Sheaffer Pearlies Part 2: and Then There Were Seven

When I left off yesterday, I had "discovered" (or rather, learned of the existence of) a sixth variation on the Sheaffer Pearlie and was quite proud of myself:   But since four of this "new to me" variation had surfaced within just a couple weeks, I resolved that I would pay even more attention to Sheaffer pearlies when they passed by my way.

Within just a couple of days, I saw an ebay listing for something that didn't quite make sense to me.  It appeared to be a Sheaffer pearlie in green, but the clip looked like a regular balance flat ball clip and the listing title said "Sheaffer Jr."  The picture was a little fuzzy, but Matt McColm, who pointed it out to me, said it was exactly what it appeared to be.

Hmmm.  A possible seventh variation?  I added it to my watched items list.  And then I did something I rarely do. 

I forgot to bid.

I later found out Daniel Kirchheimer won the auction.  Since Daniel has helped me out by offering suggestions and corrections to my blog, I felt comfortable emailing him to ask if he would send me a good picture of this pencil to use here at the blog.  He said he would when he received it.

But the next time I heard from him, it wasn't to send me a picture.. it was to ask if I'd part with one of the carmine red military clip Sheaffer pencils I'd featured in my December 6 article, "A Tale of Three Pencils . . . or Maybe Five."  I hinted that he had a certain Sheaffer pearlie that I had forgotten to bid on -- no, he said, he wouldn't trade for that one.

But, he said, he'd trade me the other one he has.  He sent me a picture of the pair of them . . .

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