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One of my many hobbies is calligraphy, and so I sometimes find myself window-shopping for pens and associated supplies. According to those in the know, THE store for fancy pens is Joon of New York. I've never been there, but I do get their catalog. Who knew there were so many fancy pens to be had? There's a whole category of fancy pen collectors, apparently. I picture them as gray-haired men smoking pipes, wearing silk ascots tucked into sweater vests under tweed jackets, sitting in tufted leather chairs at carved mahogany desks in their wood-paneled libraries .
And so, if you have the aforementioned fancy pen collector on your Christmas list and lots of money to burn, you might want to get them this set:
And so, if you have the aforementioned fancy pen collector on your Christmas list and lots of money to burn, you might want to get them this set:
It's a Montegrappa Eternal Bird Limited Edition 18K gold, diamond and ruby fountain pen and ink well.
And you can get them both for a mere $45,350.
(They don't even list the price on their website - you have to call to order. The catalog reveals all, however).
I notice that they give you a choice of nib sizes. It seems to me, if you're shelling out $45K for a pen & inkwell set, they might throw in all three nibs.
I'm just sayin'.
Merry Christmas shopping!
2 comments:
Holy Cow! At that price I would be afraid to use them.
I'm guessing that anyone who purchases these or receives them as a gift immediately puts them in some locked display case next to that carved mahogany in the library.
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