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Fountion Pens - Where Did They Go?

I just received an email from a member of the Club and he was wanting to know where he could find more vintage Fountain Pens. While most of his business is slow he is having great success with the vintage Ink Pens he is finding and is eagerly searching for more of them. In fact, a short period of time ago, I told my readers about the member that had found a group of pens for just a few dollars and how he had compounded his investment. Ron is that gentleman and he also has started following something else that I have shared with you. He is becoming a specialist on Fountain Pens and he has also found a market for the items he finds. You may be surprised that it is the foreign markets that are paying premiums for these pens to add to their expanding collections. I think that besides the beauty the vintage pens display, the foreign markets are also aware of the gold that is associated with most of these pens

What Ron has done is one of the fastest ways to success in the Antique and Collectible business and that is by finding something that holds your interest to specialize in. It might be the thing that produces your first real reward from selling it or maybe something that you found interesting from your past. In Ron's case it was the former.

Why would vintage Fountain Pens be a great choice for a person to specialize in? First, they are small which often is a consideration for me; second you may find that when you find one there might be several for you to purchase at the some time which can reduce the cost of an individual one; third they are easy to ship and fourth, the selection is almost unlimited. So you can see Ron made a pretty good choice, right?

But if I want to specialize how do I get started ? First see if there are collecting clubs that you can join where information would be readily available on the items that you wish to specialize in. Second go to eBay and study the items that were sold there that brought the most money on those items. You will find currently pens that sold for over $5000. However, this is just a pittance compared to what fountain pens have brought at auction so you should find out what the items of your interest have brought. Third, visit shows where you can ask other dealers about which pens or your choice of items are the most desirable.

This is a time to educate yourself and find those markets that others have overlooked. In Ron's case it is the foreign markets.

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