Vintage Ball Point Pens History 1940s & Up Collector Price ID Guide

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Collector Bookstore
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Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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The Incredible Ball Point Pen: A Comprehensive History & Price Guide by: Henry Gostony, Stuart Schneider
ISBN:
0764304372
Book Title:
The Incredible Ball Point Pen: A Comprehensive History & Price Guide
Author:
Henry Gostony, Stuart Schneider
Binding:
Soft Cover
Copyright:
1998
Pages:
160
Size:
8.5 x 11 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
The Incredible Ball Point Pen tells the story of the ball point pen's painful development, its cacophonous launching, the public hysteria accompanying its debut, and its outrageous and scandalous promotion. It recounts the fabulous riches which followed, the public's rapid and total disillusionment with the product, the collapse of the market, scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s, the industry's resurrection, myriad improvements occurring from 1950 to 1959, and the modern period from 1960 on. This is the most exhaustive work available on early ball point brands, manufacturers, and models. It includes over 400 photos of pens, copies of original ads, patents, documentation, and a comprehensive spotter and price guide. All who appreciate the ball point pen as a collectible and investment and who wish to further their knowledge about this fascinating topic will certainly want this book.
Features pens from Parker, Mont Blanc, Waterman, Tiffany, and many many other makers.
469 color photos
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