<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17095" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I apologize for dragging out this topic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I just checked the Hollinger Metal Edge archival storage materials catalog for photo marking pens and pencils. I saw that their photo marking pen (permanent ink, fine-line marker) is meant for labeling polyester or polypropylene photographic *sleeves or envelopes*.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>They offer a blue art pencil that they describe as a preservation quality pencil for marking resin coated photographs (recommended for the reverse side of photographs). Looking at the picture, the pencil looks like a regular Prismacolor-type colored pencil, which many of us probably already own. In my mind, the art pencils would be similar to a fine-point-type china marker. It appears there is no mystery to a photo-marking pencil: it's just a regular, colored art pencil.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Previous posts have mentioned other archival storage product providers that offer similar products.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bonnie Dunphy Kohler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>APG Florida Chapter</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>