As I search other pen seller auctions I regularly see descriptions that go something like this: "This is a Pilot Capless fountain pen made before Namiki bought the company." I shudder every time I see these...
A few weeks ago a well known ebay seller listed what he described as a perfectly mint 1930’s Platinum maki-e pen. The final bid was nearly $2,000. The pen was signed by Rosui, one of Platinum’s main artists in...
Recently I have learned that there is a group of scam artists out there passing off fake Dunhill Namiki pens to the Japanese pen community. I guess this was inevitable.Wherever there is value and money,...