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Mentmore Mini
Collection, all the items below,
excluding 1st, 3rd and 5th pens, including the display tray £240
($480)
Mentmore were the
forerunners of today's Platignum pens. See this web site for
details:
http://hans.presto.tripod.com/scan/platignum02.html

Working
from the left, the first 6 pens are early models as identified by the ball
clip:
Silver snake skin
patterned Mentmore
Diploma
SOLD
Brown marbled Mentmore
Auto-Flow lever filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib.
This nib has an unusual tip which allows the pen to write inverted as a
fine grade nib. The pen is in very good
condition.
Black chased Mentmore
Auto-Flow SOLD
Green marbled Mentmore
Auto-Flow button filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib.
This nib has an unusual tip which allows the pen to write inverted as a
fine grade nib. The pen is in good
condition. There is some surface damage to the cap under the clip and extra
breather holes have been drilled in it.
Black chased (fairly
oxidised) Mentmore Auto-Flow button filler SOLD
Black Mentmore,
no model name or number. Unusual large lever. Chrome plated clip and lever
both marked with an M. Tiny fine point Mentmore 14ct nib.
The next 4
pens have the later clip, which is easily broken and thus hard to find:
Burgundy marbled Mentmore
Auto-Flow lever filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib.
This nib has an unusual tip which allows the pen to write inverted as a
fine grade nib. Brassing to cap band. The pen is in very good condition.
Brown marbled Mentmore
Auto-Flow lever filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib.
Brassing to cap band. The pen is in very good condition.
Burgundy marbled Mentmore
Diplomat lever filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib.
The pen is in very good
condition.
Black Mentmore
Auto-Flow lever filler with rolled gold cap. Medium Mentmore Osmi
Iridium 14ct nib. The pen is in excellent condition.
Burgundy marbled Mentmore
Supreme lever filler. Medium Mentmore Osmi Iridium 14ct nib. The
pen has a rare transparent pattern on the barrel. The pen is in good condition. This pen has a
replacement clip which is not marked Mentmore but of the correct shape and
design.
The last 2
pens are later button filler models:
Black Mentmore 46
button filler with gold filled cap. The fine nib is hooded, and this pen
was the Mentmore answer to the Parker 51. There is brassing
to the edges of the clip. The pen is in very good condition. SOLD
Dark blue Mentmore
46 button filler with Sterling Silver
cap. The medium nib is hooded, and this pen was the Mentmore answer
to the Parker 51. The pen is in Excellent condition.
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