| Some people collect stamps, others show off their | | | | Mexico. |
| shot glasses from around the world. There are a few | | | | World's Largest Ballpoint Pen Collection, Dinslaken, |
| people that enjoy collecting plastic pens of all types. | | | | Germany. When Angelika Unverhau began collecting |
| A few collectors even have websites that show off | | | | ballpoint pens as a child, she never imagined she |
| their plastic pen collections. Just a few collections are | | | | would one day hold a world record for this past time. |
| outlined below. | | | | She has now amassed a collection of more than |
| Suzanne's Pen Collection, Alabama. Well over a | | | | 220,000 ballpoint pens from nearly 150 countries |
| thousand pens, this collection is primarily made up of | | | | around the world. In 1990, she began taking her |
| printed plastic pens, mostly ballpoint. She is particularly | | | | collection more seriously and even founded a pen |
| fond of plastic pens that advertise a particular | | | | collectors group in Europe that meets every year for |
| business, event or place. Her favorites aren't | | | | trading. |
| ballpoints at all but felt tip and gel plastic pens. | | | | Start Your Own Plastic Pen Collection |
| Stephen's Pen Collection, Rhode Island. Steve prefers | | | | Starting your very own pen collection isn't that hard. |
| plastic pens with animal logos and themes. This | | | | In fact, there's a good chance you already have a |
| fourteen year old has been collecting animal pens | | | | handful of plastic pens laying around your home or |
| since before he began kindergarten. Eventually, Steve | | | | office to create the beginning of the collection. |
| would like to be a veterinarian and order his own | | | | Attend as many trade shows, conventions or job |
| printed plastic pens with animal prints on it. | | | | fairs as you can to find interesting pens to add to |
| Georgia's Writing Instrument Collection, Kansas. | | | | your collection. |
| Georgia has been collecting pencils, pens and markers | | | | Decide which pens you like and which ones you can |
| since 1998. Her collection ranges from pencils with | | | | live without. Will you collect by color or theme or |
| replaceable lead (marketed for a short time in the | | | | style? Would you prefer to collect plastic pens with |
| 90's) and bent pencils to plastic pens that fold down | | | | unique clips or message windows? |
| to a flat one inch square and markers that look like | | | | If you need help or want to find other pen collectors, |
| lipstick cases. With more than five hundred unique | | | | you can visit the Pen Collectors of America group, |
| pencils and plastic pens, this collection has grown at a | | | | available online. They host pen shows around North |
| slow but steady pace. | | | | America year round. |
| The Neilson's Vacation Pen Collection, California. The | | | | Displaying Your Plastic Pen Collection |
| Neilson family loves to travel so a few years ago | | | | Many pen collectors use Styrofoam to store and |
| they began collecting metal and plastic pens from | | | | display their pen collections. These can be acquired at |
| hotels and campsites they visit. During one trip, they | | | | craft shops or from packaging. Other collectors drill |
| collected more than fifty plastic pens from Canada to | | | | holes in blocks of wood to display sorted collections. |