__1943: __ Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention of a ...

To start this New Year, our collectors submitted fine family heirlooms and an interesting antique shop find. The family keepsakes include an ornate Waterman fountain pen, a Dorflinger cut glass carafe ...

It was in the late nineteenth century, after several years of trials and much effort, close to the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign that a reliable fountain pen was finally produced thus ...

It started a thousand years ago with a turkey feather. Someone must have looked at the hollow shaft of the quill and made the jump to: “I’ll whittle a point on the end, dip it in this mixture of berry ...

WHEN YOU think of Stephen King, your mind probably jumps to haunted hotels, eerie clowns, and chilling tales that keep you up at night. Stephen King has written more than 60 novels, sold over 400 ...