Periodicals

At this point, most periodicals devoted primarily to vintage pens are published by clubs (follow this link for more information on club publications). Commercial publications with significant coverage of vintage pens are now pretty much limited to Europe, although most of these are now published in bilingual editions with English text.

The PENnant is the magazine of the Pen Collectors of America. It is published three times a year, and is a leading source of original scholarship on vintage writing instruments.

Penna is a glossy, attractive Italian magazine which has been covering pens both old and new for several years now. Articles are in Italian and English. Pen books by the same publisher may be ordered from the Penna website.

Le Stylograph focuses primarily on new pens.

Plumes covers pens and other aspects of writing and literary culture. Their address is 3 Rond-Point des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris.

Pen World was the first pen collecting magazine in general distribution. Its initial focus was on vintage pens, but it now concentrates on current production items and the new pen market.