Quote Originally Posted by sjssf View Post
I would bet there would be an army of volunteers who would be willing to help. I noticed a lot of vendors eating at their booth, with food right on the pens sometimes. it would be great to have a team of volunteers who could roam and help as needed. I think fountain pen people in particular would love to do this.
Alas, I suspect it is a pen person responsible for the thefts, perhaps another vendor accustomed to selecting and selling such things.

Quote Originally Posted by Fermata View Post
...Still trying to think how you would steal a whole tray of pens froms Sarj's stand and walk away with no one noticing, meaning visitors, sellers, security, admission staff.
Below the front edge of a vendor's table, one could drop the whole tray into one of those free pen show bags, casually leave, recover the pens and dispose of the tray. It's sad to speculate on such things, but we must be vigilant and prepared. I'll have a large locking display case on the table at Baltimore that I haven't used in years. It'll be a PITA.