What we buy
Collections and estates — ten pens and up.
We buy accumulations: a drawer, a case, a lifetime of buying. Restored or unrestored, working or not, boxed or loose — pens that do not write are priced as parts or repair candidates. Parts and nibs count toward the total. We do not make offers on single pens or small handfuls — answering two questions below will tell you in about fifteen seconds whether we are the right buyer.
- Montblanc
- Parker
- Sheaffer
- Waterman
- Pelikan
- Wahl-Eversharp
- Conklin
- Esterbrook
- S.T. Dupont
- Aurora
- Pilot & Namiki
- Limited editions
How selling by mail works
Nothing ships until you have a number in writing.
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Send photos or a list
Overview shots of the case or drawer are enough to start. Close-ups of nib imprints help — and for Montblanc and other modern luxury pens, the clip, cap band and any serial number.
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Receive a written offer
We check completed sold prices and reply with a figure — about 30% of what the collection realistically resells for — and how we got there. No obligation.
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Ship on our insured label
Accept and we email a prepaid, insured label. Everything is handled by mail, wherever you are in the country.
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Inspection, then payment
Arrival only confirms condition and count against your photos. If it matches, we pay within 3 business days of arrival by check or transfer.
How we price
Our offer is about 30% of what your pens actually sell for.
We buy collections to resell them, so our offer is about 30% of realistic eBay sold prices — not retail, and not the asking prices you see online. Asking prices often run two to four times what pens actually sell for.
| To you, the seller | $30 |
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| Selling costs and riskMarketplace fees, shipping, business costs, and pens that do not write or do not sell | $40 |
| Our time and profitBefore income taxes | $30 |
| Resale value | $100 |
Worked example: a collection that realistically resells for $1,000 gets an offer of about $300.
Offer from photos first
We make the offer from your photos before anything ships. When the pens arrive, inspection only confirms condition and count — it is not a second round of negotiation.
Condition
Offers assume good to excellent condition. Damage, missing parts, moisture, mildew, smoke or musty smells found at inspection will lower the offer or leave those pens out. If anything differs from your photos, we send a revised offer in writing: accept it, or we return the excluded pens — or the whole lot — with return shipping at your cost.
Pens we cannot verify as authentic are left out of the offer and returned the same way. Replicas often turn up in estates, bought in good faith; finding one does not affect the rest of your offer.
A note on searching for prices
Asking prices online are not what pens sell for. Only completed sold prices count — a pen listed at $400 for six months without a buyer tells you very little about what it is worth.
Start here
Two questions. Then you will know.
No email required to find out. We will tell you straight away whether your collection is one we buy.
How our offers work: about 30% of realistic sold prices — $30 of every $100 of resale value, with $40 going to selling costs and risk and $30 to our time and profit.
The offer comes from your photos; inspection only confirms condition and count. Payment within 3 business days of arrival. Full explanation
Question 1 of 2
Question 2 of 2
Yes — this is what we buy
Send us the details and we will come back with a number.
Fill this in and we will reply within 3 business days with either a written offer or the specific questions we need answered first. Nothing ships until you have a figure in writing.
- Send this form first — photos go by email straight afterwards, and we will hand you a pre-addressed message to attach them to.
- Overview shots of the drawer or case are more useful than one perfect close-up.
- For Montblanc and other modern luxury pens, add close-ups of the clip, cap band, nib imprint and any serial number.
Would you rather just talk to someone? 904-800-9057 · sell@sellmypens.com
Received
Thank you — we have your details.
We will reply within 3 business days, to the email address you gave us, with either a written offer or the specific questions we need answered first.
One more step: send us your photos.
This opens an email already addressed to us, with your details filled in. Attach your photos and send — that is all we need.
Email your photos →Button not working? Email sell@sellmypens.com from your phone or computer and mention your name and ZIP code.
Need us sooner? 904-800-9057 · sell@sellmypens.com
Not a fit for us
We only buy collections of ten pens or more.
We are a collection buyer, not a single-pen dealer. Buying one pen or a small handful costs us the same research and handling time as buying fifty, so the honest answer is that we are the wrong buyer for you — and that we would rather say so now than waste your afternoon.
You will do better with one of these:
- A single valuable pen — eBay with good photographs of the imprint and nib, or a consignment specialist, will beat any wholesale offer.
- A well-known modern brand — Montblanc, Pelikan, S.T. Dupont — has an active enthusiast market on the Pen Collectors of America classifieds and the r/Pen_Swap and r/fountainpens buy-sell-trade boards.
- A pen you want valued, not sold — an independent appraiser is the right call. A purchase offer from any dealer, including us, is not a qualified appraisal.
If you turn up more pens than you thought — a second drawer, a box in the garage, a relative with their own set — come back and answer again. Ten is the line.
Prefer to talk it through?
Call and ask for Jon. We buy toys, trains, slot cars and other collectible accumulations too — often in the same house as the pens.