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趣味の文具箱　shumi No Bungu Bako (Stationary Box Hobby)

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Even if you cannot read Japanese, this magazine series is most probably unique in the world. It will cost you a little bit but it is still cheap if compared with a pen.

趣味の文具箱　Shumi no bungu bako (Stationary Box Hobby)

It took me many, many visits to Amazon Marketplace and some battles on Yahoo Auctions to get all backnumbers of this magazine for a reasonable price in a good quality.
New: 1620 Yen (= 14.57 USD)
I bought the backnumbers between 1 and 1600 Yen - usually plus ca 250 Yen sending fee.

Amazon's quality levels are really high - if it is labeled very good, it is nearly unused. I don't know how people managed to read it and then sell it with such a high quality.
Yahoo Auctions is a bit critical. You buy what you see on the photos - and the photos are usually not good. Fortunately, my feeling was impeccable and I got also high-quality backnumbers.

This magazine, the fountain hospital and other catalogues, together with the Lambrou books should make a good library.

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Congratulations for your collection! It seems beautiful.

 

But, even more because of that, not being able to read the words would be frustrating.

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It will be a wonderful resource for years to come. Good collection.

Regretfully, most of my back issues were unloaded several years ago.

Sometimes I do kick myself.

 

As I recall, there are some unique articles that touch on Japanese pen history and collecting that encourage further exploration.

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The oldest and largest buyer and seller of vintage Japanese pens in America.


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This is wonderful magazine I look forward to every few months. For those who don't have the patience or the space, [the price I pay for living in Manhattan], you can get issues on Zinio.

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For those who got interested in this magazine: the next issue will be published on June 16.

The digital version on this site here can be printed (if you have a pdf printer driver, you can create your pdf files too).

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