What collectible pens actually sell for.
Asking prices lie. PenComps tracks completed eBay sales for 132 collectible pen models — Montblanc grails to first-year Parker 51s — and publishes the real number: the outlier-trimmed median of everything that sold in the last 90 days.
Models tracked
132
Makers
33
Sales tracked / 90 days
6,013
Median range
$25–$4,390
Every number on this site comes from completed sales anyone can verify on eBay — never dealer asks, never "book value." Updates are paused while our sold-listings source is unavailable; each model page shows its as-of date.
Most-traded models right now
| Model | Median (90d solds) | Sold / 90d | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaweco Sport | $50 | 219 | $16–$160 |
| Lamy Safari | $25 | 218 | $15–$59 |
| Montblanc 149 — Meisterstuck | $500 | 199 | $150–$1,025 |
| Wahl-Eversharp Skyline — Vintage | $70 | 196 | $30–$203 |
| Sheaffer Balance | $85 | 193 | $40–$250 |
| Pilot Vanishing Point | $150 | 181 | $76–$279 |
| Parker 45 | $35 | 176 | $20–$82 |
| Esterbrook J | $38 | 172 | $21–$79 |
| Conway Stewart — Vintage+modern | $124 | 164 | $80–$429 |
| Esterbrook Estie | $201 | 164 | $90–$500 |
| Montblanc 146 — Meisterstuck | $325 | 156 | $100–$800 |
| Sheaffer Snorkel | $75 | 150 | $31–$206 |
Browse by maker
Sheaffer10 models · 789 sales/90d · top median $400Parker11 models · 756 sales/90d · top median $435Montblanc27 models · 684 sales/90d · top median $4,390Pilot8 models · 417 sales/90d · top median $884Esterbrook3 models · 405 sales/90d · top median $201Pelikan12 models · 398 sales/90d · top median $673Lamy4 models · 372 sales/90d · top median $175Waterman7 models · 280 sales/90d · top median $910Wahl-Eversharp3 models · 248 sales/90d · top median $258Kaweco1 model · 219 sales/90d · top median $50Sailor5 models · 183 sales/90d · top median $898Platinum4 models · 166 sales/90d · top median $619Conway Stewart1 model · 164 sales/90d · top median $124TWSBI2 models · 151 sales/90d · top median $70Cross2 models · 109 sales/90d · top median $149Aurora3 models · 102 sales/90d · top median $449S.T. Dupont1 model · 94 sales/90d · top median $294Visconti4 models · 69 sales/90d · top median $850Mabie Todd1 model · 61 sales/90d · top median $121Conklin1 model · 58 sales/90d · top median $100Leonardo1 model · 53 sales/90d · top median $194Namiki4 models · 50 sales/90d · top median $2,399Rotring1 model · 47 sales/90d · top median $275OMAS4 models · 37 sales/90d · top median $1,013Diplomat1 model · 22 sales/90d · top median $150Graf von Faber-Castell1 model · 18 sales/90d · top median $417Pineider1 model · 18 sales/90d · top median $123Caran d'Ache1 model · 13 sales/90d · top median $630Delta1 model · 13 sales/90d · top median $399Nakaya4 models · 7 sales/90d · top median $3,250Onoto1 model · 6 sales/90d · top median $388Montegrappa1 model · 3 sales/90d · top median $499Conid1 model · 1 sales/90d · top median $1,000
How PenComps works
- We watch completed sales, not listings. Every day we pull the trailing ~90-day window of sold eBay listings for each cataloged model.
- We filter hard. Nib units, converters, empty boxes, parts pens and wrong-model matches are rejected before any math runs — a comp has to actually be the pen.
- We trim outliers. Medians are IQR-trimmed so one mislabeled $20 listing or one $9,000 fantasy sale can't move the number. Full methodology.
Members
The full picture — $10/mo, or $79/yr
- Full price history — every daily median and the complete comp record behind it, not just today's snapshot.
- Watchlists — follow the models you own or hunt.
- Price alerts — an email the day a watched model's market crosses your threshold.