Congratulations on the sale, David. Your customer has good taste in Sheaffers. Evidently he/she wants a nice instant Snorkel collection/expansion, particularly in mint labeled pens. Nothing but the best! Mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: "isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isaacson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: pens <pens@xxxxxxxx>; fptalk <fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:05:44 AM > Subject: [ZossPens] Giving credit to PENnant magazine. > > > > PENnant Magazine is the publication of Pen Collectors of America. While I > gave > up around 2003 my membership for a few years due to disagreement with certain > behavior of its board, I've enjoyed participation with the group again for > the > last couple years, after the board fixed that behavior. The magazine of > course > is an excellent resource for collectors of old pens. I've had an ad for the > http://www.vacumania.com website in PENnant for the last year or so. Did so > primarily to support the organization, not with any great expectation it > would > lead to significant business dealings. Guess I was wrong ;) > > The ad clearly sent the occasional customer to my website leading to > occasional > pens sold. But, last month a new-to-me collector emailed with interest to > grab > 20 pens in one fell swoop (always wondered, I did, just what is a "fell > swoop"), > mostly high-cachet Snorks and other 1950's-1970's Sheaffers. The pens are > shown > in the attached pic. > > http://vacumania.com/penteech2/twentypenpile850a.jpg > > I asked how he found my website. To my pleasant surprise, rather than from my > usual internet noise, it was my wee ad in PENnant led him my way. > > > Guess I must credit PENnant. > > > The website for PCA is > > http://www.pencollectorsofamerica.com > > regards > > David > > > > > regards > > > > > David > > > > ====== BE SURE TO THANK AND SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS ======= > www.SwisherPens.com - Fine Writing Instruments, Stationery and Accessories > www.ConwayStewart.com- Conway Stewart - A Truly English Writing Experience > www.PhiladelphiaPenShow.com - January 22-24, 2010 - bertramsinkwell.com > ====== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE send blank message to pens-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx > or pens-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx - THANK YOU ========================================================To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process.