B1794 Wm. M Christy’s Sons Advertising Blotter, From Wikipedia:  Christy died January 9, 1866 with presumably his son William assuming operations of the business. By 1878, the firm was renamed William M. Christy's Sons and under the proprietorship of William and Joseph Christy who resided at 3909 Spruce Street (West Philadelphia). The firm was still active as of 1896 at 312 Chestnut Street.) This is a very nice, early advertising blotter for Flat Opening Blank Books sold by Wm. M. Christy’s Sons in Philadelphia. White blotting paper, measures 9.5 x 4.75 inches. Black print on white.

P1120  Pelikan Advertising Brochure, Six panel Tri-fold brochure plus one loose single panel. Full color printing. Measures 11.5 x 8.25 inches flat, 3.75 x 8.25 inches when folded. Titled “Fur jeden, der schreibt” Writing instruments featured are No. 400 & 450 in green, No. 400 & 450 and No 500 & 550, in tortoise, Boxed Sets, Nibs and Writing samples. Single panel insert features 140 and 350 in Burgundy as Neu and reverse side has text info on No. 149 and No. 350. Also info and full color photos of FP and MP sets in boxes.

SHF-POSTER  Sheaffer Commemorative Poster - Sheaffer Art Exhibit Poster, ca 2005, During the month of November 2005, 13 original works of art by distinguished artists Andrew Loomis, Coles Phillips, Frederic Mizen, John Newton Howitt and Lester Bentley were exhibited at the Fort Madison Art Center. These paintings were commissioned by Sheaffer Pen from the 1920s - 1940s and had never before left the halls of Sheaffer headquarters in Fort Madison, Iowa.

Parker Pen Co Employee Form Paperwork! Never anyone's favorite thing to deal with! These Parker Pen Co pads are a form for an employee to indicate they wanted to continue doing the job they were currently doing. It's Form No. 3535 indicating Duplicate Personnel Copy and printed in U.S.A. Each pad has about 50 forms on it (I didn't do an exact count, so there may be a few more or less), they measure 4 x 6 inches and are bound on the 6 inch side. Printed in black ink on white paper. In case you can't read all of the fine print in the photo, it reads:

P1052  Boston Happy Pencils Enclosure. ca. 1920s? Hunt Pencil Sharpeners, Boston Pocket Sharpener and Hunt’s Silverine Pens. Printed in orange and black on white glossy paper. The front panel is fun – with smiling and frowning comical pencil people, four Hunt Boston pencils sharpeners illustrate on inside panels, back cover shows a Boston Pocket Sharpener and Hunt’s Silverine pen which these days we commonly refer to as dip pen nibs. Measures 6.25 x 3.5 closed dimensions. At some point it was folded into a 1.25 x 2 inch size, so there are extra fold lines! (1 avail)