The Portland Or Pen Round-Up This Saturday, 16 June ...

[Dickkooty2]

Michael McNeill reminds us:

 

The 4th Annual Northwest Pen Round-Up! will be held on Saturday July
16th, 2016, at the Lucky Labrador Brewing Co. 1945 NW Quimby Street

in Portland, Oregon from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. It is the same weekend as the largest

antique show in the Northwest, the Christine Palmer Antique Show.

 

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A great turn-out is expected!

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/303852-2016-annual-northwest-pen-round-up/?p=3557585

[zwack]

I would much rather go to the pen round up (or the Portland Highland games the same day) than the Christine Palmer Antique Show.

 

Probably because I was once kicked out for asking how my wife was supposed to know that photography was prohibited when no signs or announcements stating that existed. Note that my wife wasn't kicked out for taking a photograph, I was kicked out for asking how we were expected to know about this alleged rule.

[Dickkooty2]

I would much rather go to the pen round up (or the Portland Highland games the same day) than the Christine Palmer Antique Show.

 

 

No need to choose, Zwack!

 

The sponsors have combined the popular events into one calligraphic cacaphony

 

The Tossing of the MB 149

 

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The Run for the Samples of Noodler's Highland Heather Ink

 

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The Famous and Dangerous Crossed Pens Dance

 

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And all will be accompanied by the well-known Mac Parker Drum and Pen Corp Band!

 

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See you Saturday!

[AD64]

I'm laughing so hard that I cannot even come up with a witty response.

 

The best.

 

Thank you.

[zwack]

It was such an exciting event that they had the Good Year Zeppelin circling overhead (although I don't know which one, Spirit of Innovation was supposed to be in Arcata California and Spirit of America is based in California)

[wjeverly]

I would love to have joined the group at the Lucky Labradore but since we have several friends who travel and stay with us for the Antique show, that is the social highlight of our summer. As long as the two are on the same weekend I'm going to keep missing out.

 

So how was it? Any reports been posted anywhere?

[Dickkooty2]

I would love to have joined the group at the Lucky Labradore but since we have several friends who travel and stay with us for the Antique show, that is the social highlight of our summer. As long as the two are on the same weekend I'm going to keep missing out.

 

So how was it? Any reports been posted anywhere?

 

The social highlight of the summer should not be given short shrift! It might be interesting next year to take your friends by the Lucky Lab for a pilsner and a peek at the pens. Just as a part of having fully partaken of the Portland panorama.

 

The crowd looked pretty good when i was there with buyer/seller interchange. Whether this resulted in actual $$$ being interchanged, I don't know. I was interested in a Pelikan 600 old style but didn't buy. I probably missed a good deal.

 

I have two observations that are strictly personal.

 

1 I use a walker or a cane and get beat out pretty quickly. A pen show with aisles of vendors is probably not for me. I can't figure out how to use the classified on FPN to get to brand quickly, so most of my buying is on the bay or dealers. It is probably a good thing that I look for vintage user-levels of type or ephemera. When I buy new stuff, it is usually through a dealer.

 

2 Again, this is strictly personal. I look at table after table, row after row of pens, and it all becomes a blur. I become very disinterested visually. Yet this must be how the true collectors pick through for that rare prize. I know "who knows what anyone else is looking for or has an interest in" ... put it all out. Yet I wonder if dealers have some idea of what they have that is of more interest, maybe 4-5 pens as a display. and a list of similar displays if someone wanted to see a specific. I'm not talking about selling under glass, but maybe a step up from the full table, with more visual interest.

 

Again, this may just be me personally because of physical limitations and too many years of attending art galleries.

[zwack]

My wife commented in the other thread about her opinion. Given my opinion of the antique show (see above) I would say that the time taken to visit the pen round up would be a good way to spend some of the time (the antique show goes on for longer too so you can always go there before, afterwards and or the following day if you have to go).

[fireant]

I had a great time there! Although I was on a strict no-buy visit that lasted about 15 minutes in. I found a gorgeous Waterman hard rubber flex pen, a Wahl Skyline (flexy!!) pen and pencil set in the box with tags, and an awesome Sheaffer that can write from either side, and a beautiful Parker FP and Pencil set in the box.