How Do I Start Collecting Pens?
Don’t Be Fooled by Fake Parker Sonnets
A couple weeks ago a person reached out asking how to identify fake Parker Sonnet…
Don’t Get Fooled by Fake Montblancs: Greta Garbo
One of the greatest screen beauties in golden-era Hollywood was Swedish-born Greta Garbo. She expressed…
Don’t Get Fooled by Fake Montblancs: Metamorphosis
When I first saw the Montblanc Rouge et Noir Metamorphosis pens, I was confused by…
Don’t Get Fooled By Fake Montblancs: JFK
This is an authentic Mont Blanc JFK ballpoint pen with its original boxes and papers.…
A Nib by Any Other Number…Is Still Confusing
Even for experienced professionals, it is really difficult to gauge a nib by its number.…
Don’t Get Fooled by Fake Montblancs: The Fauxeme
Is she? Or isn’t she? Can you pick out the real Montblanc Boheme in this…
Shopping for a Sheaffer PFM
The Sheaffer Pen for Men, more commonly known as the Sheaffer PFM, was a luxury…
Fake Mont Blanc Pens Part IV
Some days you just never know what you will find. Someone reached out to me…
How Do I Start Collecting Pens: Why Are Some Pens More than Others?
A good friend recently asked me why some pens cost more than others. The cheeky,…
How Do I Buy a Used Car?
Crocuses. Our first flowers of spring. Spring is here, and, traditionally, this is a time…
How Do I Start Collecting Pens: Fake Montblanc Serial Numbers
This is one of the most convincing fake Montblanc fountain pens we have ever seen.…
Identifying More Fake Montblancs
We recently received two more great examples of fake Montblanc pens from a collector to…