink or Carters drawing ink in the pen. It will ruin the pen. Only fountain pen ink, of which there are
endless choices available. If you are bidding on a lever fill fountain pen, remember that to fully fill the sac, after immersing the nib and a little of the section in ink and returning the lever to its closed position, count to ten before withdrawing the pen from the ink, to give the sac enough time to fill.
International bidders please note that my free shipping applies only to addresses in the United States of America. Shipment to foreign addresses, is handled by my global shipper, who handles all the customs requirements, fees and paperwork as well as the balance of the shipping outside the US. Charges for those foreign import fees and services are added at the time of checkout.
Pens valued at or more ae shipped encased in Schedule #40 plastic pipe for protection, Priority 2-day by USPS.