YOUR ARE BIDDING ON A RARE AND UNUSUAL VINTAGE GOLD FILLED ASTORIA BABY SAFETY SET: HEXAGONAL BABY SAFETY FOUNTAIN PEN, HEXAGONAL PENCIL AND A NIB KNIFE. ASTORIA PEN COMPANY IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT SHARED EARLY MONTBLANC HISTORY, FOUNDED AND ACTUALLY RUN BY THE MONTBLANC ORIGINAL PEN DESIGNER AND ENGINEER. ULTIMATELY, WAS BOUGHT OVER BY SIMPLO MONTBLANC PEN COMPANY AND DISAPEARED. PRODUCED ca. 1910's. THE ASTORIA PEN COMPANY AND MONTBLANC (SIMPLO) SHARED THE SAME PENS DESIGN AND COMMON SUPPLIERS AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES. SO IT LOOKS AND FEELS AXACTLY AS EARLY MONTBLANC SAFETY BABY!

SAFETY PEN DESIGN (RETRACTABLE NIB). THE PEN, FOLDING KNIFE  AND THE PENCIL ARE EXECUTED IN ITALIAN STYLE DESIGN MADE OF 18K ROLLED GOLD (OR 18K GOLD FILLED) AND FINISHED BY HAND ENGRAVED FLORAL PATTERN AND MACHINE WORK, RARE AND UNUSUAL FOR THESE TYPES OF EARLY SAFETY PENS. 

THE SET COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL CARRYING CASE WITH NICHES FORMED BY SHAPED SATIN LINED GROOVES TO PROVIDE SNUG FIT DURING TRANSPORT. THE CONDITION OF THE SET IS AMAZING, CONSIDERING IT IS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD!

 PEN DIMENTIONS:

LENGHT: 3.5" (8.9CM) - CAPPED,

2.85" (7.5CM) - BARREL WITH NIB RETRACTED

3.75" (8.3CM) - BARREL WITH NIB IN WRITING POSITION

1.5" (4.2CM) - CAP

PENCIL DIMENTIONS:

3.5" (9.4CM)

FOLDABLE DOUBLE BLADE NIB REPAIR KNIFE:

2" (5.3CM) - FOLDED

1.25" LARGE BLADE; 1.1" SMALL BLADE;

4.5"(11CM) BOTH BLADES OPEN

HARD TRAVEL CASE: 7" X 3" X 7/8", CLASP IS WORKING AND SNUG TO HOLD THE CASE IN SHUT POSITION SECURELY.

SOME OBVIOUS WEAR ON THE CASE AND ALL ITEMS, BUT THE GOLD PLATING IS MAINLY INTACT WITH NORMALL USEAGE AND HANDLE MARKS.

CONDITION: READY TO WRITE, NEW CORK, FULLY WORKING, BUT NOT TESTED RECENTLY.

NIB - "WARRANTED" EARLY 14K GOLD NIB WITH HEART SHAPED INK HOLE - ORIGINAL FOR THE PEN, FINE POINT. EBONY FEEDER (ORIGINAL TO THE PEN).

BARREL -  HEXAGONAL ROLLED GOLD GUILLOCHE (MACHINE WORK) WITH FLORAL AND ZIGZAG LINEAR ALTERNATING FACETS PATTERN. BLIND CAP IS NEATLY ENGRAVED WITH INITIALS: "L.N.A"

CAP - NICE, CRISP GUILLOCHE, ASTORIA EMBLEM IN BLACK AND WHITE ENAMEL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, CLIP STAMPTED WITH"18K".

THE PENCIL IS IN EVEN NICER CONDITION AND IS FULLY WORKING (NEEDS LEAD), HEXAGONAL BODY, ROUND CAP WITH A PENDANT RING IN EXCELLENT CONDION.

NIB REAPIR AND PENCIL SHARPENING FOLDING KNIFE - BODY IS WELL PRESERVED WITH SOME RUSTING AND PATINA ON BOTH BLADES WITHOUT APPARENT DAMAGE, STILL WORKS FINE, BOTH BLADES NEED SHARPENNING.

OVERALL - EXCITING AND RARE ASTORIA BABY SAFETY PENCIL AND KNIFE TRAVEL SET, WILL BE A NICE ADDTION TO ANY SERIOUS COLLECTION.

BID WITH CONFIDENCE!!! CHECK MY FEEDBACK BY A LIST OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE.

YOUR EMAILS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED, I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR  MONTBLANC AND S.T. DUPONT PENS AND LIGHTERS, LIMITED EDITIONS ONLY IN NEW CONDITION.

PAYMENT:

PAYPAL PREFERRED. OTHER METHODS PLEASE CONTACT ME PRIOR TO BIDDING. PLEASE CLARIFY WITH ME PRIOR TO BIDDING.

FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS - PAYPAL IS OK IF SHIPPED TO  CONFIRMED ADDRESS, OTHERWISE PLEASE CONTACT ME PRIOR TO BIDDING.

SHIPPING:

$25 by PRIORITY MAIL - LOWER 48 STATES.

INSURED SHIPPING TO EUROPE 50 EURO.

OTHER RATES AND SERVICES - PLEASE ASK FOR THE EXACT AMOUNT.

THE WINNING BIDDER IS EXPECTED CONTACT ME WITHIN 36 HOURS AND COMPLETE TRANSACTION WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER THE AUCTION CLOSED.