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lyndon B. Johnson Presidental Pens Below: signing of the nuclear test Ban treaty that “one of the personalized Parker Arrow clip ball-point pens” was found inside the President’s desk a year after his assassination. but both pen models had arrow clips and both were referred to as Jotters. my own suspicion is that given the greater variety and numbers, the Parker 45 Jotter was the gift pen that found favor with JFK and came after the standard Jotter was rejected. neil Grauer also writes that the pen found in JFK’s desk had a presidential seal on it. If that report is correct then that pen represents another otherwise unseen Parker gift-pen variety, but I tend to suspect that Grauer, a writer and not a collector, simply erred in his description. special Occasion Pens beyond bill signers and general gift pens, there are also Presidential Pens for special occasions. one such pen for JFK was for celebrating his first birthday in office. It is a silver capped, black barreled Fischer, engraved on five lines in white, “President Kennedy’s / birthday Dinner / beverly Hilton Hotel / beverly Hills / may 22, 1961. related Pens closely related to specially imprinted Presidential Pens are similar pens for the vice President, White House staff and the president’s family. vice President Johnson loved to give away pens and, in contrast with President Kennedy, was a prolific giver, distributing literally thousands in his travels throughout the world. His vice Presidential pen was a U.S. Pencil co. ball pen first supplied in five different colors but then in two successive reorders only in four different colors with the imprint language changing for each reorder. Given the large number of these pens and his general exclusion from camelot, vP LbJ pens are usually found for less than $50. the personal secretaries for both President Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy had pens, although al- P r e s i d e n t a l P e n s most certainly personal gifts to them rather than for “give aways” from them. mary Gallagher, Jackie’s secretary, had the nicer Silvercraft ball pen and pencil set with her name cutout in the sterling wrap over red Parker Jotters, matching the First Lady’s similar set. but evelyn Lincoln, the President’s secretary, had the more interesting, gold-tone ready riter ball points, one imprinted with her name and the other with that of her husband. they are of particular interest because they are the first White House appearance of a pen that became the inexpensive Presidential gift and office pen for the next thirty years, for every President from LbJ through George H.W. bush. Apparently there was more than one pen company during the Kennedy Administration trying to gain the imprimatur of being a Presidential Pen supplier. typically least valuable, President Kennedy’s specially imprinted family pens are hardly so. Apparently, when JFK took office, Silvercraft gifted ted Kennedy (and maybe even robert Kennedy) with Parker ball pen(s), with a sterling overlay “edward m Kennedy” cutout, and the First Lady received a Silvercraft turquoise Parker Jotter ball pen and pencil set with a sterling overlay “Jacqueline Kennedy” cutout. At the Hantsman auction those pens sold respectively for $360 and $1,800. And following their respective elections as United States Senators in 1962 and 1965, Silvercraft supplied the brothers with Silvercraft “Senator” Parker ball pens as it had for JFK. coming full circle, following the 1968 assassination of robert Kennedy, Silvercraft made up fifty memorial gifts sets consisting of replicas of its “Senator John F. Kennedy”, [President] “John F. Kennedy”, “Senator edward m. Kennedy” and “Senator robert F. Kennedy” ball pens each on s t y lu s october/november 2003 75
Crystal Clear How David Oscarson turns everyday objects into beautiful works of art B Y M E G A N L I V O L S I “One f the greatest compliments I’ve ever received is when someone recently referred to our writing instruments as the Patek Philippe of pens. We are a very personal, very small, very family-oriented company,” explains the young father of three (with another on the way) from Missouri. “The care and quality that goes into our products is truly extraordinary and sets us apart from others within the industry.” The handmade, limited-edition writing instruments in the David Oscarson Collection blend strict attention to detail with quality materials and timehonored craftsmanship. Countless hours are dedicated to the creation of each individual piece. Crafted in England, the entire collection bears British hallmarks. “I would say that we make 76 OCTOBEr/nOvEMBEr 2003 s t y lu s Everyone is talking about it: a high-quality, high-priced writing instrument is the latest must-have in the luxury accessory realm. The writing instrument industry is growing steadily, thanks in no small part to the beautiful creations of David Oscarson. between five to ten pens per week,” says Oscarson. “Cur-rently, we produce approximately 500 pieces every year, though we hope to increase that number somewhat in the future. Our production is limited because of the meticulous care and painstaking detail that goes into each and every piece.” In June of 2000, David Oscarson made his first foray into the writing instrument market with the introduction of the Henrik W i g s t r ö m Trophy Collection. Created in tribute to Wigström’s brilliant creations for the House of Fabergé (best known for the famous Imperial Fabergé Eggs) from 1903 to 1918, this one-of-a-kind collection is handcrafted from sterling silver featuring an elegant guilloche pattern. Oscarson is also the first to incorporate two colors of translucent hardfired enamel on each Henrik Wigström Collection pen. Oscarson’s Winter Collection raised the bar for the industry in 2002, by incorporating three levels of guilloche engraving on each collection piece; the first forms an ice
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