Tags: calligraphy, collector, Exaclair, Fountain Pen, herbin, ink, long island, new york, NY, paper, pen, Rhodia, show, trade show
2011 Long Island Pen Show
this Saturday & Sunday 5-6 March 2011
Sponsored by the Long Island Pen Club
Hofstra University Student Center Multi-purpose Room 101
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Saturday 5 March 2011
* 8:00-10:00 am Pre-show admission, open to exhibitors and weekend traders.
* 10:oo am -6:00 pm Open to the public
Sunday 6 March 2011
* 8:00-10:00 am Pre-show admission, open to exhibitors and weekend traders.
* 10:oo am -4:00 pm Open to the public
Daily Admission is $10.00 payable at the door. Click for more details.
Featuring:
- Dozens of collectors and dealers of vintage and modern writing instruments, desk sets, ads, blotters, inwells and ephemera form the golden age of fountain pens.
- Door Prizes including a fabulous Belmont Syringe Filler, Noodler’s Piston Fillers, Bexley’s, Clairefontaine and Rhodia Pads and journals, J.Herbin inks and more.
- Inks, paper, and writing supplies available for sampling and tryout. Rhodia paper and J. Herbin samples provided by Exaclair Inc.
- Demonstrations on how to use and maintain fountain pens.
- On-site nib work by Richard Binder and repairs by Ron Zorn of Main Street Pens
- Functional writing instruments vintage & modern by Susan Wirth
- Free pen appraisals at the Appraisal Booth.