Description:
- Name(s): The Favorite Pen, Favorite
- Shape: Shield
- Finishes: White
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross, $1.00 (Cameron Amberg)
Comments:
- “A stiff business pen” (1883 Catalog)
- “A Flexible Business Pen.” (1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do)
- Not sure which is correct as I’ve not seen one in person
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References:
The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:
- Displayed on the 1873 Salesman Sample Card
- Displayed on the 1874 Salesman Sample Card
- Listed in the 1876 Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff
- Listed in the 1879 Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
- Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
- Listed in the Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
- Listed in the c1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
- Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
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