This issue came up years ago in the computer hardware world: the diehard techies kept the original boxes for their (new) hardware items and software programs. But is keeping the boxes just as valuable for pen collecting? It seems much space could be saved by transferring the pens to either a roll up or zipped case, the kind with individual pockets or loops for each pen. The space savings would be phenomenal, but I haven't done this myself. It seems I would lose a bit of the collector's glee by orphaning the pens from their cases in that way. Maybe when I'm forced to do so, for space reasons. But until, then I am keeping the boxes.
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