| The dividing lines among custom, vintage and | | | | collecting is a bit like hunting. Estate sales and flea |
| collectible fountain pens often get blurred. A | | | | markets are the places frequented by fountain |
| vintage pen can be customized and added to a | | | | collectors. Old jewelers and stationers come up |
| collection. Collectible fountain pens may include | | | | with collectible fountain pens sometimes. The best |
| vintage, custom-made and customized vintage | | | | way to buy collectible fountain pens is from a pen |
| pens. Any fountain pen, new or vintage, | | | | show, where hobbyists and collectors buy and sell |
| customized or ordinary, qualifies for collection if it | | | | pens to each other. These shows started as a |
| appeals to the fountain pen collector. A simple and | | | | place to swap pens. But now these shows are |
| plain look, a gaudy design or an ancient technique | | | | complete conventions with advertisements, sales |
| can enthuse a pen collector. There is no limit to | | | | and auctions. And, of course, one can buy |
| the criteria for a fountain pen collection. The | | | | collectible fountain pens on the Internet.An online |
| reasons could be as varying as the number of | | | | auction is a way of buying collectible fountain pens. |
| fountain pens. Costs do not deter fountain pen | | | | This is different from the regular auction. In online |
| lovers from possessing their objects of | | | | auctions, a third person might come from |
| desire.Collecting new pens is easier, just like buying | | | | nowhere and take away the object of desire. |
| coke from the supermarket. Vintage pen | | | | |