Current bid: $27

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Sheaffer Prelude Pen from Rose Reynolds (810)

- Version 342-1
- Pen is a brushed chrome color with white dot on it
- Comes with a carrying case, copper in color, with Sheaffer Pen Company emblem on lid of carrying case
- Carrying case is lined in a brown velvet type material. There is also a Sheaffer Pen Company emblem embossed on the inside of the case
- Included with pen are a very detail use and care guide and one ink refill cartridge
- The Fort Madison, IA factory will be closing in two years, so if you are looking for a piece of local history this item is for you
- Starting bid $23

Donated by:
Rose Reynolds
Fort Madison, IA

The Sheaffer story begins in 1907 when Walter A. Sheaffer, in Fort Madison, Iowa, invented the lever-filling fountain pen. The fountain pens of the day were cumbersome and messy to refill, requiring an eyedropper and a steady hand. Sheaffer's dissatisfaction with this inconvenience led him to seek a refilling method that would be simple and clean.

The result, the first practical lever filling fountain pen, earned Walter Sheaffer a U. S. patent in August of 1908. A single stroke of the slime metal lever filled the pen reservoir directly from the inkbottle. Local reception was so enthusiastic that Sheaffer decided to risk his life savings to establish the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company in 1912.