On Selling Your Fountain Pens

[@neemancallender9092]

I really enjoy these types of videos where you discuss topics

[@williamhughes1067]

Stephen -- Thank you for this! After 40+ years of serious collecting and 60+ years of using them, at the age of 73, I find myself with ~125 fountain pens and thinking much the same as you, although for different reasons. Many of my pens were expensive, have been inked only once, if at all, and are in pristine condition. I'm considering beginning the process of liquidating a significant portion of them and preparing myself for the inevitable end of my pen-collecting days. While surrendering the lesser brands and models, I would keep many of my "flagship" pens, e.g., Montblanc 149, Pelikan 1000, Sailor, Pilot, Waterman, Parker, Sheaffer, and some others. The question has always been where, how, and when to safely sell the rest of them. Your excellent video has given me more than a few ideas and a philosophical perspective to help lessen the sense of finally parting with old friends.

[@A_Mathematician.I]

I would say when it gets to a point that you look at the pens and you think oh I havnt used this one and that one for a long time and you know you are not going to either and if you did not have them but just knew how they are you would not buy it. Then it could be the time to sell. I sold a few pens recently, it was first time that I sold a pen, one of them was a sheaffer which to me was the perfect pen but I wasn't using it much. I am happy that I did it, and I hope used pens become more available so more people can enjoy the experience at a lower price.

[@robbinallan3767]

Thanks Stephen. It was great to get your perspective. I have way too many pens if you just count the numbers. Probably 800+ However, I am older, disabled, and alone. My pens provide a lot more pleasure than having their value in a bank account. I have the room for them and spend quite a lot of time organizing or ink matching. Since I can't find the harm in keeping them, I do.

[@theProf_01]

I definitely like the talk videos about pen related topics. I think those are important as well as pen reviews and technical pen topics. You present a great mix of the above which I appreciate. Related to today’s topic, I have also begun to understand the difference between accumulating and collecting. Thanks.

[@amacdonell]

Yes, love specific topics. Helpful

[@philnaunton7181]

Well done. Philosophy of having, relinquishing, departing, reflecting....

[@RoelandDeGroot]

Apparently, the famous penosopher Eric Orozco was right when he said "A man doesn't need more than 12 pens"...🤔😉

[@ellieisbusy]

Too bad there’s such a discrepancy between what one needs and what one wants 😅

[@felixrex2248]

Hello Sbrebrown! This is my first comment under one of your videos and I wanted to thank you for being the reason to face my own demons related to not wanting to sell pens even though I am not using them at all! I’ve had a sort of collectors idea that my pens are my pens and they are my all but over time, I have only around 20 pens of which I’m using 6, I stopped using them because as I got deeper into different fountain pens I also found out what I like and dislike in a fountain pen. And your video really made me question my reasoning so I actually hace sold already one pen and one spare nib yesterday after you posted this video. And I don’t feel bad at all but rather happy to have given a pen and a nib a new life 😊

[@marilyngardner4269]

Several of your viewers have mentioned that, for them, it is not worth the bother and work to sell pens, especially if they are not high end pens. I hope you won't mind if I point out that Shawn Newton of Newton Pens in the U.S. will take donated pens and sell them on eBay, with all proceeds going to college scholarships for high schoolers. He's got a registered 501(c)(3) and your donations may be tax deductible in the US. If the pens are really inexpensive, he will sometimes bundle a few pens into one lot, so just about anything is worth donating.

[@Darkmatter356]

Thank you so much for making this video! I am also friends with Kyle and he has lent me that very same Omas. I used it for a while before cleaning it up and sending it back to him. Afterwards I just couldn't imagine my collection without it so I hunted one for a couple months before pulling the trigger on a standard black/silver Paragon. Every time I look at it and use it, it puts such a smile on my face! I hope that this feeling will last and continue to cement the pen in my collection. I've been struggling with developing attachment with my pens and this video really helped me focus on what pens actually matter. When you have something you truly love, and not a bad thought ever surfaces when you think about it, it is really a completely different feeling than all the other pens your indecisive about keeping. I'll be letting a lot of my pens go because they just aren't worth the suffering in my mind, like you said.

[@FrauStaenki]

It is soooo interesting to listen to your Statements because, it makes so much sense and there is always stoiciscm between the lines.

[@blatherama]

Your emotional connection vs usage is the process I went through before selling my Nakaya and my Omas. They are lovely but expensive cartridge/converter pens and I wasn't using them as much as my Pilot Custom 823 or even my Twsbi piston fillers. I'm in the process of getting down to what I call "The ten I would keep."

[@KarynaLovesToPlan]

Thank you for this video! I have only been in the hobby for about a year and a half, and in that time, I have already sold 10+ pens. My collection is at 24 pens, and I am consistently looking at my collection, and asking myself, "Do I still love this pen? Do I love using it? Is it still a 10 out of 10 for me?" And if it isn't, I sell. And you are right - it does get easier to sell after you sell the first one. I feel like my collection will always be fluid and that not every pen is meant to stay with me forever, that certain pens only have a limited time with me. That mindset makes it easier to let go of things and keep my collection to a more manageable number. Thanks again!

[@impish22]

thank you, I love this type of discussion and just subscribed

[@claraspet2923]

Thank you for this video. It is good encouragement to me now since my mother died suddenly a couple months ago and I'm left cleaning out everything she never did. It just isn't worth hanging on to things you don't use.

[@michaelsimon4034]

I appreciate your videos talking about aspects of pen (and accompanying accessories) collecting such as this one. They are helpful to collectors like me who don’t have local pen groups to interact with.

[@ewanjamie1171]

Really great video Dr Brown. Keep up the great work. Really excellent.

[@deniseplasse5126]

I do like talk videos like this… so thank you. Now on the topic of selling pens. I do appreciate the view on this, as I have spent a year spending way too many pens and have been considering sellling them. I have fine tuned my preference and know more about what I like and dont like as much. It amazes me how I started with some favorites that ended up being never used. Time to let someone else love the pen babies while I truly treasure my favorites. ❤

[@wesdenham282]

The grayish green room looks like an interrogation chamber! Some color would be cheering.

[@13noman1]

Thanks, Stephen -- highly useful and thought provoking. I'd add as a reason to sell some pens: memento mori! I had hopes that my daughters and other family members might catch my (pen collecting) disease so I could gift them with abandon but it appears that won't be the case. While I have reasons to think I'll be around a couple decades yet, I've been slowly working on the ultimate family gift of not leaving a lot of "complications" in my estate -- i.e., leaving it to my kids to sell them later. So, I'm refining my "core" set of pens, planning on slowing way down on buying more and focusing on selling over the next few years. How's that for a New Year's Resolution?!?!😏

[@DasOrangensaft.]

Sounds like Swedish Death Cleaning, and works not only for pens. Appreciate it. 👍

[@TINGSTARR]

Good talk.

[@thomasmay69]

I have been a fountain pen collector for about 15 years. I will keep pens for awhile, maybe months, maybe 10 years, then tire of it or just move in another pen direction. I have bought and sold many many pens. I would like to sell mainly on the fountain pen forums, because they are my people. I have used FP Geeks and Fountain pen network. Unfortunately The FP Network has not had its classified section running in many many months. I have sold some pens on the forums but I have found that you have a lot of lookers but not many buyers on the sites. I also do a lot of looking on the pen forums because it is easy and fun to do. I totally understand this. But the cold reality is that I have had probably 95% of my sales thru eBay. I have hobbies collecting other things as well and this is also true on those specialized forums. There are many times that I have had a pen listed for a much lower price on the forums than on eBay and it still will almost always sell on eBay, not on the forums. This is just my experience

[@allanwellings8422]

Thank you. Even as a "beginner Dragon" (more of a Drake?) I do have a couple of pens that I no longer use - and I really should find new homes for them.

[@osirisgolad]

I'm pretty much a carbon copy of what you described, but something else has happened on top of narrowing down the collection that you will find either extremely relatable, or not relatable at all. The more stationery products I've owned and extensively tested, the more I just want to make my own. I think this started when I decided to make my own leather notebook cover and I realised I would never have been able to buy something that works so well for me off the shelf. I've long passed the point of being curious about certain pen designs, or lusting after a certain material, or needing a certain nib. I now know exactly what I enjoy aesthetically, what the positives and negatives of every possible design decision are, how much I'm going to use a nib grind compared to a similar grind, etcetera(it's the same with inks and paper). It maybe happens once every two or three years that something comes onto the market that I have questions about, and even then I can work out whether I want it or not if I can just play with it for half an hour. The last "new thing" in the fountain pen world that I ended up wanting to own was chromoshading ink, and before that it was probably the bulkfiller filling system. It's simply gotten to the point where my own brain is cooking up more interesting concepts than the manufacturers do. Now I just need to learn how to work with thirty different materials, how to operate a CNC and tens of thousands of dollars in machines.

[@NauzerMistry]

Thank you for this video. Having you speak about different topics rather than only doing pen reviews is very useful. Your opinions and beliefs are concisely and politely expressed. Most important is that you make it a point to state that what you say is, in fact, only your opinion and not binding on anyone else. Enjoy 2023!

[@TheRacerRich]

The problem with ebay is the fees have gotten INSANE, with them charging the 12.9% not on the sale price, but on the sale price + tax + shipping, it often ends up being more like 15% of the sale price. Reddit Pen Swap isn't bad. Bonanza would be good from a fee standpoint, but nobody in teh world uses Bonanza it seems.

[@Seefood73]

I too find that the reddit r/penswap, as odd as it is to navigate the rules there, is the best current solution for enthusiasts. there is a way to manage reputation, there is a mandatory use of PP G&S for payment so disputes are possible, and unlike Etsy and Ebay, there are no special local laws that force you to special tax reporting or expensive vetting processes (At least for me as an Israeli it's a pain, can't say for Europeans and Americans, etc). so I think that it's a very important mode of pen trading that is on the top of my list but most sorely missing from the list here.

[@julianfisher8190]

Just occasionally it's rather lovely to give a pen to someone you think will appreciate it more than oneself. Not quite your topic but near enough? Interesting and enjoyable as ever!

[@cmdrdarwin3682]

Good talk! I agree that in my life, I need to thin the herd some. I have bought pens that I thought I would love, only to be disappointed. I have sold some to dealers at pen shows, eBay, Etsy & FaceBook Marketplace. Good luck getting to your magic number😎

[@ichirofakename]

I love these videos, look forward to more.

[@gynechiatrist]

Many thanks, Professor! I am moving and downsizing. I have a stack of MB Writer’s series duplicates that I have hoarded. That talk is very helpful. So, EBay here I come. Now my Pelicans…. (I know how you feel about these😅).

[@barbaracollins5301]

I would love to have just 3 pens that I absolutely love. But so far that does not seem possible. So I am working on 15 to twenty, then I could have 3 pens inked at any one time that I absolutely love.

[@karlkunkel]

I liked this particular discussion and could really relate to the subject. I hope you continue to talk about these world-of-writing subjects, and not limit your videos to pen reviews.

[@KendallW]

Yes, very useful video. Everyone is different, but it's good to get your take on it. Thanks

[@bbidnick]

Thank you Stephen for making this video, it resonated deeply with me. I have been in complete, shameless dragon-hoard mode for years now, accumulating more pens and ink than I can possibly use in multiple lifetimes. After thinking long and hard about it, this video has definitely gotten me thinking about HOW to start selling off chunks of my collection, no longer IF I should. Now for me it becomes a matter of doing all the legwork to sell them for the most return on them vs. unloading quantities to a reseller at a lower price but with little effort on my part. Your thoughts about selling pens to people who legitimately want them and will use and appreciate them strikes a chord with me, and I'd rather not sell them to flipper who is only going to relist them for a higher price.

[@thecivilroad]

Thank you for these videos! I always enjoy these pen videos about different topics!!

[@businessman1912]

I love these types of video's. Please do more of them!

[@prestongallant6591]

Thank you Stephen Over the years I have continue to enjoy and be educated by your varied presentations, information discussions and humour. The current topic was excellent and appreciated. May I ask: do you have any thoughts on how to determine an appropriate selling price for a pen. All the best for 2023.

[@slo_carry]

Thanks for sharing. I really like the pen related videos you do.

[@paulday550]

Enjoyed this one for sure. I’m a few years only into FPs but now same as you, in wanting few, cherished, used pens. But whatever floats your boat to others, collecting has many facets.

[@senzen2692]

It's always interesting to go beyond "I got a new pen" or "here's this pen".

[@waynesamardzich9459]

Thank you, this was very insightful and honest. It can be applied to other collecting / accumulating hobbies as well.

[@tomlerch9190]

I very much enjoy this type of video. I find they provide me with an informed point of view that helps form my own pen life.

[@neilpiper9889]

I have an indoor market stall here in the UK selling fountain pens. People can try out the pens on paper and see what they like. I sell lots new pens mostly from Jinhao. The Jinhao 80 with original nibs and stub Lamy nibs, with 1.1 and 1.5 being the most popular. I also do Jinhao X750 pens with original medium nibs and with Bock 1.1 calligraphy stub nibs which sell well. The latest Jinhao X159 pens in lovely colours are causing quite a stir amongst customers as gifts at the moment. I also buy, repair and sell vintage pens which is most interesting. My personal pens are a vintage Conway Stewart pen with green and black celluloid cracked ice finish and a 14k gold fine stub flexy nib. My favourite is a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with the Falcon flex nib. In my pocket now is a Wing Sung 3008 piston filler with Schaeffer Purple ink. A £3 beauty. On my desk is a Jinhao 80 with a Lamy 1.1 nib with Lamy Green cartridge ink. I also buy, repair an dsell vintage mechanical watches, but that's a whole other story. Thanks for the thought provoking video. More please.

[@MummyBrown]

As a mostly second hand buyer, I love the idea of selling what you no longer love or use. Some points to keep in mind is that when a buyer is purchasing from you, a lot of trust goes into buying second hand and they lose the benefit of having a warranty. The buyer puts a lot of trust in this process. That said, please don't sell your second hand pens for the price you actually bought the pen for. In that case, it's silly for the buyer to not just purchase the pen brand new. I see this more often than not and I don't really know that sellers consider that buying second hand is doing so at a certain level of trust and acceptance. Kerri over at Pens and Tea pointed this out and I just wanted to hug her for SAYING IT.

[@davemilne2484]

I have 8 cherished often used pens. Including a 1940 s and 60s pen. I need 2 more to complete my set. Pilot custom with urishi and ebonite feed. And a Conklin all American.

[@Goldilockszone123]

Love

[@sailcat9]

Excellent video! The topic resonated with me because I have 100+ pens and I would like to pare that number down drastically. It is a daunting prospect (at least for me) but your open and frank discussion was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I hope you have more videos on this and similar fountain pen-related topics.

[@davecharvella4854]

Truly enjoyed this! The "why" portion in particular was of most interest. Thanks for taking the time to put this out there for me (and I'm sure others) to ponder!

[@stevecavanagh9759]

Excellent video. I do like the free flowing aspect of this talk. It's great. Good to change things up now and again. BTW, I saw you had the Jinhao. Got one, my nib worked very well. Really good pen for the price. Thank you for that review.

[@danravenna2974]

Those are some good discussion points. My problem is that I bough many vintage pens that I fixed up. These go for a low dollar value and it seems like a big deal to sell them for the return. I have perhaps 20 "core" pens, and the balance are fun to look at.

[@crouserm]

Super reflection. I do resonate with the dragon hoard concept! Don't need to be that way any more than I already am. I haven't sold any pens, although I could imagine doing so. I have begun to give away pens to people who might discover our love for this hobby. For me, this has enhanced the value of the pens! Please let us be clear that I am talking about Jinhaos or Hong Dians and such. Not Pelikans or enssos. I could imagine selling . . . hmmm. Maybe later. No. At this point, the pens I might sell I plan on bequeathing to the son who likes fountain pens! At 64, I hope this is a few decades off, but, who knows?

[@user-qi5jw2hg1c]

This is a great topic Stephen that doesn't get much light with this hobby. I write this before I begin the video, but thats only because I'm confident, as is always the case, that your insights will be spot-on. Keep up the fantastic content

[@mikeburk2411]

Very insightful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I have used fountain pens for years but only in the past few months have I begun to collect them. I agree with your philosophy of quality over quantity. I would love to acquire one or two of the high end pens but I cannot justify the several hundred dollars price tag. Thanks for giving me a new perspective.

[@gihanzohdy3284]

I enjoy this type of philosophical discusion on various aspects of penmanship. It is both profound and useful. If I could be frank enough to state that I do belong to those who feel the ardent pleasure of possession, then yes, I am a shopper of mid range and high end pens with no intention of selling them. However I do think a lot before buying, I wouldn't like to own far too many, ten to twenty would be just fine. Happy 2023!

[@stacysnyder9066]

Today I inked a Visconti Van Gogh ( old model indeed) with a fantastic gold nib. Sometimes rediscovering pens is delightful. Enjoyable content always, Stephen. Thank you.

[@ChrisSaenz13]

I really enjoy your talk style videos! All subjects pens or other!!! This was helpful and thought provoking even though I don't have plans to sell pens at this time. It is a subject I've wondered about ... but most of my fountain pens are low cost and tinkered upon by me. I'm more likely to be a buyer of used fountain pens. Thank you for any and all talk videos they are my favorite!!!

[@peterpuleo2904]

If use is the salient feature in the decision to sell or retain, your position is unassailable. However, if that is the case, probably no one should own more than a small number of pens, perhaps 10 at most, and maybe even fewer. As you know, many collectors have dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of pens. I believe that the possession and occasional use justifies keeping pens, unless financial need necessitates selling. If you enjoy having the pens, utilized or not, they should be kept. Of course you can sell and place the money in a bank where it may be used even less than the pens.

[@goktankocyldrm4373]

Stephen should write a book entitled 'The Nibconscious: Psychology of Fountain Pens'.

[@David.Buckheister]

Thanks Stephen, I'm trying to work up the guts to sell my Nakaya Neo-Standard. I haven't sold any of my pens before, up until this point if I had a pen I no longer found myself using, I would just give it away to a friend. But this is by far my most expensive pen, and my main concern is "getting my moneys worth". I am terrible with taking photos, so I am not sure how legit I can make a for sale post look, and as a first time seller, I have no reputation in the community to assure that you'll get what I say I am selling.

[@peterpuleo2904]

In reading many of the comments below, the "use" justification prevails. I can only imagine what these viewers think of stamp, or coin, or fossil, etc. collections.

[@texasboy5117]

This was a great video. I about 50 pens and have about 25 I bought over the years I will never use. These were inexpensive pens I bought when I first started buying pens. Of the 25 I like there are about 10 I use all the time. It looks I'm going to sell a few pens.

[@kevinlandon7578]

I enjoy this type of video. I have sold pens on ebay to buyers and sellers without any problems. I am hesitant to count my pens but i did buy a wood tool chest with 8 drawers that holds most of them. I use them all so selling or buying seems to be finished. Gifting is always an option. Happy New Year! Do you still have your Omas 360?

[@stevengauci7639]

Loved the video, as always, and Thank You so much for vocalizing and rationalizing some of my more recent thought processes. Collecting fountain pens for me was started decades ago where I took it upon myself to save any fountain pen that was been cast aside, disposed of sold off. I had the notion to repair, and archive them. I have always liked the historically aspect of everyday objects that would have been used by a person in the course of their lives. Fountain pens became an obsession, and only recently I have been slowly testing, cleaning, repairing, restoring and releasing a few of them from my grasp. Your talk reassured me that "downsizing" from a collection of more than 2500 fountain pens to a core group of 20 or 30 will be alright in the end. Mind you this will most likely be a full time retirement venture onto itself. Still it is time they found a new home where people can appreciate them. Now do you have any plans to do a similar video about the perils of over collecting wristwatches ??

[@johnrolph8838]

I buy abused and worn out pens, usually of some vintage. I want to keep THAT history and pen relevant by replacing parts, bladder and grinding the nib if possible to get it back in circulation as someone's prize pen. Writing out who knows what plans of the future, of unread stories and books. Possibly even of historical merit.

[@JM-zq8rm]

Stephen, it would be great if you, or another widely respected reviewer, could establish a pen selling or trading “market” for your viewers. It would target the right audience, and could be supported by getting a small percentage of the sale price. It could also include a section of “pens for free. “

[@pfridell8424]

Yes I like videos like this and appreciate them. I enjoy listening to you talk. This one has warned me that I do not always have to have the latest and greatest, or the new color of the same pen I already own. I don't have that kind of money to spend mindlessly but it does seem that if you look hard enough you can find the pen you want pretty cheap. I have one pen coming in the mail and it'll be my last. I only have two hands and only one of those can hold a pen still. 😉 Thanks again SBRE! Happy New Year.

[@Goldilockszone123]

Love the talk videos. Yes, you make me think. For me this video will affect the decisions on going forward on the new pens I buy. Is it going to add something different to my collection? Unknown until you try it, but a good baseline to start from. Thanks!

[@deejcarter2003]

I found this very helpful. I have a Pilot Vanishing Point in a limited edition color that I’ve had for years but don’t use because I don’t like the feel of the clip. It needs to go bye, bye to someone who will appreciate it.

[@mariatriesart8389]

I love your talk videos, I am a new collector of pens but have 20 pens that I absolutely love, the rest are pens from China, that I tried at a point in my life when I could not afford any other marketplace. Now that my situation has chamged this past 3 years I have purchased a few Leonardo's, an Edison and a Tibaldi Bononia Special Edition among others, three low end Taccia's, and a Xezo black mother of pearl in a Silver finish. I wish I could buy the white Xezo mother of pearl with gold trim. I just love the material. At 16-17y first was a Sheaffer Targa Lacque Tortoiseshell. Decades later I started to collect, my first two were a Waterman Carene Amber Marine and a Pilot E95S in Burgundy and both with gold trim. They are special to me to this day despite buying pens more costly. I have twenty pens I adore the rest I rarely use, if ever. Selling them seems silly considering they each cost only $30- $80 for a number of Penbbs pens. I don't feel It is worth the aggravation. I have three children and four granddaughters I can give them to when they are older to see if it sparks an interest within them.

[@Readbetweenthelines1]

Very practical.... Like an AA meeting. I am... and I am a pen collector, I have too many pens, and I CAN'T let go of them... ;)

[@ironmic9244]

I feel like my pens are like a historical record for me as I progress. I have been thinking perhaps I should knock down the number I have, especially ones that are not being used. I have thought many times what if I only kept 10 pens. Why do I really need more than that? Then I think of some pens that I can't part with and I'm already at 9, 4 of which are OMAS pens. I would have to relinquish some OMAS in order to keep some others, and can't, so I just give up on the exercise. Yep, may be I'm too attached. I need to meditate.

[@varadharajannadarajah]

I tried to sell a high end model in FP Geeks recently (as I was not using that pen and was planning to buy a custom made pen from another brand). But few guys there in FP Geeks started asking and telling lot of shit, that I left that forum. Anyway I managed to sell the pen somewhere else. My personal suggestion will be, do not sell your pens. Either keep them with you or gift to someone.

[@rockfitclub]

I gifted most of my pens and it's better than selling✌️

[@varadharajannadarajah]

@@rockfitclub Gifting a fountain pen spreads positivity 👍🏻

[@hamag3655]

Wonderful video. Thanks a lot.

[@McAmeron089III]

I can't really watch your videos without looking at the subject being discussed through a philosophical lens. I enjoy your talks on the letters of Seneca very much. Most of my fountain pens are cheaper pens that nobody would want to buy anyway. Not worth bothering about. My more expensive pens,I was able to buy through a sort of trial and error;so,I know I want to keep them forever(or until I need money for food, rent,or to pay off gambling debts etc.). If I ever have buyer's remorse my pen-pusher dealer will allow me to return the pen for one that is more suitable. That just sets the hook in deeper. It's an insidious situation. Otherwise,I'm not actively seeking out an Omas 360,Montblancs,or Pelikan's, or a Namiki Emperor. There is that one pen that I have been thinking about way too much. If that yearning doesn't go away, soon,I'm afraid I will have to add "the most expensive pen I own" to my stash. I feel fortunate that I don't have any pens I want to sell. Looking forward to more of your videos on any subject you may care to expound upon.

[@jrdavisphd]

I like this type of content!

[@sven-erikrose5732]

Thank you! Any thoughts on how to price pens one sells? And does it even make sense to try to sell lower range pens? Most that you mentioned seemed to be pretty elite items, but if you sold a couple hundred pens, some of them were presumably on the more affordable end of the spectrum. Thanks!

[@anemul123]

Tell about the price you ask of a used pen

[@brianrose340]

Great video on a subject I’m quite interested in. Do you have a rule of thumb for pricing the pens you sell? I have about a dozen that I know I should let go to a new home.

[@marshallcyrlin2052]

Great topic. Once one has decided to when and where to sell, how do you determine the appropriate asking price for non- vintage but higher end, limited edition or out of production pens?

[@sandramesman4901]

Thank you Stephen for the information, great video (even kijken op Marktplaats wat er te koop is)

[@katjaengelkamp3452]

I absolutely love your talking video’s like these. And I love to sell pens once in a while. Like removing stuff from my home selling pens clears my mind. Having beautiful pens that I don’t use much fulfill me with feelings of guilt. Towards the pen, which is quite insane, because it is a thing. Or towards the one who sold it to me, which is the hardest part when it is someone I know in person. Selling that ones is the hardest as well. But I end up selling a lot of pens that I hardly use. Except… yes, except the ones I’m attached to. Interesting view, Stephen, I am going to look at my pens again soon from that point of view. The Mari Kondo way of looking at ‘stuff’ that crawled into my house. Do I need this? Does it make me happy? I never regretted selling pens, and I sold many. It clears up my mind, fills my wallet and I love having had a pen and have made someone else happy with it, as much as having it laying around just being beautiful. I try to keep balance now between my collection and new purchases, selling pens makes room for new pens. A circulating collection, I love it. One thing: post pandemic it is not as easy to sell pens as it was during! It takes more time and it helps not wanting to make profit, other then the profit of space, some pen-money )or different things) and peace of mind. 🥰

[@ichirofakename]

Ebay, or elsewhere?

[@bvdstegen]

Glad we connected! The Wicked Witch from the West still brings me loads of joy, Katja. I use it often :)

[@katjaengelkamp3452]

@@bvdstegen That’s so nice to hear. I’m glad you like it so much!

[@Swiss_Army_Knife1780]

Deeply appreciate this episode. I have drawers full of 🖋️ that I do not need - 🖋️ that probably will not make the effort of selling them worthwhile either. As with ⌚, selling 🖋️ requires significant effort necessitating verified credentials. Either way, appreciate the suggestions.

[@ichirofakename]

I have a number of pens (30+) of only modest value that I can't be bothered to sell, which I would happily give away in such a way that they might get into the hands of folks who might actually use them.

[@TheBoatmike]

Thanks. I enjoyed the video. I have to start selling pens, but not all are worth the effort to advertise, negotiate, package and insure and send off, Some pens I've just thrown away. A waste, literally, but there seemed to be no rasonable alternative.

[@DasOrangensaft.]

That is sad. 😔 You could still offer them for free. Or bring them to a thrift store/donate to a school/hobby club or else.

[@DasOrangensaft.]

As marilyngardner4269 states here in the comments: There is Newton Pens in the US, they take donated pens and sell them, with the money going to help high schoolers paying for college.

[@davidalangordon]

Very good topic. I've never contemplated selling. I'm sure I could sell 20 without missing them. So why do I keep them? All I'll be left with is money. If I only kept what I touch in one year, I would start going around the house like a raccoon in the dark. As a psychology guy, why didn't you analyze pen people? Why do we like those things and what about us is different from the general population?

[@peterpuleo2904]

You can't use an art collection other than for viewing.

[@rockfitclub]

Please use different thumbnails for your video Thank you

[@sbrebrown]

Please read the video title. Thank you.