PPCG again will have a table at the 2026 Philadelphia Pen Show. Stop by and say hello!
We will be having an informal group meeting on Saturday, January 17th at 4pm at the hotel bar located adjacent to the main floor lobby. Stop by to show your latest pen finds, see what others got or just rest your feet and hydrate.
We’re looking forward to seeing you!
https://philadelphiapenshow.com/
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown – 201 North 17th Street, Philadelphia
We held our Spring meeting at The Kibitz Room in King of Prussia, a newly opened delicatessen that was all we would like it to be. Twenty-four members came together in the camaraderie that only a pen collectors’ club could enjoy. There was plenty of conversation about a variety of topics, not the least of which was the joys and pleasures of using fountain pens. Nearly everyone brought at least several pens for us to try out and we used up a lot of ink. It is always a pleasure to join together for lunch and conversation with people who share like interests and today was no exception. There was much conversation, laughter, and cheerful expression throughout the room.
We tried the “Share the Wealth” table again and it was a total success. The “Share the Wealth” table idea is an import from the DC Metro. Pen Club, where members leave pens and pen-related items on a table at the DC Pen and Baltimore pen shows for others to take. Our pen friends put out a large assortment of ink samples and full ink bottles, several blank notebooks with very nice, pen-friendly paper and several fountain pens. Altogether, the many who contributed to the table were more than generous with their contributions, for which we all, beneficiaries of this generosity or not, thank them heartily.
We are looking forward to our next opportunity to come together again, this time after the D.C. Pen Show, which was only one of many topics of conversation. We anticipate our next meeting will be in September.
March 29, 2025
After a long hibernation, the Philadelphia Pen collectors Group is again an enthusiastically active club. Judging from the large turnout and active conversation, it is more vibrant than ever. Twenty-four members and guests including both long-time and new members climbed the stairs to the second floor of Fergie’s Pub on Sansom Street in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 29 th for lunch and to enjoy the camaraderie of cheerful and like-minded friends to talk about fountain pens, inks, and whatever else came to mind. We had a wonderful microcosm of our membership: long-time collectors to new users who have only recently discovered the pleasures of handling fountain pens and their unique feel when writing. The afternoon was filled with the pleasant sound of people enjoying the exchange of ideas and opinions about an interest common to all.
In addition to the conversation, we tried something new. We had a “Share the Wealth” table, an idea from the Washington, D.C. Pen Collectors Club and introduced to us by a PPCG member. It worked as well here as it does at the D.C. Pen Collectors Club: members put out pens, inks and related items on a table. We were all encouraged take what interested us and to leave something we no longer needed behind. Nothing was left behind…
The meeting concluded about 3 PM.
We are looking forward to our next meeting, probably in later June.
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Dear Pen Friends,
We are pleased to announce that the Philadelphia Pen Collector’s Group is out of hibernation and ready to get back to sharing our interest in collecting and using fountain pens . A few months ago, we sent out an emailed request seeking volunteers to take over the leadership duties of the pen club. A few people responded and are making tremendous and effective efforts to keep the club going.
Cynthia Stinger has volunteered to update our website as well as moderate our Facebook group. Please feel free to reach out to Cynthia at ultcyn@gmail.com if you would like to add any content to the website.
We are fortunate to have a table at the upcoming Philadelphia Pen Show scheduled for January 17 – 19, which Richard Kunin has managed for many years. We will have the table fully staffed with volunteers looking forward to meeting you. New this year, we will have a scannable QR code to encourage new membership. Cynthia redesigned the club brochure for people to take.
We will be having our next club meeting sometime in March; more information will follow in the new year. Any ideas for meeting places, topics, or volunteer opportunities, please reach out to us. We have held most of our meetings in Philadelphia. Perhaps you know of other locations in the metropolitan area.
We thank you for hanging in there. Without you, we would not have a club. We hope you are as excited as we are as we move forward into this new chapter and hope you will be there to help write it. We are looking forward to seeing you at the next event!
Yours,
Bob Mand, Cynthia Stinger, Alan Blacker, Tom Levien, Richard Kunin
Philadelphia Pen Collectors Group 