Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 524
Montblanc, “Writers Edition”, Ref. 6360, made in 2001
“Charles Dickens”, limited edition, No. 11 287 / 18 000
HKD 3,000 - 4,600
CHF 350 - 550 / EUR 350 - 500 / USD 400 - 600
Sold: HKD 5,000
Fountain-pen with medium 18K two-tone gold nib with the author’s initials in script (dated 2001)
Original fitted box and outer box, “Charles Dickens” booklet and guarantee (dated September 13, 2001)
Brand Montblanc
Notes
Montblanc, “Charles Dickens”
Montblanc created this pen in 2001 in honour of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), in a limited and numbered edition of 18 000 examples. The tenth of Montblanc’s “Writers Edition”.
The dark green colour used in this elegant pen is reminiscent of the green lawns of the Victorian countryside. The fluted silver cap adds a decorative finishing touch.
The ball-point-pen was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 16 000 examples.
The mechanical pencil was produced in a limited and numbered edition of … 000 examples.
A set of three writing instruments, comprising a fountain-pen, a ball-point-pen and a mechanical pencil, was produced in a limited and numbered edition of 4 000 examples.
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Dickens, Charles John Huffam, FRSA
February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870
English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
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