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I would like to bring my experience with MareModena and their business practice to other members here. I won an auction of Visconti Desert Spring fountain pen at MarteModena at their website on Aug 15 2017. I paid immediately. They have not shipped out the pen to date, they have no shipping estimate and also they are dragging their feet on my re-fund request. I don't want to make this a rant, but rather highlight some of the wrong business practice they adopt in their auctions. 1. Show Pen in Stock when it is not: The pen was shown as "In Stock" at the auctions. But they did not have the pen in stock clearly and they knew that Visconti is on holidays during August, so they have no chance to acquire the pen for a month or so clearly. yet, they did not mention this detail in the auction, but outright lied by showing the pen as "In Stock". 2. Mislead customer as much as possible: When i asked about shipping estimate - They said pen will ship within 15 Working days policy. That means it should have shipped until Sep 6th. When i asked for more details later, one customer support engineer said, there is delay due to Visconti management change. Another customer support engineering said, Visconti will be back on Sep 1 and they will ship out the pen to me in 4 working days. I followed up on Sep 7th, and they said please wait for 4 more days and if the pens will not ship out they will refund me. It is been another 18 days since then and no shipment nor refund was done. Then i started daily follow up on refund and the customer support said that the delay can be with Paypal, which i checked and clearly that is not the case. 3. Cancellation of auctions without asking customer: While i was waiting for the above pen to be shipped I won auction of Divina Elegance for 1Euro. I paid promptly, but they cancelled the payment immediately and refunded within minutes saying there is a technical error with the auction. That i can accept since that pen is worth way more than that. Then 2 days later i won auction of Delta Rollerball pen for 1 euro. This time i wrote to them before payment asking if they will honor the deal? 5mins later, the auction dis-apeared from my account. I haven't heard from customer support on a reason after multiple follow up and then i gave up. Please be aware if you planning to deal with them in future.
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Hi gang, Some of you may know me as Bonhams Auctioneers penman-in-chief. Well, Bonhams is no longer selling pens, and now I'm Director of Pens and Comics for PBA Galleries in San Francisco. Our debut Fine Pens sale will be held on July 19th. We're seeking consignments! Please contact me if you have anything you'd like to add to our auction, or if you'd like to request a catalogue. If you have friends with pens they might care to consign, refer them to me and PBA will give you a referral fee. Here's an esoteric lot you'll find in our July sale: a rare Montblanc architect's pen, c.1925. The sale will feature a number of other early Montblancs, as well as Parkers, Watermans, Namikis, and lots of other nifty pens. Cheers, Ivan
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I always get insanely jealous when I hear stories of people buying fountain pens for next to nothing, having found it at a flea market, garage sales, some random shops etc. I am starting this thread for those who want to contribute some secret spots to other FPN brothers and sisters of where you can occasionally find or have found interestingly cheap/vintage fountain pens in the past. Before I go any further I have to say that, I haven't found any where I live in Brisbane, Australia, though whether it is NOT for the lack of trying I can tell you that. So, wherever you are from, and have one or two of those little secret spots that you'd like to share, please feel free to do so!
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Come And Meet Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Wes Show London, 5Th October
holygrail posted a topic in The Mall
Hi all, You may have seen our new banner ad, where we are looking forward to meeting you at the London WES Show on 5th October. We will be previewing some of the highlights from our Autumn and Winter sales, and would like to introduce ourselves as real human beings! We look forward to saying 'Hello' on the day. Here is one of my favorite pens from our 27th November Fine Pen Sale - one of around 50 Limited Edition Montblancs we have already consigned. http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_141687.jpg -
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Dreweatts Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 9Th July 2014 - Now On View
holygrail posted a topic in Market Watch
HI all The Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen sale on July 9th is now available to see the listing on the website on the link: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13787 The sale is also now on public exhibition in London this week, and will be on public view from the next weekend . Here is a taster from the sale, a Montblanc Soulmakers for 100 Years with a granite cap http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_27344.jpg -
Do you prefer to buy your pens from pen shops/online professional sellers, thus paying a higher set price but getting a beautiful ready-to-write pen, or from other sources such as ebay or antique shops etc. where you might find an unrestored bargain? I realize that how one answers this would also depend on whether or not one regularly does one's own pen repairs. Or combinations of all of the above?
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Dreweatts Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 9Th July 2014 - Consignments Welcome
holygrail posted a topic in Market Watch
You will have seen our new advert of FPN for our forthcoming sale of Fine Pens on 9th July. We already have a wonderful selection of limited edition pens consigned, including this Montblanc 888 Pope Julius II fountain pen. We are still accepting consignments for the sale. If any of you are thinking of selling you pens, we would be delighted to hear from you, with a view to offering a different experience from the other outlets for selling your pens on the international market. If you would like to contact us, just click the advert and follow the link to jsw@dnfa.com to get in touch with one of our specialists. We will happily give you an auction appraisal of what you might expect the your pen/s may fetch in the auction and give you advice as to how our auctions work. We look forward to hearing from you! http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_400717.jpg -
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Sale 9Th July 2014 - Consignments Welcome
holygrail posted a blog entry in holygrail's Blog
http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_400717.jpg You will have seen our new advert of FPN for our forthcoming sale of Fine Pens on 9th July. We already have a wonderful selection of limited edition pens consigned, including this Montblanc 888 Pope Julius II fountain pen. We are still accepting consignments for the sale. If any of you are thinking of selling you pens, we would be delighted to hear from you, with a view to offering a different experience from the other outlets for selling your pens on the international market. If you would like to contact us, just click the advert and follow the link to jsw@dnfa.com to get in touch with one of our specialists. We will happily give you an auction appraisal of what you might expect the your pen/s may fetch in the auction and give you advice as to how our auctions work. We look forward to hearing from you! -
Montblanc 888 Limited Edition Pope Julius II Fountain Pen
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You have probably seen the ad for our auction on 30th April here on FPN The sale listing should go live on our website early next week, and we will post the link here when the sale is live. The sale contains 266 lots of wonderful Vintage Fountain Pens, like the Parker, Vacumatic, Major, a burgandy pearl, circa 1934, shown below. Many of the pens are from the Andreas Lambrou Collection, as illustrated in "Fountain Pens Of The World', and were purchased by the vendor in 1996 at the Bonhams sale of the Lambrou collection. The sale also includes several other privately entered collections. The pre-sale estimates for the lots are very conservative, with prices starting from around £40. http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_58.jpg
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Hello everyone, I would like to share with you our press release about our forthcoming Fine Pen Auction on 26th March. There are around 110 lots which include fine examples of limited editions form Ancora, Aurora, Omas, Montegrappa, Pelikan, Parker and waterman. The sale is headlined by an extensive selection of Montblancs with prices starting from £100 for Meisterstucks. The top lots in the sale include a Montblanc Limited Edition Charlie Chaplin; an Antoni Gaudi; and a Joan Miro. The sale catalogue will be on line from next weekend An Elegant Writer.pdf
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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26th March 2104
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A Page from Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction catalogue
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Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26Th March
holygrail posted a blog entry in holygrail's Blog
We have now published on line the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury 26th March Fine Pen Auction. Here is a link to the full auction listing: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13753 -
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pens Auction 26th March 2104
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Cover from our sale catalogue
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