Pen Collectors

There are three very LUCKY VISITORS visited my blog and shared their searches. Visitor 1) from San Jose California searching “nyonya tea cup shop in kl.” has succeeded in getting nyonya tea cup in kl and not in Bandung or Jing dezhen.  Visitor 2)  from Puchong  Selangor searching “vintage watches sale K.L. my has succeeded  to find the place that sells what he wanted. I have been searching for such and could not find but I still kept my collection and apart from what I stated I have a Audemars Piguet watch which is selling for Rm.150,000 and it has increase in price. When watch collectors saw this watch, many are interested but they do not have the money to own it. Visitor 3) from Seremban , Negeri Sembilan found the place “cheap fountain pen seremban” which I cannot assess the prices without checking on the conditions of the fountain pens. I bought my Mont Blanc 149 for Rm209.60, Platinum made in Japan gold plated over solid silver which is one model, the other is wrapped with leather and the third is solid silver which I paid for Rm80. Swan safety lever pens by Marbie todd co. for Rm.80 and these pens are new pens old stock. Many other pens are bought in lot. I have about 400 pens some of which are used pens like Parker Vacuumatic, Parker 51,21,45, Duofold , Sheaaffer’s pfm , valiant, crest, connoisseur, Targa models of the slim and thick. There are so many like Conway Stewart, Watermans, Dunhill, Dupont , Cartier, Caran d Ache. The name list goes on and on because I bought up the old stock from one of the old pen shop. There is one pen in my collection which I paid for Rm. 300 and showed it to a pen shop owner and he told me that to sell this pen in Malaysia for between Rm. 500 to Rm.700 would be a problem because local collectors complain too expensive but in England it would fetch Stg. Pounds 1,000 which shows different price, different market.  A man sold me a pen for Rm. 250 and he wanted to buy it back and I quoted for Rm.600, he offered me Rm. 380 and I am still keeping this pen because I know it is difficult in getting beautiful pens for that I can afford.  Some of the collectors may not know the beauty in Sheaffers’ snokel pocket pen and for a thick pen like pfm it has inlaid nibs. This Sheaffer’s pfm pens are pens that I have been using every day.

 I am glad there are collectors who are not dependent on others to find the way to source for them