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I want to alert the community about a group of fountain pens that was recently stolen from my house in the San Francisco Bay Area (Peninsula). If you see any of them offered for sale (especially as a group), please let me know and I will alert the local authorities. This is a partial list of what was taken:

 

Pelikan M805 (black w/silver trim) F custom 14K nib

Pelikan M800 green with silver gold plated guilloche cap M nib

Aurora Asia Limited edition M nib

ST Dupont Orpheo, lacquer body, platinum plated cap, M nib

Pilot (Namiki) Custom 823 Smoke demonstrator M nib

Sailor 1911 Sterling, M 24K nib

 

Thanks!

 

Alex

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While this won't help you get your pens back, perhaps you could supply a little more details about the theft.

 

Was your house/office broken in to, and the pens were incidental to other items stolen?

 

Or did the thief specifically target the pens?

 

I presume the second case limits the number of people who would know enough to look for fine pens.

 

In any case, sorry for your loss.

 

thnx,

 

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Wasn't the other person who had a lot of pens stolen a few months ago also in the Bay area? I seem to recall near Stanford...Maybe this is the same pen thief.

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Wasn't the other person who had a lot of pens stolen a few months ago also in the Bay area? I seem to recall near Stanford...Maybe this is the same pen thief.

UC Berkeley. Pens were taken from an office. There is a thread here about it somewhere.

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It sounds like it's someone you know at least peripherally. Otherwise how would they know they were in your office? I hope you get them back. Can the police expend their time in investigating or are they so busy they'll get back to you if they hear something?

 

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Burglars don't need to know that pens are worth something, pens can be in a safe, or in a drawer and thieves just grab everything that looks attractive. Peninsula region of the Bay Area has recently had a string of house burglaries.

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UC Berkeley. Pens were taken from an office. There is a thread here about it somewhere.

 

Perhaps there is an advantage after all to living where no one but me knows a fountain pen from a waffle iron.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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