I wonder how much this post will drive up the price of Parker 51s on eBay (or spur the market for modern knock-offs, if one exists), and for how long.
The vintage P51s are priced all over the place from $60-7500 depending on the features of that pen....$7500 was a pen that Cartier commisioned to sell in their stores.
Their past popularity makes supplies of low to mid ranged models pretty plentiful.
P51 is "out of print." I find reliable P51-inspired writers for $2-4 a pen so I have no desire to try and buy a vintage one that might not work.