Vintage Pen News

A blog about antique and vintage writing instruments: fountain pens, mechanical (propelling) pencils, dip pens, and more.

Friday, January 11, 2013

USPS shipping rates going up

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Shipping costs are going up on January 27. From what I can tell, the most significant increases will be for international shipments, with th...

Silicone pen sacs: testing for silicone

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This video shows how to identify real silicone pen sacs. Our testing indicates that virtually every ink sac sold as silicone over the ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Some thoughts on original boxes

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In many fields of collecting, an item in its original box is worth far more than one without -- so much so, that it is not uncommon for th...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Silicone sacs are here at last!

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Silicone pen sacs are the future, and we now have them ! Latex ink sacs have been around for over a hundred years, but have recently begun...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Waterman and Aikin Lambert

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It has long been known that Waterman at some point took over Aikin Lambert. When this took place, however, has long been an open question. O...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer: another directory

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The American Stationer is surely the most informative of the trade journals for historians of late 19th and early 20th-century writing inst...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

The American Stationer: a directory of online copies

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For those researching the history of writing instruments, copies of The American Stationer (later, The American Stationer & Office Mana...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

William Wrigley Jr.'s golden Wahl

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This handsome little ringtop Wahl just joined our collection. It's solid 14K gold and nicely hand engraved, and it's also an ey...
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Before and after

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A month back we posted this picture to our Facebook page . It shows a Waterman pen recovered from the  recently-excavated wreckage of a WW...
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Friday, November 30, 2012

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From CNN (with video): All you might feel is someone brush by you and a slight pin prick. But very quickly you would be suffering muscle...
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