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[stray15]

I have a pen that belonged to my great grandmother and I was wondering where I could get some information about it. Anyone know about Esterbrook Pens? Value?

Thanks!

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Stray, try here: http://www.vintagepens.com/esterbrk.htm

[Sergio]

Stray:Ten years before Campbell founded his canning company, Richard Esterbrook opened a factory at the foot of Cooper Street. The Esterbrook Steel Pen Factory was established in 1858 with just 15 workers. At the time, two of the four pen companies located in the United States were situated in Camden. Besides Esterbrook, the first in the country, the C. Howard Hunt Pen Company at 7th and State streets produced pens, pencil sharpeners and allied products and employed 125 workers. At its height, the Esterbrook plant had 450 workers and produced 600,000 pens a day.

In 1964, Esterbrook moved from Camden to an industrial park off Route 70 in Cherry Hill. In November 1967, it merged with Venus Pen Co. of New York, and in 1969 Venus-Esterbrook phased out its Cherry Hill operations. In 1940, an Esterbrook pen and pencil set cost about $5. Today, the highly prized pens and pencils are considered a collectors' items in the antiques market.

run a search on ebay, google (esterbrook pen values)etc... see whats out there, what its selling for... there is tons of info on the net