My store is closing

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http://www.startribune.com/business/...D3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

And since they don't keep the links active for long:

'Ink' becomes victim of recession

Far above the skyways and the street-level crowds in downtown Minneapolis, Barry Rubin's upscale pen store, Ink, will soon become another victim of the Great Recession.

Rubin has been doing business out of a gallery-like showroom on the 45th floor of the IDS Center for more than three years, selling artistic and collectible pens that generally range from $25 to $1,000 -- though some are priced well into the five figures.

Sales pretty much dried up in September 2008, when financial markets around the globe crashed, Rubin said. Law firms, financial planners and other businesses that once bought the high-end pens as gifts for managers and retiring executives cut costs or got laid off themselves.

"Expenses exceeded revenues," said Rubin, a former certified public accountant. "I've lost the corporate business."

Rubin intends to stay open until late February or March, or until the pens are gone. His going-out-of-business sale means that his most popular pens now can be had for $10 to $450. And these days, no appointment is necessary.

But serious collectors take note: There's no discount on that $35,000 scribbler.