C1994 SHEAFFER CREST GREEN OPALITE & GOLD CAP TWIST BALLPOINT PEN NEW OLD STOCK

For your consideration, we are offering for sale this New Old Stock Sheaffer Crest Ballpoint Pen, Model 596-2, with the Opalite Green Finish and 23 karat gold electroplate cap with repeating interrupted four engraved line pattern. This ballpoint pen has never been used and always contained in the original box. I consider this pen New Old Stock, Mint Condition with original box with Sheaffer accessories, and Never Used. This ballpoint pen was part of a purchase from a Stationary Store in Georgia where I acquired nearly 50 New Old Stock Fountain and Ballpoint Pens in this Crest reissue design - this is just one of them. NOTE: The barrel is made from Celluloid and the Opalite series was the only real model from Sheaffer made of Celluloid since the 1940s. The Opalite models are made from a solid rod of celluloid that goes through several lathe turning processes. The barrel is then sanded and polished, handwork that can be visible to the naked eye and shows by running fingers on the barre