Parker Registry
Parker Big Red Duofold collection

parkerpens.net / parkercollector.com [source]

Parker · 1921-1926

Parker Big Red

★★★★★ $200-1000+
Duofold Era
Filling System Button filler
Nib 14k gold
Material Hard rubber

What to Look For

The original Duofold Senior in orange-red hard rubber. Must have original barrel band and button. Hard rubber oxidizes to dark brown/black.

The original Parker Duofold Senior in bright orange-red hard rubber — the pen that made Parker famous.1

“Big Red” was a bold departure from the black pens of the era. Priced at $7 — double the competition — it proved that customers would pay a premium for a distinctive, high-quality pen. The Mandarin Yellow variant is the holy grail of pen collecting.

  1. parkerpens.net, “Parker Big Red.” Link. ↩

Sources

Duofold Era Era