We will be present on the Dutch Pen Show on the 17th of October
On the 17th of October we will be present as a vendor on the Dutch Pen Show in Utrecht. I am planning to clear out some old stock of mostly …
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New label: VerzamelingVerkoop.nl
Over the past years I have sold quite a few items in consignment, as in sold other people’s items. Most recently I sold a large collection of pens from a …
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Collection of a Parker Salesman for sale!
A few months ago I was contacted by a befriended shopkeeper that a long-time pen salesman wanted to sell his collection that he gathered over many years. So we got …
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HowTo: Service a Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos clock (official manual)
Some time ago I bought the inventory of a deceased watchmaker, it took me about three days to sort everything out into different categories like tools, parts (watches, pocket watches, …
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Writer’s Edition Voltaire, just in time for Christmas
Since 1992 Montblanc releases a a pen commemoration the life of a famous writer, the first was Ernest Hemingway. In 1995 they decided to dedicate a pen to François-Marie Arouet, …
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We can beat Covid-19, write your grandparents a handwritten letter!
Due to the restrictions that governments have put in place in answer to the Covid-19 threat it has become increasingly difficult to be near friends, relatives or your loving partner. …
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HowTo – Create a spacer to be able to use modern fillings in a vintage Montblanc ballpoint pen
Occasionally people run into an issue where they have a vintage Montblanc ballpoint pen that originally came with a “Giant Refill” filling aka “Riesenmiene”. The thing is that at some …
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The Mozart, the best pocket sized Montblanc Meisterstück
The first time I encountered the Mozart was by accident, I bought a Montblanc Meisterstück expecting a normal sized 144 but the pen I got was significanlty smaller. The Mozart …
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HowTo – Request information about your British Royal Navy timepiece
I already wrote an article about how to request information about several brands of watches, but that trick works on all kinds of things. Some while ago I bought a …
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30+ Montblanc Bonanza – Christmas edition
Now and then I have to clean out my inventory and I try to find some special items and bring them together for a mega sale. So as you can …
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