Some original photos of Thoreau pencils are shown as an element of a thoughtful and engaging post by Abraham at La Vie Graphite regarding a visit to Walden Pond.
In 2006, one of the organizations devoted to Thoreau sold a J. Thoreau and Son pencil on eBay as a fundraiser. The pencil fetched about $1,000.00.
Finally I’ve met an original Thoreau, at least in a photograph. Interesting.
Very nice! I’d never seen what a Thoreau pencil looked like. Nice piece of history (literally).
So were very many of these Thoreau pencils made?