Ballpoint fans from Denmark and Holland roll to Mirow!

Ballpoint fans from Denmark and Holland roll to Mirow!

In the idyllic environment of Mirow, collectors from different countries gathered last weekend for the 59th exchange exchange of the ** club of the ballpoint collectors **. Particularly noteworthy is the Danish collector Finn Sorensen, who has made a name for himself with his amazing collection of around 1.5 million pens . Sorensen, who has devoted to collecting the last 40 years of his free time, stored his treasures in See Containers and a special house on his private property. This passion not only seems to be a hobby, but a real life's work.

Another outstanding participant was Marcus Baum from Wismar, who owns the largest monothematic ballpoint pen collection of a specific bank with over 10,000 ballpoint pen . Together with Sorensen and a large number of other collectors, the exchange in the Hotel Mecklenburger Hof

The exchange exchange in detail

This year's exchange took place on June 13 and 14, 2025 and was already the 59th event of this kind. The club, which was founded in 1992 and now has 38 members , has been led by Andreas Hennig from Suhl since 1998. At these meetings, it is common to swap new material and to talk about the true and values ​​of the ballpoint pen. Collectors often come back with pens with advertising prints , certain brands or from special locations

• Every club member has ballpoint pen with their own name.
• The collective amounts of the members often move in the area of ​​ ten to hundreds of thousands of copies.
• Interestingly, a banana box fits with about 2000 ballpoint pen to the edge.