犀非利PFM、帝国、遗产对比照

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原帖由 一默大师 于 2008-6-5 08:00 发表
绿色的PFM要是换成黑色的该多好呀

Green PFM is harder to find than the black one, and also more "valuable".
Nice pens.

For better pictures, one has to use "light box". I made one using a carton box, but not as good as professional ones. Lighting is also quite important.

Btw, I like Waterman Charleston, but I love Waterman 100 year pen (produced in 1930-40s). Good colorful 100year pens are hard to come by.

cuteline

原帖由 i_sheaffer 于 2008-6-5 10:18 发表


呵呵，谢过cuteline兄指点。。因为是晚上拍的照片，而且手上只有320MP的手机，所以。。。。
很奇怪的是，这短时间绿色的PFM（包括其他款式的PFM）在ebay上见得比较多。难道美国经济真的是有危险？至少在经济界， ...

Wow, then your pictures are really quite nice given that you only used an 手机 to take the picture.
I found that pens (models) come in packs. For example, recently I saw 3 fern green Snorkels and bought 2 of them -- never saw it before on ebay. But the interesting thing is that none of them were identified correctly, suggesting their owners have no idea what they are.  I also bought two Sheaffer Oversize (OS) balance with grey marble pattern from ebay in the past month -- very rare, even more rare than the roseglow pattern although less sought after than Roseglow OS balance. I never saw any of OS grey marble in the whole past year. Again, the owners did not know what they were selling. So, this might mean that some people want to get some extra cash by grabbing anything they can and put them on sale, but pen collectors seem to still hold on to what they have (i.e., I did not see any increase in experts' selling or their decrease in selling prices).
I do have a number of students and friends who now work in the Wall Street, but I don't discuss economy with them at all. From a by-stander's point of view, I do not see much. I heard people complaining more about housing, about gas price, about grocery price hikes. But good restaurants are still crowded, and lifes are more or less as usual. Maybe by the time I can see some signs, the crisis will be almost over (at least the stock price will be off from the bottom). I have a very close friend who is an expert in currency trading and claimed that there is still no sign of US dollor recovery.

cuteline

原帖由 i_sheaffer 于 2008-6-5 23:22 发表
呵呵，真有意思的时差。。。
eBay上有时真的可以捡到便宜东西，但关键就要考眼力，也要碰运气。
受次贷危机冲击最大的人群，其实是中低收入着（否则也不会叫“次”贷啦）。而能够成为钢笔收藏家的，我想都是些衣食 ...

其实我认得的美国钢笔收藏家大多也不特富裕，但真的是爱笔如痴。期中很多老侠们出手的早，套了不少便宜货。现在是靠山吃山。令有一批是从便宜做起，持之以恒。但确象I_SHEAFFER兄所说，都也是衣食无愁。前面说的DAVID ISAACSON，是纽约某医院的医生。MOONLIGHTS要比倒卖笔赚钱的多。但他绝对不要多做，宁愿玩笔。