Sen's Bucket

With the world becoming a space for electronic communication, whereby devices transmit everything possible within micro-seconds across the world, the art of collecting and using writing instruments seems to be a quickly fading chapter of the past. With limited time, and the need for multi-tasking and less cumbersome hardware to carry around, the fine writing instruments are indeed becoming ancient that a virtually clicking speed. But, for those who still believed in collecting the finest of the writing instruments, the  Bonhams Wilmore Montblanc Collection Auction, had plenty to show the most ardent and discerning of collectors. Here are a few glimpses into the ones on display there.

Money is what made the world go around during earlier times, and so it continues to this day. How to make it grow still remains the mater of bread and butter for a large number of rather intellectually and academically endowed people, some of whom are employed to innovate with ideas. As demand of exclusivity rises, and rare classics rekindle the hidden desires of owning something precious from the previous era, new instruments for financial growth and investment have propped up and continue to find new takers who wouldn't mind putting in their money into the ideas, especially if they are adventurous enough.