Pen Vintage
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 VINTAGE GARLAND Ball Point PENS AUTO POINT EVER SHARP PENCILS FLOATY B 13 BOMBER $20.00 Time Remaining: 52m |
 Reform 1745 Vintage German Fountain Pen Piston Filler New Old Stock $9.50 Time Remaining: 25d 9h 55m Buy It Now for only: $9.50 |
 VINTAGE LOT OF 12 SHEAFFERS LEADS ERASERS SCRIPTO BALLPOINT PEN REFILL $5.99 Time Remaining: 1h 22m |
 Vintage Wearever Fountain Pen M Nib $22.99 Time Remaining: 1h 38m |
 Vintage rare 11 X WING SUNG Fountain Pens Collectibles new u11PENS $43.97 Time Remaining: 21d 13h 3m Buy It Now for only: $43.97 |
 Vintage Black Cross Pen with Leather Holder $6.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2h 2m |
 Vintage Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen with 14 KT Nib Iridescent Charcoal Grey $15.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 8m |
 VINTAGE Parker 51 Fountain Pen Made in USA $31.92 Time Remaining: 17d 9h 22m Buy It Now for only: $31.92 |
 VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PEN BY JEWELTONE $5.00 Time Remaining: 2h 9m |
 antique vintage dip pen pints nibs calligraphy $25.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2h 36m |
 Vintage Light Green w Chrome Trim Papermate 98 Ball Point Pen $28.98 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 43m |
 VINTAGE 20 RED BLACK MOTTLED LUCKY CURVE DIP FOUNTAIN PEN $80.00 Time Remaining: 14h 16m Buy It Now for only: $80.00 |
 Vintage Gold Tone Papermate Capri Mark IV Ball Point Pen w Special Box $43.00 (10 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 56m |
 Vintage Gold Tone Steel Papermate Capri Ball Point Pen w Box Instructions $20.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 4m |
 Vintage rare 10 X HERO WING SUNG 840U Crest Cinnabar Gold Fountain Pen New $39.99 Time Remaining: 18d 13h 8m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 |
 Vintage Parker 75 Fountain Pen Sterling 14K F Cisele No Reserve $70.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 41m |
 VINTAGE DANIEL HECHTER SET $125.00 Time Remaining: 3h 52m |
 10 PCS HERO 616 F NIB FOUNTAIN PEN Vintage Style new $14.98 Time Remaining: 27d 18h 2m Buy It Now for only: $14.98 |
 Vintage Parker 51 Burgundy Gold Filled cap Fountain Pen 14k gold nib $49.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3h 56m |
 PARKER BIG RED BLACK SILVER ACCENTS BALLPOINT VINTAGE PEN NEW SPECIAL PEN $9.98 Time Remaining: 4h 6m |
 RARE VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PEN 14K NIB $9.99 Time Remaining: 4h 7m |
 HERO 100 Fountain Pen Vintage Style Classic Hooded Nib Fine 14K Gold Nib Black $39.90 Time Remaining: 2h 5m Buy It Now for only: $39.90 |
 Vintage Parker Fountain Pen $11.99 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 4h 30m |
 Vintage NOS Chrome Ribbed Papermate Ballpoint Pen with Original Factory Sticker $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4h 49m |
 new Vintage rare 10 pcs wing sung Fountain Pen a841u $39.99 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 3m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 |
 Vintage Collectible Mixed Lot of Writing Instruments $2.24 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 4h 51m |
 Vintage Epenco Green Marbleized Fountain Pen Iridium Nib $4.99 Time Remaining: 4h 52m |
 Hero 110 Fountain Pen 12K Gold Nib Vintage Style Black $29.90 Time Remaining: 19d 5h 54m Buy It Now for only: $29.90 |
 VINTAGE CROSS 10KT GOLD FILLED BALL POINT PEN ATT EMBLEM $5.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4h 56m |
 VINTAGE PARKER DUOFOLD ORANGE SENIOR FOUNTAIN PEN DUAL BAND GOLD TRIM $74.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 1m |
 VINTAGE CROSS 10KT GOLD BALL POINT PEN $6.45 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 8m |
 Vintage 1960s SCRIPTO School Pack FOUNTAIN Pen Pencil SET MOC old store stock $24.95 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 14m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 Vintage ball point pen Salz brothers New York US $24.99 Time Remaining: 5h 16m |
 VINTAGE CROSS 12K GOLD BALL POINT PEN $5.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h 18m |
 Individual Joseph Gillott Vintage Pen Nibs 303 EF $2.25 Time Remaining: 23d 9h 14m Buy It Now for only: $2.25 |
 Vintage Sheaffers White Dot Marine Green Striated Vacuum Fill Fountain Pen $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h 40m |
 Vintage Sheaffer Junior Balance Green Marble Fountain Pen $12.95 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 41m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 Vintage Sterling Silver Cisele Parker Fountain Pen Marked 925 France $84.99 Time Remaining: 7d 14h 51m Buy It Now for only: $84.99 |
 Vintage Veri Smooth Medium 14K Gold Nib 1940s Fountain Pen $0.99 Time Remaining: 5h 43m |
 Vintage Swan Fountain Pen Box Only $7.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h 50m |
 Vintage Scripto Pen Gel Pen Pencil Set in Original Box $3.25 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 53m |
 Exotic Vintage style orange Demonstrator Fountain Pen $15.00 Time Remaining: 6d 16h 35m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 VINTAGE PENS LARGE LOT AS IS WRITING INSTRUMENTS $2.26 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 5h 56m |
 Vintage Sheaffer Fountain Cartridge Pen $7.99 Time Remaining: 6h |
 Vintage Sheaffer PFM V Blue Fountain Pen with 14K Nib Working $235.00 Time Remaining: 27d 14h 15m Buy It Now for only: $235.00 |
 2 Vintage Fountain Pen Nibs Esterbrook Renew Point Osmiridium Tip $11.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 5m |
 4 Older Vtg Parker Pens in Original Boxes Jotter Blue and Red $12.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 9m |
 GIFT IDEA Vintage Dip Pen Nibs Tips Hientz Blankertz $1.56 Time Remaining: 17d 17h 53m Buy It Now for only: $1.56 |
 Vintage Jewish Sabra Sterling Silver Pen Made in Israel No Reserve 925 $19.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6h 17m |
 Vintage White Dot Sheaffer fountain pen and mechanical pencil set in box NO RES $11.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 18m |
 Vintage WALTHAM Fountain Pen Mechanical pencil Green Marble Color WALTHAM on Tip $8.00 Time Remaining: 6h 18m |
 Vintage Parker 75 Sterling Silver Flat Top Fountain Pen A4 $129.00 Time Remaining: 11d 13m Buy It Now for only: $129.00 |
 VINTAGE PARKER FOUNTAIN PEN BALLPOINT PEN SET $21.32 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 35m |
 Vintage PARKER FOUNTAIN PEN Navy Blue body Silver Top Made in England $6.14 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 48m |
 Vintage Green Marbled Ambassador Fountain Pen Cool Looking $29.59 Time Remaining: 13d 5h 34m Buy It Now for only: $29.59 |
 vintage Parker Vector Fountain Ball pen Good condition $9.99 Time Remaining: 6h 50m |
 VINTAGE PARKER 21 FOUNTAIN PEN WITH ORIGINAL BOX MADE IN USA $9.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6h 52m |
 Exotic Vintage style Indigo Demonstrator Fountain Pen $15.00 Time Remaining: 6d 16h 35m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 vintage Parker Frontier Fountain Roller pen Good Golden nib $21.99 Time Remaining: 6h 55m |
 vintage Parker 45 Fountain pen Good condition 1964 $9.99 Time Remaining: 6h 55m |
 VINTAGE VERY ELEGANTWATERMANS SLIM LINE FOUNTAIN PEN $3.95 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 59m |
 Vintage National Pen Co The LINCOLN PENDANT Lever fill FOUNTAIN PEN in Green $21.99 Time Remaining: 21d 12h 6m Buy It Now for only: $21.99 |
 vintage Eversharp Skyline Fountain Pen Pencil 14kt Nib 14kt Gold Filled Cap $62.99 Time Remaining: 7h |
 5 VINTAGE FOUNTAIN PEN COLLECTION 4 WITH 14KT GOLD TIPS $52.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 9m |
 NOS Vintage Pen Nibs Tips Dip Pen Geo W Hughes RESIVOR $3.85 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 53m Buy It Now for only: $3.85 |
 Vintage Parker Flighter 45 pen and pencil set $23.50 (13 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 9m |
 Vintage Cross Pen Mechnical Pencil in Original Box 1975 10KT Gold Filled $15.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 10m |
 10X HERO Fountain Pen 616 Regular Vintage Style 3 Color $19.90 Time Remaining: 18d 1h 55m Buy It Now for only: $19.90 |
 Unused vintage Parker 45 Fountain pen England 1964 $9.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 15m |
 Must de Cartier vintage pen $79.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 17m |
 1950s Vintage Parker Lady Fountain Pen Pencil Set $18.16 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 25m |
 VINTAGE ART DECO PARKER DUOFOLD MODERNE GREEN BROWN MARBLED FOUNTAIN PEN $95.00 Time Remaining: 28d 10h 20m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 Vintage Tiffany 14K Gold Fountain Pen $450.00 Time Remaining: 7h 26m |
 Crusader Fountain Pen n Mechanical Pencil Combo Old Vintage USA $9.95 Time Remaining: 7h 34m |
 Vintage HERO 616 Fountain Pen Gold Cap Hooded Nib Green $9.90 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 51m Buy It Now for only: $9.90 |
 Judds VINTAGE C Ruger Co Fountain Pen Ballpoint Pen Set 14kt Gold Nib $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 7h 34m |
 Epenco Fountain Pen Red Rust Marble Color Old Vintage $9.95 Time Remaining: 7h 35m |
 RARE Vintage Pen Nibs Tips Wingflow No 4 Gold Plated $3.25 Time Remaining: 11d 8h 44m Buy It Now for only: $3.25 |
 Parker Parkette Fountain Pen n Pencil Set Dark Blue Pearl Swirl Old Vintage $13.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 36m |
 Vintage Red Dot Fountain Pen $9.95 Time Remaining: 7h 48m |
 Vintage 50s MONTEGRAPPA EXTRA FP Mother of Pearl Gold Nib $45.00 (13 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 50m |
 HARD TO FIND VINTAGE SHEAFFER INK CONVERTERNEW OLD STOCKWORKINGSTANDARD SIZE $16.99 Time Remaining: 28d 35m Buy It Now for only: $16.99 |
 Vintage Sterling Silver Dip Pen $49.99 Time Remaining: 7h 52m |
 Vintage yellow ZANER BLOSER COLS O ballpoint pen $6.50 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 53m |
 Vintage HERO 616 Regular Fountain Pen Burgundy Barrel $5.90 Time Remaining: 8d 9h 45m Buy It Now for only: $5.90 |
 3 Parker Vintage Fountain Pens 2 21 1 61 $24.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 7h 59m |
 VINTAGE BRITISH AIRWAYS PARKER PEN PROPELLING PENCIL ORIGINAL BOX AERONAUTICA $9.43 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 8h |
 Vintage Very Excellent Parker 75 Sterling Silver Flat Top Fountain Pen A1 $159.00 Time Remaining: 10d 23h 7m Buy It Now for only: $159.00 |
 Vintage PARKER 75 STERLING SILVER PEN $59.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 8h |
 VINTAGE GREEN PARKER PENCIL $24.99 Time Remaining: 8h 1m |
 3 VINTAGE MINIATURE SIGNATURE SERIES FOUNTAIN PENS MADE BY TREASURE PEN CO $12.00 Time Remaining: 8h 4m |
 Vintage Parker DUOFOLD Senior Single Band 1920s Fountain Pen Black Gold $164.99 Time Remaining: 24d 8h 11m Buy It Now for only: $164.99 |
 VINTAGE LAKER AIRWAYS PARKER SLINGER PEN IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING AERONAUTICA $9.43 Time Remaining: 8h 7m |
 VINTAGE PEN NIBS BIRMINGHAM PEN CO $2.00 Time Remaining: 8h 10m |
 Lot 3 HERO 616 Jumbo Fountain Pen Vintage Style 3 Color $12.90 Time Remaining: 29d 4h 11m Buy It Now for only: $12.90 |
 CROSS USA Vintage Oversized Black Gold twist action Ballpoint pen NR $8.69 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 8h 15m |
 VINTAGE PEN NIBS PENESCO ESTERBROOK CO $3.00 Time Remaining: 8h 17m |
 vintage parker fountain pen 21 green with original box $30.00 Time Remaining: 14d 6h 8m Buy It Now for only: $30.00 |
 6 Vintage Parker Fountain Pens for Parts or Repair $66.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 8h 17m |
 3 VINTAGE GERMAN MADE FOUNTAIN PEN COLLECTION BELICAN KOHINOOR BRAUSE $15.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 8h 19m |
Pen Vintage
Wine importers and Italian vintages
When its three warmest cities - Bolzano again, Florence and Palermo - are separated by spectacularly varying countryside, of which 80 percent is made up of climate-affecting hills and mountains? When even within a small area, weather conditions can fluctuate wildly (vineyards in Valpolicella this August received nearly five inches of rainfall; half an hour to the north, twice that amount fell)? And when the range of grape varieties is so vast that harvest can occur at any point between mid-August (Soave this year) and late October (Soave's garganega), even early November for Taurasi? How can sweeping statements be made about years that were all good and harvests that were all bad?
It's possible to divide Italian vintages into four categories: "voluptuous years," "classic years," "misunderstood years" and "regional years."
In Italy, voluptuous years are the easiest to understand. They're the only ones about which you can generally generalize. Take 1997. It's widely acknowledged as a fantastic year in both Piedmont and Tuscany, producing lush, round, appealing wines across the board. The same goes for 2000, another hot year harvesting early throughout the country's vineyards. To repeat an apt description penned by Andrea Sturniolo, these are plump wines that are "sagging under the weight of an unnaturally large bosom." They have a soft fleshiness about them, which is all very fine, but which means they won't survive long in the cellar, and therefore won't develop all the fine nuances that Nebbiolo and Sangiovese are famous for. The same goes for 2003. You'll find plenty of big, lush, sexy wines up and down the boot, but with glaring heat instead of the prolonged gentle warmth necessary to ripen the tannins, these, too, will be early-drinking wines only.
Better wines, the "classic vintages" with a steely thread of resilience and nervy acidity turn up more frequently, but - and this is why they become less easy to spot - often from years with less-than-perfect weather conditions. The 1996 vintage is classic in Piedmont; the wines are generally stunning, the result of a satisfactory, but not baking-hot, season. But beware: The Langhe is a smallish part of a large area in which wine quality did vary. In Tuscany, the '96s are less than extraordinary and sometimes ordinary. More uniform is 1999, with firm, structured wines from Barolo and Barbaresco, full of muscle and guts; and from Tuscany, too, with Sangiovese packing the power of 1997 combined with the elegance of 1998. But conditions in 1999 were dicey. In the north, a damp, miserable August had things looking pretty poor for awhile; in Tuscany, high yields appeared to be threatening juice concentration. Which goes to show that early reports are not to be believed. Consider 2001, which shows some classic quality too, with fine wines emerging from both Tuscany and Piedmont (especially from the Langhe). But for awhile it didn't seem possible: Frosts devastated the crop at budbreak in Piedmont, and rain severely undermined the quality of the Tuscan fruit. Fortunately autumn sunshine effected an almost total turnaround; the 2001s are just about ready for drinking now - take care not to let the 2000s eclipse them.
Misunderstood years are the trickiest to come to grips with, yet they are the source for many a satisfying bargain. It's knowing that 1998 is a quietly confident year; its elegant and poised wines come from a typically Italian vintage with successive highs and lows, that eventually turned out right in the end. But 1998 is misunderstood; it is almost totally overshadowed by the flamboyant 1997s.
The ultimate misconception, however, attaches itself to the 2002 vintage, which was rated highly in Sicily, but marked down as dreary nearly everywhere else. Wrongly. Its great failing is lack of homogeneity, but tune-in more closely and there are some sure-fire 2002 successes. While Piedmont was maligned for its raininess, Barolo lovers should know that the rain stopped on September 15th, which meant that the late-ripening nebbiolo had plenty of time in which to dry out and perform beautifully. Verduno in Barolo, for example, escaped most of the rain and hail, and made great wines. And the same was true in the Alto Adige where early-harvesting pinot grigio may have been troubled by excess humidity, but sauvignon, chardonnay, moscato and pinot noir fared far better. The opposite was true in the Maremma, where merlot and the early grapes caught the best harvest weather, but Tuscan sangiovese received the worst of this cold, wet growing season with rain all through picking.
Misinterpreting 2005 would be a mistake, too: In a mirror-image of 2002, in Piedmont, the early-ripening dolcetto came off well, while the nebbiolo harvested later had to contend with chill weather and bouts of rain. Reds generally came off badly due to these end-of-season climatic calamities, but all that coolness made for many elegant white wines that shouldn't be ignored.
A side-step away from the misunderstood vintage is the regional one: good in isolated areas, but not in others. Case in point: the 2004s, which have classic richness from Tuscany, with considerable elegance, but not quite the same panache in the north or to the south, where early-ripening varieties struggled. Other regional vintages include 1988 (small quantities everywhere, with real greatness achieved only in Montalcino); 1989 (successful only in Piedmont); 1994 (rained-out in Piedmont, but notable in Tuscany); and 1995 (hard times in Piedmont, so Barolo and Barbaresco were easily outdone by Chianti Classico).
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