This is the small flea-market in my town, well part of it. Every time I visit a market it's a different adventure, no matter how many times I've been there before. Sometimes I'm lucky and find many great treasures, some other times I go back home empty handed, but it's a great experience either way because I get to see many different things I never thought I'd see for real or even imagined they existed.
Last weekend I made a nice loot if I can say so myself, especially since I picked everything up for a few bucks: a flock of Pelikan pens and three brand new, yet unreleased, Moleskine Star Wars LE notebooks.
Then in red and attractive purple a couple of simple school pens from the late '80s I think, but they sport a nice M steel nib I can always grind down and play with.
And last one of these elusive mystery pens I already found last September. Some people over at FPN said it could be a M150 version for the Japanese market that somewhat was distributed in Italy, who knows if it's true. Anyway it's in a nice shape, smoothly-working piston filler, gold plated F nib, really an amazing find for the price I paid.
The Moleskine notebooks appear from time to time in a stall at this market, usually well in advance before sold in stores. This time they had some great Star Wars LE edition :) I think these might be some kind of sales representatives sample or better test copies from the firm that makes them (remember: printed in China, assembled in Italy).
I'm glad anyway, the price was great, and even managed to haggle a little as a long-time customer.
Sadly many markets around here are closed in Summer, I shall rest and save for the next time!
Nice finds! Looks fun and the background is very Italian. :D
ReplyDeleteGah! What a haul :D I love fleamarkets, but the ones in NM are just trashy and nasty. :o(
ReplyDeleteThose Moleskines are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI have a Steno, and it's one of my favourite pens. The nib is fine enough to play nicely in the small spaces in my pocket planner, and has enough flex to be interesting. It's a decent drawing pen too;
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They've been discontinued, and aren't cheap anymore, so that's a very nice find indeed!
(Pelikan Steno & Pelikan Blue/Black ink in a Moleskine Pocket Reporter notebook)