Any Montblanc School/economy Class Pen Collectors Here?

[dascott]

Thanks Rafiki76, looking forward to seeing it. To my memory the student pens have received relatively little attention on this forum.

[Zarus]

I just noticed all the images are gone from my post, even though they're still in my 'attachments' collection. Maybe they got lost from the post in some migration of the forum software or something...

Anyway, just for the sake of keeping the archives sane, hereby a repost of my original post with images (even though my collection isn't the same anymore as it was 10 years ago -> it grew bigger!). 

 

This is the fixed repost of 

 

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As promised, hereby some pictures of part of my collection. I had some trouble with the lighting so I don't believe the photos do my collection really any justice 

 

Almost all of the pens are in mint condition, most even with original nib-size labels on them.

 

I bought most of the pens and related things on eBay, but also found some interesting pieces on pen fairs/shows in Holland and Germany.

 

My complete Carrera collection:

 

 

My Caressa collection, with two different boxes and a gift set:

 

 

My Monte Rosa collection, with different boxes and three very ugly plastic pouches:

 

 

My Junior collection, with one original box:

 

 

My Turbo collection, with different boxes:

 

 

My Junior/Carrera related model "690" collection, with quite a rare color green on the left (not very visible in the picture):

 

 

My Ballpix collection, also with an original box:

 

 

Hope you enjoy 

[NoType]

Zarus, thank you very much for taking the trouble to repost these images.  As someone new to Montblanc in general, I am always eager to learn, and your post has given me much new information to digest.  I very much enjoyed perusing the photos of this impressive portion of your (even larger now, you say?) collection.

[da vinci]

@Zarus what great collection! So well curated 😊👍

[austollie]

On 10/22/2021 at 3:09 AM, Zarus said:

As promised, hereby some pictures of part of my collection. I had some trouble with the lighting so I don't believe the photos do my collection really any justice 

 

Hi Zarus,

 

Thanks for re-posting the pictures. Your collection is phenomenal.

 

I primarily collect student and office pens and the Carrera is my favourite.  Its styling and yellow/ orange barrel of the standard version just screams 1970s.  I have about 15 Carreras, one Caressa set and one Monte Rosa.  I probably won't expand my collection further (he says, having previously vowed the same only to buy more) so it's great to be able to see your pictures.  I particularly like the paraphernalia that you've been able to obtain.  I've never seen the Carrera caps come up for sale.

[stric75]

On 5/21/2012 at 9:57 AM, reval said:

A yellow-black Carrera fountain pen with a left-hand nib was the pen I used for several years during my elementary school period. I am probably going to purchase one for nostalgic reasons.

Funny that you mention that pen. I have a yellow & black MB 522 Carrera piston filler with LH nib. Probably one of my favorite pens. 

[stric75]

On 10/23/2021 at 2:39 AM, austollie said:

 

Hi Zarus,

 

Thanks for re-posting the pictures. Your collection is phenomenal.

 

I primarily collect student and office pens and the Carrera is my favourite.  Its styling and yellow/ orange barrel of the standard version just screams 1970s.  I have about 15 Carreras, one Caressa set and one Monte Rosa.  I probably won't expand my collection further (he says, having previously vowed the same only to buy more) so it's great to be able to see your pictures.  I particularly like the paraphernalia that you've been able to obtain.  I've never seen the Carrera caps come up for sale.

I second that. 

[amberleadavis]

Wow that's quite a collection.