Has anyone ever heard of Omas pens?
We stopped at an estate auction this morning and bid on a lot of several boxes. We ended up winning the lot and on our way to the truck, we had a gentleman ask us what items we bought the lot for. Apparently, there was a pen in one of the boxes that he was interested in, as he wanted it for his collection.
We dug out an older pen box and inside was a fountain pen that was a brown, orange, and white color that resembled bird feathers. It seemed well used since the plating was worn on the clip and it had some light scratches.
Inside of the box lid it said Omas.
He said he would give us what we paid for the lot, for the pen. Since we didn't even know about the pen, and we got the items we wanted, we agreed.
So, I looked up Omas and the are an Italian pen company started in 1925.
I don't know the vintage of the pen we sold, but looking at some of them online, I think we might have been taken. I haven't found the exact pen, but some of the older pens, in worse shape, are fairly pricey.
I'm glad we were able to help this gentleman with his collection, or maybe his wallet, and we got the rest, at his cost.
We stopped at an estate auction this morning and bid on a lot of several boxes. We ended up winning the lot and on our way to the truck, we had a gentleman ask us what items we bought the lot for. Apparently, there was a pen in one of the boxes that he was interested in, as he wanted it for his collection.
We dug out an older pen box and inside was a fountain pen that was a brown, orange, and white color that resembled bird feathers. It seemed well used since the plating was worn on the clip and it had some light scratches.
Inside of the box lid it said Omas.
He said he would give us what we paid for the lot, for the pen. Since we didn't even know about the pen, and we got the items we wanted, we agreed.
So, I looked up Omas and the are an Italian pen company started in 1925.
I don't know the vintage of the pen we sold, but looking at some of them online, I think we might have been taken. I haven't found the exact pen, but some of the older pens, in worse shape, are fairly pricey.
I'm glad we were able to help this gentleman with his collection, or maybe his wallet, and we got the rest, at his cost.
