Reach for the pen: writing pens for the price of a mansion

The Sakhalin governor, obviously not wanting it himself, set a new trend - the Russian media began to discuss ... pens. Everyone was struck by the cost of the writing tool found at Khoroshavin's: the fabulous sum of 36 million rubles was originally called, but later it was reduced by almost 10 times.

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Source: new-retail.ru

1. “Do you believe there are 36 million pens? Take a calculator, do the math and see if it's impossible. Whatever it is,” said the official himself, who was detained on suspicion of bribery. — In general, there was a pen, it's true. From gold. And a map of Russia around the cap is lined with diamonds.

According to Khoroshavin, the pen found with him is mass-produced by the famous German company Montblanc and costs "a maximum of one million three hundred."

2. Later it turned out that there really is a pen similar to the description in the Montblanc catalog. Set with 121 diamonds, 193 sapphires and 117 rubies, the Moscow Skeleton Pen was released in three copies a few years ago. Only two were sold, and those who became the owners of writing instruments made of 18-carat white gold, sellers of elite accessories boutiques prefer not to spread. And no wonder: the official cost of such a pen is 4,275,000 rubles. Photo: Montblanc pens.

The governor Khoroshavin also cheated in the fact that there are no fountain pens for 36 million. Wealthy buyers like him should know about this. Pens for 36 million are not just available, they are also sold. True, due to their value, they are more reminiscent of not a writing tool, but a kind of totem that requires worship and causes awe.

3. Parker Duofold

Let's start with the fountain pen, whose design is perhaps the most recognizable in the world. Its value is not in the super-expensive design and exorbitant price. This pen is history incarnate. A fountain pen with a mechanical ink set system was patented by George Safford Parker 111 years ago, on May 3, 1904, and since then it has been called the “peace pen” more than once - it was the “Parker” that many important peace treaties were signed, and to this day it is chosen by famous political leaders.

So, launched into mass production in 1921, Duofold was used by participants in the economic summit of the G7 countries in Houston. It was signed by Presidents George W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin the START-2 agreement in Sochi. And the author of books about the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, even admitted to his friends that he met a kindred spirit among pens in Parker Duofold.

Price: 220-590 dollars.

4. Pen of the year - 2008

Launching their new fountain pen on the market, representatives of Graf von Faber-Castel Pens did not bother and “modestly” called their brainchild “the pen of 2008”.

The peculiarity of this pen is in the wood with which its body is trimmed. 84 small slats of Indian satin wood are hand-laid into parquet, the platinum-plated body is adorned with semi-precious and generally inexpensive citrine, and the creation of Graf von Faber-Castel Pens is crowned with an 18 carat bicolor gold nib.

The "pen of 2008" is supplied in a wooden box along with a collector's certificate, which is recognized by each of its new owners.

Price: 2000 dollars.

5. La Dona Menagerie Fountain Pen

The exquisite fountain pen from Cartier Pens takes its name from the famous actress Maria Felix - the "Mexican Marilyn Monroe", whom fans called "La Dona".

It was on the order of Maria Felix that Cartier created a gold crocodile ornament, which turned out to be so unusual that it was decided to release 888 gold pens decorated with the same crocodile.

We add that each of the La Dona pens is the result of painstaking manual labor.

Price: $4,000.

6. Four Seasons

What composer could inspire the designers of the Ferrari da Varese company, who decided to name their offspring "The Four Seasons"? Well, of course, Vivaldi. The result of insight was an option for relatively poor collectors - 33 sets of four pens, the color of which corresponds to a certain season.

The green, brown, red and gray barrel pens are paired with nibs made from 18k gold.

Price: $9,000.

7 Ellas Fountain Pen

So the turn of pens has come, whose cost is measured in five-digit numbers. The name itself - Ellas Fountain Pen - sends buyers back to the time of Hellas.

An ancient Greek statue of Laocoon is recreated on the body of the pen, and the cap is crowned with a diamond - apparently as a reminder that the rulers in the ancient world wore such stones as a symbol of strength, courage and invincibility.

Actually, a person who decides to purchase one of the 50 such pens produced by OMAS should have approximately the same qualities.

Price: $16,500

8 Visconti HRH

The reason for the appearance of this collection of pens was very sad. Italian designers Visconti created it in 1997 as a tribute to the tragically and so early death of Princess Diana.

From the first series, Her Royal Highness pens were encrusted with 8 carats of diamonds. The body of the "commemorative" pen is made of white gold, and the nib is made of the purest platinum. To date, only 99 HRH pens have been produced in the world.

Price: $57,000

9. Montblanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Royal

The writing instruments described above could not overtake in price our next copy, created by the Montblanc company so beloved by Russian officials.

In 1994, the Montblanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Royal, a limited edition jewelry fountain pen, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive writing instrument in the world.

It takes 9 months to make one such exclusive writing set: the body of the pen, made of 18 carat gold, is decorated with 4810 specially cut diamonds, placed on the surface by hand and so close to each other that they form a perfectly smooth surface.

Price: $125,000

10 La Modernista Diamonds

Just a year after its introduction, in 2001, the La Modernista Diamonds pen by Caran d'Ache overtook its competitors, hitting the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive pen in the world.

The hexagonal barrel of the pen is crafted from 925 sterling silver and set with 5072 Top Wesselton diamonds totaling 20 carats.

Pay attention to the CdA monogram on the top of the cap - it took 96 rubies to make it, with a total weight of 0.32 carats. Well, the pen, according to the old tradition of making prestigious writing instruments, is made of 18 carat gold.

Price: $380,000

11. Aurora Diamond

Aurora Diamond is the case when the Guinness Book of Records is entered not by the name of the most expensive pen in the world, but by the name of its owner. This service will be offered to the buyer by a representative of the company, who will deliver a unique writing instrument by special flight to any corner of the planet.

Aurora Diamond is made only to order in platinum. It is studded all over with De Birs diamonds (IF clarity) totaling 30 carats. On the cap is a 3-carat diamond. The company is already thinking about launching a pen with black diamonds, followed by a series with yellow and brown diamonds.

Surprisingly, according to experts, Aurora Diamond is not just a masterpiece of jewelry art. She also writes, and quite well.

Price: $750,000

12. Boheme Royal Pen

The absolute leader in the ranking of the most expensive pens in the world, everything from the same Montblanc company is covered with a thousand white diamonds and white gold.

In total, there are 1430 gems on the body of the Boheme Royal Pen. In addition, it is encrusted with platinum and decorated with handmade engraving.

Not every collector will decide to become the owner of such a writing instrument - the cost of the Boheme Royal Pen has long exceeded one million dollars.

Price: $1,500,000.