We have hundreds of original pen and ink advertisements! Ads are available from all major pen manufacturers; Parker, Waterman, Sheaffer and Wahl Eversharp as well as many smaller manufacturers. These ads date from the late 1800s to the 1970s.

Old advertisements are a great source of reference for those of you doing research on pen manufacturers, many times allowing us to better pinpoint a pen's date of manufacture or garner other obscure information.

Many of our customers purchase vintage advertisements for framing either for themselves or as a gift. We must admit they look great framed and we have a number of these old ads gracing our own walls!

We've had quite a bit of practice putting together pen and ink ad packages for decorating purposes. If you're looking to put some spiffy ads on your office walls, drop us an email. We can pull together a nice assortment of ads for you, perhaps a grouping of classic fountain pens or pens from a certain time period. We've even matched up ads with customers' birth years - these make wonderful personalized birthday presents!

Parker	Sheaffer	Waterman	Others
Esterbrook	Wahl-Eversharp		Carter's

Parker Advertisements

Many times, Parker put more than one style of pen in an advertisement, we have endeavored to note the primary pen in the advertisement. We suggest you read through the descriptions thoroughly as we try to note other pens that appear with the primary pen.

LUCKY CURVE and PRE-DUOFOLD

PKR212	1920 B&W 2.4"x14" Lucky Curve, "Built on Honor & Made for Service"	$10
PKR222	1920, B&W, 2 1/2x14, Lucky curve, #23 pen shown, “Why the Parker will suit you”	$10
PKR223	1921, B&W, 2 1/2x14, Lucky Curve, #20S, #24L shown, “Let a Parker be your schoolmate”	$10
PKR225	April 12, 1913, B&W, 2 1/2x14, Lucky Curve, cut away of feed, “an invisible policeman”	$10
PKR235	1921, B&W, 2 1/2x14, Lucky Curve, cross section of feed, “capillary attraction”	$10
PKR238	1914, B&W, 5x14, Lucky Curve self filler shown, “new model self filling fountain pen”	$11
PKR607	1913, National Geographic, 7x10, B&W, "For Christmas? You'll find the right answer in a Parker Fountain Pen", illustrations of No. 42 1/2, 20,14, 33, 20 1/2, and 57.	$12
PKR-216	Mar 29, 1913, Black and white, 3"x14 inches, Parker Lucky Curve, X-ray view of pen, "Leak? No. Sweat? No. Write? Yes!"	$11
PKR-217	1913, Black and white, 2.5"x7 inches, Parker Lucky Curve Jack Knife Safety, Geo Parker portrait, "I Know that you will like this handy little fountain pen"	$10
PKR-240	1916, Black and white, 7x10 inches, #14, #70, #20, #21 1/2, #24, #23 1/2, #20 Parker Lucky Curve Safety Sealed Self Filler fountain pens shown, “Santa Claus suggests Parker Safety-Sealed Fountain Pens”	$15
PKR-262	Nov 27, 1913 Black and white, 2 1/2x 6 ½ inches, #42 1/2, #20 1/2, #14 Parker Lucky Curve fountain pens shown, “For Christmas What better gift than a handsome Parker Pen?”	$10
PKR-263	Sept 4, 1913, Black and white,, 2 1/2 x6 ½ inches, #20, #42 1/2 Parker Lucky Curve fountain pens shown, “The Pen that Can’t Misbehave”	$10
PKR-264	1913, Black and White, 2 1/2x6 inches, Parker Lucky Curve Safety Self Filling Fountain Pen, Smiling Pen in ink bottle, “ I solve the problem of what to give”	$10
PKR-393	1914, Black and white, Saturday Evening Post, 5"x14 inches, Lucky Curve, Parker Jack Knife Safety Fountain pens shown, portrait of Geo Parker, mention of Parker Disappearing Clip and Transparent Bakelite Pens, "New Idea in self-filling fountain pens"	$15
PKR-431	Dec 2, 1920, Companion Magazine, 11x16 inches, full color, “Parker Lucky Curve Safety Sealed Fountain Pens”, Six different Lucky Curve pens illustrated, including a bakelite pen. Nice example of an early full size fountain pen advertisement.	$20

DUOFOLD

PKR175	1923, black and orange color, 7x10 inches, “Santa Claus, They’re here!”. Senior Duofold and and Lady Duofold are illustrated.	$15
PKR298	Dec 1931 Color 7"x10" Duofold desk set in bakelite box, "Thrift-Time Christmas Creation"	$15
PKR407	1929 Color 8"x12" Duofold desk sets, Albert Keller, "A Shorter Way..A More Productive Day"	$15
PKR704	April 1924, American Magazine, black and orange color, 8x11 inches, "Duofold converts the Die Hards too". Parker Sr Duofold and Lady Duofold are illustrated.	$10
PKR-701	June 1922 - Parker Duofold, A 25 Year Pen, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, black, white and orange - shows bandless Duofold.	$10
PKR-702	September 22, 1923 - We've added a new Gold Girdle - the Last Loving Touch, Saturday Evening Post, 10 x 14 inches, black, white and orange, Duofold with Gold Girdle aka the cap band! Rough edges do not interfere with illustration or text of the advertisement.	$7
PKR-703	April 1924 - Parker Lady Duofold, To Harmonize with her costume, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, black, white and orange, pretty illustration of 2 women.	$10
PKR-705	May 1924 - Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Pencil, Graduation's New Gift, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, black, white & orange.	$10
PKR-706	June 1924 - Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Pencil, Graduation's New Gift, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, black and white	$10
PKR-707	June 1924 - Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Pencil in box, Graduation's New Gift Duette, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, black, white and orange.	$10
PKR-708	Christmas 1924 - Parker Duofold, The Duofolds will all be sold in two weeks, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, black, white and orange. Note damage/scrape on paper to the word Duofold, sold as is.	$5
PKR-711	June 1925 - Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Pencil, This June-time Gift, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, black, white & orange.	$10
PKR-712	September 1925 - Parker Duofold, 8 Men our of 10 Picked the Duofold Blindfolded, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, black, white & orange.	$10
PKR-714	September 12, 1925 - Duofold Oblique, from Literary Digest, 8.5x12 inches, black, white and orange. Interesting ad from a historical aspect regarding Parker’s oblique nib - the text makes it seem as if it’s a new style of nib, which it was not, obliques were in dip pen nibs many years prior.	$10
PKR-715	June 1926 - Parker Duofold Pen and Pencil Duette, Give this Reward to Graduates, from American Magazine, 8x11inches, black, white and orange.	$10
PKR-717	August 21, 1926 - Parker Duofold Desk Sets, Give us a Fountain Pen Desk Set, from Literary Digest, 8.5x12 inches, black, white and orange. Five different Duofold desk sets are pictured.	$10
PKR-718	September 18, 1926 - Parker Duofold Desk Sets, Only the Parker Desk Pens Lie Level, from Literary Digest, 8.5 x 12 inches, black, white and orange, 3 different Duofold desk sets are illustrated.	$10
PKR-720	November 13, 1926 - Parker Duofold Desk Sets, You can Lay this Pen Down, from Literary Digest, 8.5x12 inches, black, white and orange with sprig of Christmas holly, 5 desk sets shown.	$10
PKR-721	September 1928 - Parker Duofolds, Duofold Efficiency in the Modern Style, Voted the Favorite in 55 Colleges, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, full color, shows Jade, Mandarin, Lapis and black fountain pens. Back cover advert shows some light wear on edges.	$10
PKR-722	December 1928 - Parker Duofolds, Give them Now, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, black, white and orange. Shows 1 Duofold set in black and pearl, Duofold pens in black and orange. Back cover advert shows some light wear on edges.	$10
PKR-723	December 1928 - Parker Duofold Desk Sets, Always in Postition, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, full color, Shows 4 different desk sets with desk Duofold fountain pens in jade, lapis and red.	$10
PKR-725	September 21, 1929 - Parker Duofold in black and pearl, It helps you write your own ticket, from Literary Digest, 8.5x12 inches, full color, photo of Mr. Fletcher Montgomery of Knox Hat Co using Duofold while signing lease for new store in the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.	$10
PKR-726	1930 - Parker Duofold Desk Set with Convertible fountain pen in black and pearl, Like Two Pens, from National Geo, 7x10 inches, full color. Back cover advert shows some light wear on edges.	$10
PKR-728	December 1930 - Parker Duofold Desk Sets, A Gift Pen having Twice the Value, from American Magazine, 8x11 inches, full color. Five different desk sets with pens shown including one with lamp, also the Pocket-Desk Convertible fountain pen in sea green pearl.	$10
PKR-271	Dec 1925, Full color, 7x10 inches, National Geographic back cover, Parker Duofold Duette set, “The Chief Attraction at Christmas Headquarters”	$12
PKR-274	Dec 1927, Full Color, 7x10 inches, National Geographic back cover, five Parker Duofold desk sets “Not cut prices on Something Old but Lower prices on something new!”	$12
PKR-287	Dec 1924, Black and white, 7x10 inches, National Geographic, Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Lady Duofold fountain pen, “Santa Claus, They’re Here! Parker Duofold Duette”	$14
PKR-290	March 1925, Full Color, 7x10 inches, National Geographic back cover, Parker Duofold and Lady Duofold shown, “Which point will you have?”, five handwriting samples.	$15
PKR-293	Sept 1924, Black and white, 7x10 inches, National Geographic, Parker Lady Duofold shown, “To make rugs safe from spilly inkwells Have a Duofold on the Home Desk”	$14
PKR-295	March 1926, Full Color, 7x10 inches, National Geographic back cover, Duofold fountain pen, “Black-tipped lacquer-red - the color Men Choose when they buy their own Pens”	$15
PKR-405	1929, Full Color, 8 x 12 inches, Parker Duofold DeLuxe, two fountain pens and one pencils shown in black and pearl, “More than 6,000 words from Parker’s new $10 Duofold DeLuxe.	$15
PKR-412	October 1931, Black and white, 3"x11 inches, Duofold Streamline fountain pen in burgundy and black, Man with son, "He got by at School without a good pen - but it cost him many a friend"	$8
PKR-489	Dec 1929, Black and White, 5x14 inches, American Boy - Youth‘s Companion magazine, Duofold fountain pen & pencil in jade green, two desk sets, Santa at top, “Page Mr. Santa Claus, Boys!”	$12
PKR-525	1922, B&W, 3x14, Early ad showing bandless Parker Duofold Fountain Pen, “Hands Crave this Oversize Pen as they crave a balanced golf stick” (tear that has been taped on backside)	$5
PKR-528	Oct 21, 1922, Black, white and orange, 11x14, Saturday Evening Post, Duofold Senior-orange, “Long Distance Writer”, water stains along edges.	$5
PKR-576	Parker Duofold Christmas Advert, December 1926, National Geographic back cover, full color, 7x10 inches. Santa in his sleigh with woman in lap, three Parker Duofold illustrations, "First Christmas for Parker Desk Sets! The Ones That Let the Pens Lie Down Without Drying"	$12
PKR-580	May 22, 1926, 8.5 x 11.5 inches, black, white and orange, Literary Digest, Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Pencil, Duofold Duette boxed set, Rivals the Beauty of the Scarlet Tanager - NOTE the Scarlet Tanager birds in ad! “Give this Reward to Graduates”	$12
PKR-581	December 1924, 8.5 x 11.5 inches, black, white and orange, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Parker Duofold Fountain Pen and Big Bro Pencil, boxed set and two separate pens shown, “34 Inquiring Reporters Settled the Gift Question for You”	$12
PKR-582	September 1929, 7x10 inches, full color, National Geographic, Parker black and pearl Duofold fountain pen and pencil, Mr Albert Keller Pres of Ritz Carlton testimonial, “In School - in Business Does Everything but your Thinking and Clears the Track for That”	$12
PKR-583	December 1929, 7x10 inches, full color, National Geographic, Parker Streamline Duofold, Black and Pearl fountain pen and pencil, Spirit of Aviation desk set and three other desk sets shown.	$12
PKR-584	February 27, 1926, 8.5 x 12 inches, black, white and orange, Literary Digest, Parker Duofold, Oversize Duofold and Pencil shown, “It Whets a Man’s Appetite for Writing”.	$12
PKR-585	ca. late 1920s, 7x10, full color, National Geographic back cover, Parker Duofold, Sea Green Pearl convertible pocket/desk pen, four Duofold desk sets illustrated, “This Christmas, Parker offers A Gift Pen having Twice the Value” Tape mark in upper right corner, otherwise very nice.	$5
PKR-601	1926, National Geographic, 7x10, B&W, "Hurled 25 Stories to Cement-Picked up Unbroken, Traffic Stopped to watch this test of the Parker Duofold Non-Breakable Barrel", illustration of building, and Parker Duofold	$11

VACUMATIC

PKR409	December 18, 1939, Time Magazine, full color, 8 x 11.5 inches, “Gorgeous Gifts Guaranteed for Life. Vacumatic Emerald Green Striped boxed set, Slender Maxima Grey FP, Vacumatic Sub Deb Shadowave FP, 2 Desk Sets are shown.	$10
PKR-268	June 1934, Black and white, 7"x10 inches, Parker Vacumatic, Ripley's cartoon, "This Laminated Beauty is Rated by Students as the Grandest Graduation Gift Pen"	$11
PKR-301	June 1937, Black and White, 4.5"x13 inches, Vacumatic fountain pen, 2 graduates holding boxed set, "Parker’s Luminous Laminated Pearl Vacumatic Pen" “The Gift They’d Pick if the Choice Were Theirs”	$8
PKR-302	June 1936, Black and white, 4.5"x13 inches, Vacumatic fountain pen & pencil with bakelite box, "America's No 1 Graduation Gift" “It will turn their Ideas into Money!“	$8
PKR-303	March 1936, Black and white, 4 1/2x13 inches, Esquire Magazine, Vacumatic fountain pen, Chester Brook Kerr of Yale News testimonial and photo, “To settle a bet I turned out 100 pages longhand, But I just couldn‘t make his Parker Vacumatic run dry!”	$8
PKR-433	Feb 1934, Black and white, 5 x12 inches, American Magazine, Vacumatic Fountain Pen, “We traced down the Buyers - the Users - of this Revolutionary Pen”	$11
PKR-434	June 1934, Black and white, 5 x 12 inches, American Magazine, Vacumatic fountain pen, “Rated by Students as the Grandest Graduation Gift Pen”	$11
PKR-632	1937, 22x14 Double Page ad, Full Color, "a New and Superlative Model of the Revolutionary Vacumatic", Illustrations of 3 Vacumatics and 1 Vacumatic Pen and Pencil Set.	$12
PKR-643	Nov 1935, Woman's Home Companion, 5x14, B&W, "This Smart Plaskon Utility Case for Cigarettes, Jewelry or Boudoir Trifles, and outright gift-no charge whatever with the purchase of a Parker Laminated Vacumatic Pen and Pencil set", illustration of Parker Vacumatic Fountain pen, and Vacumatic pen and pencil set.	$10
PKR-646	Dec. 1936, Woman's Home Companion, 5x14, B&W, "Jean Abbey Discovers America's Most-Wanted Christmas Gifts!", illustration of Parker Vacumatic.	$10
PKR-736	Parker Advertisement, December 1, 1941, Life Magazine, 9.5x13 inches, full color. “You Bet there’s National Unity in the Gift We Want This Christmas”. Parker azure blue Vacumatic Fountain Pen, Parker Golden Brown Vacumatic Fountain Pen and Pencil Set, Parker 51 Sealomatic Desk Set (Early 51 advert!) Back side of this ad is the cover of Saturday Evening Post WWII Plane.	$10

PARKER 51

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PKR-31	May 10, 1948, Full Color, 11x14, Parker 51 fountain pen shown in golden box, May-June calendar in background, "Mother's Day", "Right through the calendar Parker 51 makes the perfect gift!"	$10
PKR-40	Nov 1, 1948, Full Color, 11x14, Santa's hand holding up Parker 51 fountain pen, "Choose your Christmas 51 now and you'll breathe easier"	$10
PKR-43	Nov 3, 1947, Full Color, 11x14, Santa's hand presenting Parker 51 set set in golden box, "Parker 51 world's most wanted pen"	$10
PKR-97	Oct 31, 1949, Full Color, 11"x14", 51, "New aero-metric - for someone special"	$10
PKR-113	Nov 3, 1951, Full Color, 11"x14", 51, "To Stir a Heart & Start a Memory", Xmas ad	$9
PKR-142	Nov 1949, 7x10, 51, Navy gray & gray, gold caps set & burgundy/lustraloy caps sets shown, "open up a new life of writing case"	$7
PKR-144	May 1951, B&W, 3 1/2x10, 51, set in box shown, "Graduate them to New Parker 51"	$4
PKR-154	June 1946, 7x10, 51, "Arriving in greater numbers"	$7
PKR-158	1952, 7x10, 51, Burgundy & Lustraloy slim, & Brown & gold demi, groom & bride, "Trust this gift"	$6
PKR-166	1952, Full Color, 11x14, Parker 51, two Parker 51 Demi fountain pens; one in cocoa and one in black, one Parker 51 Special in blue and one New Parker 21 in burgundy, "Spring Gift Showing"	$9
PKR-246	1949, Full Color, 11x14, 51, 3 sets & 1 desk stand shown, "How to be the best Santa"	$10
PKR-253	Nov 1947, Full Color, 11x14, Santa's hand presenting "51" Fountain Pen with holly, "Take it from Santa Parker 51 is the world's most wanted gift pen"	$10
PKR-255	Dec 1947, Full Color, 11x14, Parker 51 Magnetix Desk Sets, "new...magnetic", four different Magnetix desk sets shown, also Parker Superchrome Ink mentioned.	$10
PKR-284	Sept 1, 1947, Full Color, 11x14, Life, Superchrome ink, green canister, "Most brilliant permanent ink..."	$10
PKR-322	1952, Full Color, 11x14, 51,"Spring Gift Showing"	$9
PKR336	May 17, 1952, Full Color 1952, S.E.P., 51,”Spring Gift Showing” demi & regular	$9
PKR-452	1950, Full Color, 7x10, Demi size 51 burgundy/gold, "a New Parker 51"	$8
PKR-462	1950, Full Color, 7x10, 51 Green/Gold, "Aero-metric Ink System!"	$8
PKR612	1948, National Geographic, 7x10, Full Color, "The most valued of your friends...Perfect gift to keep them thinking of you! It gives individuality to your good wishes!", illustration of Parker 51 pen and pencil set.	$10
PKR-616	1950, National Geographic, 7x10, Full Color, "When you give him this pen hell discard all his others...New Parker 51 with the exclusive Aero-metric Ink System", illustration of Parker 51 boxed pen and pencil set, 3 Parker 51 Fountain pens, and the inside of the Aero-metric Ink System.	$9
PKR619	1950, National Geographic, 7x10, Full Color, "Whether he has one pen or several-you can be sure he wants New Parker 51...only pen with the Aero-metric Ink System", illustration of Parker 51 boxed pen and pencil set, Illustration of 4 Parker 51 Fountain Pens.	$9
PKR675	1952, The National Geographic, 7x10, Full Color, “Parker Spring Gift Showing! Choose this gift... and all will know your heart is in the giving! New Parker 51 pen”, illustration of Demi-Size 51 in blue, Regular Size 51 in blue.	$9
PKR-162	1949, 7 x 10 inches, full color, National Geographic, Aero-metric Parker 51, Shown in Santa’s hand and as a boxed set with sprig of holly, “Clever to Choose Certain to Please, World’s most wanted gift pen”	$7
PKR-324	1952, Full Color, 11x14 inches, Saturday Evening Post, Parker 51 fountain pens in Green/Lustraloy & Brown/Gold shown, “In no other pen such smart design, so many exclusive features!”	$9
PKR-374	Sept 5, 1953, Full Color, 11x14 inches, Saturday Evening Post, Parker 51 and 21 fountain pens, 5 squares illustrate the electro polishing process, “Something new that‘s hard to believe!”	$9
PKR-438	Dec 1952, Full Color, 8x10, Parker 51,21, 51 Special fountain pens shown in a variety of colors. “New Parker pens...New Parker Prices”	$9

PARKER 61

PARKER 45

PKR-74	1960, Bk,Wht&Gold, 11"x14 inches, Parker 45 black & gold fountain pen, "Christmas Shopping Made Easy"	$5
PKR-104	Sept 9, 1961, Black and white with gold, 11"x14 inches, Parker 45 convertible fountain pen, the ingenious converter illustrated, “Why did Parker put a 14K gold point on their new convertible pen?	$5
PKR-105	1961, Black and white with gold, 11"x14 inches, Parker 45 convertible fountain pen, “Why did Parker put a 14K gold point on their new convertible pen?	$5
PKR-437	1960, Black, white and gold, 8x10, Parker 45 fountain pen, “Christmas Shopping made easy...”	$5
PKR-636	1961, 11x14 inches, black & white with gold border, The New Parker 45 Fountain Pen. “Why did Parker put a 14K gold point on their new convertible pen?	$7

PARKER 75

PARKER JOTTER

PKR-57	Nov 8, 1972, Black and white, 3x14 inches, Parker 45 fountain pen, “The smoother a pen flows, the faster thoughts come.”	$3
PKR-59	Dec 17, 1971, Black and white, 3x13, Parker Jotter Ballpoint, “Would you believe a fine gift pen could cost just $1.98?”	$3

INK and MISC PENS

PKR-103	1964, Full Color, 22x14 inches(cut in 1/2) Parker 61, Parker 45. Parker VP, Parker International Flighter set, Jotter and Parker 45 desk set shown "Graduation Gifts from Parker"	$7
PKR-417	July 28, 1947, Full Color, 11"x14 inches, Parker Superchrome Ink, blue & white canister bottle, rainbow, Parker 51 fountain pen, "NEW! The most brilliant ink in the History of Writing"	$10
PKR-423	1963, Black and white, 7x10 inches, “New Parker VP Very Personal” “Give them the only pen they can dial to suit their style”. Great close up of point held in hand.	$5
PKR-448	1979, full color, 7x10 inches, Parker Classic Imperial Ball Pen, “The Mark of Distinction”.	$5
PKR-468	May 20, 1946, Black and White, 5x14 inches, Parker Quink, “More than an Ink- it protects Pens”	$6
PKR-699	1963, 7x10, B&W, Nat Geographic, Parker VP, adjustable nib is illustrated in a close up view across the top, full pen illustrated across bottom of ad. Caption reads "Dial the writing angle to suit your style"	$5
PKR-731	Parker 75 and Classic advert, ca. 1977, black and white, 6.75 x 10 inches, “Give your hand a promotion”. Parker 75 sterling silver ballpen and Slim Parker Classic ballpen illustrated.	$5
PKR-733	Parker International Classic Advert, ca. 1970, full color, 7 x 10 inches, “$12 an ounce”. Sterling silver Parker International Classic Ballpen balanced on a finger.	$5
PKR-734	Parker 75 Advert, December 1971, Psychology Today magazine, full color, 8.25 x 10.5 inches, “Of the eight precious metals, it takes four to make a Parker 75 Pen”. Sterling silver Parker 75 fountain pen shown against a precious metals chart. Small tear at top edge, otherwise very good condition.	$5
PKR-735	Parker Advertisement, August 17, 1940, Saturday Evening Post, 10x14 inches, full color. “Nice Work and you can do it with Parker’s Surprising new Writefine Pencil”. Three different colors of Writefine pencils, Writefine pencil leads, Parker Vacumatic fountain pen and pencil set, accounting papers.	$10

Parker	Sheaffer	Waterman	Others
Esterbrook	Wahl-Eversharp		Carter's

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