Most expensive pen @ $265,000
Monday, July 21st, 2008Most expensive fountain pen was sold in the exclusive Harrods store in London, UK, the “La Modernista Diamonds†pen went for a cool $265,000. This was designed by the Swiss company Caran d’Ache, and created in memory of the modernist architect Antonio Gaudi, the solid silver pen boasts an 18-carat Rhodium-coated gold nib and is set with a total of 5,072 Wesselton diamonds weighing in at 20-carats, as well as and 96 rubies totalling 32-carats.
The pen was hand made by master jeweller Robert Perron and took six months to complete.
This most expensive fountain pen was created in 1999 by Caran d’Ache. He designed this pen to show his respect and in the memory of Antoni Gaude a famous modernist architect that lived from 1852 until his death in 1926.
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