Only Online Auction
Geneva, Apr 07, 2021
LOT 379
Montblanc, “Writers Edition”, Ref. 28789, made in 2011
“Carlo Collodi”, limited edition, No. 03 685 / 12 000
CHF 900 - 1,100
EUR 800 - 1,000 / USD 1,000 - 1,200 / HKD 7,500 - 9,300
Fountain-pen with medium 18K champagne-colour gold nib engraved with a cricket (dated 2011)
Original fitted box and outer box, “Carlo Collodi” booklets and guarantee (undated)
Brand Montblanc
Notes
Montblanc, “Carlo Collodi”
Montblanc created this pen in 2011 in honour of Carlo Collodi (1826-1890), in a limited and numbered edition of 12 000 examples. The twentieth of Montblanc’s “Writers Edition”.
The pen is crafted from precious dark brown resin. The champagne-coloured gold pen’s design evokes the magical imaginary world of Pinnochio. The cap is engraved with various motifs: the voracious whale, the faithful cricket, the shady fox, the cunning cat and the good fairy. The clip is set with a screw that symbolises the joints of the world’s most famous puppet, while the cone is reminiscent of Pinocchio’s legendary long nose.
The ball-point pen was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 14 600 examples.
The roller-ball pen was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 8 400 examples.
The mechanical pencil was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 3 000 examples.
A set of three writing instruments, comprising a fountain-pen, a ball-point pen, roller-ball and a mechanical pencil, was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 3 000 examples.
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Lorenzini, Carlo, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi
November 24, 1826 – October 26, 1890
Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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