It may come as a surprise to any of you millenials out there who still read newspapers, but there was a time when people actually exchanged handwritten notes by mail. Those of us now within sight of ...

I have been a collector since I was a child collecting nothing of real value and rarely in mint condition, but if I had three items I considered it a collection. Ink pens, from fountain to ball-point ...

To start this New Year, our collectors submitted fine family heirlooms and an interesting antique shop find. The family keepsakes include an ornate Waterman fountain pen, a Dorflinger cut glass carafe ...

Probably no field of collectibles is as organized as that of the pen people. In a relatively short period of time, two decades or so, they've formed clubs, a network of shows, launched magazines and ...

Jack Price, the longtime owner of Vintage Fountain Pen Sales & Repair, 3481 N. High St., was remembered last week by friends as a bit of a character, but also a man of abiding passions and a depth of ...

When I hit the Historical Society of Old Newbury’s Antique Show at Belleville Congregational Church yesterday, I was on a hunt for two things: a nice old fountain pen and a great story. I found both.

Think of all the famous French writers of history. There was Albert Camus, Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust. Then there was Jules Verne and Jean-Paul Sartre. Nor can we forget Gustave Flaubert. The ...