Oh, my god, Edwina.
Oh, that is nice.
50 bucks.
That's like Indiana Jones goes to work.
What the hell is this?
Oh.
A Montblanc pen.
It's an executive pen.
Do people still use pens?
I know.
This is like pre email.
Another pen.
That one looks like it's worth some money.
Fine, you can have this one.
I would have threw this in the trash.
Oh, another box, Edwina.
Wait, more pens?
Oh, he was a pen collector.
OK, we have to get all of these checked out.
I don't know nothing about pens.
There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6--
These are all calligraphy?
--7.
There's 7, 8, 9 pens.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, the writing desk!
The only reason why we got this unit.
It's a new writing desk, though.
Yeah, it's not vintage.
What do you think, $25?
Yeah.
This is solid.
This is real wood.
Yeah, this is nice.
$25?
$25 with no cushions.
Yes.
OK, $50 for two.
I can't believe nobody wanted this [bleep]..
Well, I can kind of believe it.
Let's grab our purses and get the hell out of here.
There's more auctions to do.
This should be the place, right?
Well, it says "Pen Fair."
All right.
Fountain pen shop.
I looked in the yellow pages and found a pen shop.
And it's owned by Mr. Fred Krinkle.
I can't wait to see what he says about our pen collection.
Hello.
Oh, hi there.
Are you Fred?
I'm Fred.
Hi, I'm Edwina.
Edwina, how are you?
Shana.
Nice to meet you.
We brought you some pens to look at.
Yeah, these are the ones we called you about.
Ah, what do we have here?
OK.
OK, so at first glance, do you recognize these right away?
I do.
All of them?
Yeah.
I've only been in business since 1947,
when I got out of the service.
OK, these are nib units for a Sheaffer
Calligraphy fountain pen.
I was just going to say, he called them nibs.
Nibs.
What is a nib, anyway?
The nib is the little part that you write with.
These also were made by Sheaffer Pen Company.
And these were school pens.
What year?
The green looks old.
1950s, I would say.
OK, this is a pen called the Esterbrook.
This, again, was a school pen.
And you submerged the pen in the bottle of ink,
and you'd just snap it shut.
Oh.
And it sucks the ink up.
Now, that is if the rubber sac is in good condition.
But we can find out here and see.
[boing] - Mm-hm.
Wow.
I know, right?
Oh, my gosh.
It is a rubber sac.
It's like brand new.
But when you flicked it, if it was bad,
the sac wouldn't have jiggled?
It might not have jiggled at all,
or you might have heard a crunching sound.
So we do not want cracked sacs.
We do not want a cracked sac.
OK, so is there any money in our school pens here?
No, not really.
$150, maybe.
Oh.
OK, now what do we have here?
Montblanc.
You say it so fancy.
Does that mean it's good?
Oh, yes.
Yes.
The nib itself is 18 karat solid gold.
We're melting that down.
We can see if it fills.
You want to submerge it deep in the cleaning solution.
And we can count those drops.
372.
Pretty close.
So does that mean it works?
You hooked it up, you leaked it out.
Is it in good shape?
Yes, I would say it's in good shape.
We got one more for you.
Good, OK.
Judging by the condition of it, I would say
it's probably never been used.
We just got a different reason to fill it.
Oh, look how pretty that is.
You didn't even write anything, and it looks gorgeous.
How much are they actually worth, though?
First, I'm going to show you the Montblanc, number 146.
I would value this pen at, oh, $750.
For real?
Are you serious, Fred?
- Yes. - All right.
OK.
Let's do the other one.
You know how to get us moving.
This is the Montblanc Meisterstuck 149.
It's in beautiful condition.
And I would value this pen at probably $975.
[trumpet fanfare]
No way, Fred.
No way.
Very good.
Congratulations.
We need a high five from you, for sure.
Thank you so much for everything.
You're quite welcome. Thank you.
- You've been a blast. - You come back again to see me.
Well, let's go sign some credit card slips.