On Thursday, May 4th, approximately $40,000 worth of fountain pens (and a few other items) were stolen from my vehicle in Chicago near the Adler Planetarium. A complete list of items and images are provided below. If you happen to come across any of these items, please contact me immediately. There will be a reward for information leading to the recovery of any of the pens listed below.

Aurora 85th Anniversary, medium nib, (don’t recall serial number)

Omas Paragon in Bronze Arco celluloid, medium nib

Montblanc 149, fine nib, gold trim

Montblanc Hemingway Writers Edition, oblique broad nib

Montblanc Charles Dickens Writers Edition, medium nib

Classic Pens LB5 Tensui (blue), chrome trim, medium nib, Serial Number: #00/50

Sailor King of Pen ebonite, King Eagle nib

Nakaya Long Piccolo, medium nib, ​(had custom lettering on barrel)

Nakaya Naka-ai, XXF nib

Nakaya NeoStandard, medium nib, Color: Araishu (orange), gold trim

Visconti Homo Sapiens Corsani 90th Anniversary, single-tone rhodium-plated broad nib, Serial Number: #49/90

Pelikan M1005 Demonstrator, 3B two-tone nib

Pelikan Silver Screen, EF nib, Serial Number: #260/420

Aurora 88 Nebulosa, Serial Number: #626/888

Aurora 88 Sigaro, Serial Number: #341/888

Aurora 88, black resin, polished, gold trim

Aurora Optima, black resin, chrome trim

Aurora 88 Sole, Serial Number: #170/888

Aurora Optima Rossa

Aurora Optima, black resin, gold trim

Aurora Optima Nero Perla

Aurora Optima, black resin, chrome trim

Aurora Optima, blue Auroloide, gold trim

Aurora Optima, fine flex nib(!), green Auroloide, gold trim

Aurora Optima Monviso, Serial Number: #48/360

Montegrappa Ducale Grande, stub nib, Serial Number: #76/888

Porsche Design P3135 Solid Ti, fine nib

Aurora Optima, blue Auroloide, chrome trim

Aurora Optima, blue Auroloide, gold trim

Pelikan M205 Aquamarine Demonstrator

Pelikan M205 Blue Marble

Pelikan M205 Blue Demonstrator

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNBM-20000 #51 MU, Music nib, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century PNB-10000 #1 C, Coarse nib, black, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century Borgogne PNB-10000 #71 SF, Soft Fine nib

Platinum 3776 Century PNBM-25000R#1 MU, Music nib, black, rhodium trim

Platinum 3776 Century Borgogne PNB-10000 #71 UEF, Ultra Extra Fine nib

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-10000 #51 UEF, Ultra Extra Fine nib, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-10000 #51 EF, Extra Fine nib, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-10000 #51 F, Fine nib, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-10000 #51 C, Coarse nib, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century PNB-15000CR #7 B, Broad nib, black, rhodium trim

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-15000CR #51 M, medium nib, rhodium trim

Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue PNB-15000CR #51 F, Fine nib, rhodium trim

Platinum President PTB-20000P #1 UEF, Ultra Extra Fine nib, black, gold trim

Platinum President PTB-20000P #1 F, Fine nib, black, gold trim

Platinum President PTB-20000P #1 B, Broad nib, black, gold trim

Platinum 3776 Century NICE PNB-20000R #5 M, medium nib

Platinum 3777 Century NICE PUR PNB-20000R #4 B, Broad nib

Platinum 3778 Century NICE PUR PNB-20000R #4 M, medium nib

Platinum President PTB-20000P #10 UEF, Ultra Extra Fine nib, burgundy, gold trim

Platinum President PTB-20000P #10 F, Fine nib, burgundy, gold trim

Platinum President PTB-20000P #10 B, Broad nib, burgundy, gold trim

Platinum Izumo PIZ-55000 #27 M, medium nib

Platinum Izumo PIZ-55000 #30 B, Broad nib

Platinum Izumo PIZ-55000 #30 F, Fine nib

Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise

Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise

Pelikan M400 Brown Tortoise

Pelikan M405 Stresemann

Pelikan M405 Stresemann

Franklin-Christoph Penvelope 13 in Boot Brown

Aurora 12 pen hard clam-shell case, black

Markiaro 44 pen brown leather Briefcase

Doonie & Burke Handbag

HP Backpack

Apple MacBook Air 13″

Apple iPhone 5s

Rayban Prescription Sunglasses

Custom molded ear plugs

Sony ear buds

I’m pretty sure that’s everything. All of our belongings were in the vehicle at the time as we were moving from one hotel to another. Thankfully, we’re all OK (me and my family were not present when it happened) and they did leave our luggage and enough inventory for me to have a decent presence at the Chicago Pen Show. It could have been a lot worse.

We’re waiting on the police report to arrive by mail to file a claim with our insurance company. I’m not expecting much from them, because, well, they’re an insurance company.

Again, any help in recovering any of the pens would be greatly appreciated. The first 13 on the list were from my personal collection that I carried every day. Some will be difficult to replace while others had great sentimental value.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Regards,

Daniel Smith