Sold for A$40
1. His Nibs Metal Hinged Container, Quadruple Plate, Homan Mfg. Company. (United States) 2. "Concinnum" Cigar Piercer. (United Kingdom) 3. Three Keychains from The Scottish Australasian Key Registry Company, Melbourne. 4. Box of "Argyle" Fine Quality Steel Nibs, Eastford Pens Pty. Ltd., Leura, N. S. W. (New South Wales) 5. Box of R. Esterbrook & Co Pens, Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, London distributors. (United Kingdom) 6. 1883 Antique Retractable Pencil Sharpener Knife by Eagle Pencil Co. N. Y. (United States) 7. Little twist operated tool revealing a long rolled thin piece of copper. 8. Olympic Tyres Tool.. Miscellaneous. Various. Various Various. 1880s - 1960s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. The manufacturer of this item was formed in 1847 in Cininnati, United States. This also has Special Metal written on it. It looks like it became a manufacturing company in the early 1900s, so this would date to then. A great item for pen nibs, it even has a few inside, one marked Myers Speedy Pen, another is Norman Bros and the third is Brandauer. This has some discolouration and a few little dints. A little wear here and there. A nice item, being made from "Special Metal" surely this is worth a lot! 2. VG. Pressing one end allows a piercing implement to protrude from the other end. Some flaking to the plating and scratches. I have seen these described as tyre deflaters, well, yes, that would certainly work! But, advertisements from the 1920s describe describe Concinnum cigar piercers, surely that is this item! Very interesting. 3. All are excellent or better. Individually numbered, we have M1957, M1960 and M1998 here. These say to the rear "Return these keys (if lost) to nearest police office. 5/- reward (or over) on restoration to owner. Just minor discolouration and marks, these are great little items of history. 4. Box is falling apart basically, heavily foxed at the edges and discoloured and bent as well. Quite a range of nibs inside with various names, including a few Eastford examples. Most seem to be from Birmingham companies. Probably a bit under half full of nibs. Interesting being an Australian branded box. 5. Solid box, a little foxing to the edges. Interestingly, this is a wartime packet with a sticker on the side stating that the famous yellow metal is no needed for munitions, so they have used a war-time substitute, the next best thing. Box is pretty well full of various nibs. Really interesting item. 6. Minor dint to one end. A bit of corrosion where the end meets the body at both ends. Some wear and minor marks. Extremely interesting item from 1883, press the button at one end, turn it upside down and shake and the blade comes out and locks into place. Quite inventive for way back then. 7. Not sure what this wool was for. Some wear here and there. Interesting item. 8. Chunky grime in places, might clean off a little? Some surface rust. No idea what this was used for, a prong of some sort, undoubtedly something to do with tyres. Estimate: $50-100
