| 2006
Miami Pen & Watch Show Gallery
by Joe Engel
The
Miami Pen & Watch Show
July 7-9, 2006, at the Biltmore Hotel
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL
Thursday afternoon: In minutes, it seemed, the sunny skies opened
up,
providing this rainy, windy, midsummer view from the Biltmore's front
balcony.
Thursday, 30 minutes later... That's Miami for you. Actually that's downtown
Coral Gables in the distance.
This way to the Grand Ballroom... and the pens!
The stairway to pen heaven.
The ballroom is filled with anticipation Friday morning as the
dealers start
to wander in and set up.
Supermodels, Cathryn and Carole Oser grace the PenWorld table
during dealer
setup.
Bert's back in the Biltmore Hotel Grand Ballroom…and so is the Miami
Pen& Watch
Show.
The always-dapper David Oscarson.
Susan Wirth explains how to choose the right nib in a workshop during the
show on Saturday.
Ryan Davidson, of Michel Perchin shows off their line of Lalex watches.
 Michael
Hochstetler and Bert discuss the fine points (and mediums) of
Michael's first fountain pen, the limited edition Black
Comet.
John Colton with a selection of great new pens and limited
editions.
Alan and Lillian Gross of Pens Plus. Wonder where they
got the name,"
Allian." No matter. They've got fabulous limited edition and
hand-painted
pens.
Lee Chait of Parker75.com.
An understandably pleased Craig Bozorth with the exceptional, and
very
unusual, Parker 51 display that he painstakingly restored.
Craig Bozorth makes a few notes as he prepares
for the show to open.
Roger Cromwell is happily doing repairs at
the show...
Pictures of the late Henry Bladen, a Parker rep in from the late 1940s to
the '70s, on top of just a few of the hundred-plus lot of brand new
old-stock pens being offered at the show by his son, Don as a complete lot
in a silent auction at the Miami Pen Show. The lot includes a Spanish
Treasure Pen in the original box, a Sterling Parker 75 Keepsake (smooth
finish) salesman's case, and a lot of treasures. It goes to the highest
bidder by the end of the show.
The Bladens with some of his late father's
Parker factory accumulation,
being sold as a single lot.
A few of the lot of new old stock Parker
pens that were silently sold to the
highest bidder.
Harry Bladen's Spanish Treasure and smooth-finish
Sterling Parker 75
Keepsake.
Harry Spirytus with some of his superb selection of vintage and modern
pens.
David Ushkow with great stuff from
Pen-Site.com.
Collector Howard Newman
with pens.
Michelle and Joel Caney of
Light Reading.com in Philadelphia.
They
sell rare
books as well as great pens.
Live, from Sao Paolo, Brazil,
Wilmes Teixeira and his
amazing Toledo
overlay.
Holy Toledo, Wilmes! It's
real. And it's spectacular.
Our own (former Bertram's
Store Manager) Ken
Jones, thoroughly
enjoying his
new job as National
Sales Manager for
Visconti.
David Issacson showing
off his wit, wisdom,
and wonderful
pens.
Steve Mandel makes
a case for
having great
pens.
Hildegarde (Bert Oser's mom) and Rhoda (Craig Bozorth's Mother-in-Law)
kept customers smiling as they came through the door.
Frédéric Ribemon of Paris, shows off some the fascinating
new wooden pens
from French master wood craftsman, Elie Bleu.
A
closer look at the colorful
new wooden pens from Elie
Bleu of Paris.
Danean
Dymond of Aurora, Bert
Oser, and Dick Kane of
Aurora present an Aurora
Sole Minima Limited Edition
BallPont to Saturday's
top prize-winner,
Roxana Alvarez or Hialeah, Florida. Roxana, an avid collector
of modern
pens, will add this little treasure to her collection. "I
love pens! I love
writing! I love inks! And I love this little pen!"
Text
and photos copyright © 2006 Joe Engel |
