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Hong Kong, Sep 18, 2025
LOT 172
MONTBLANC, REF. 102389, WRITERS EDITION: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, FOUNTAIN PEN, LIMITED OF 16,000 PIECES
HKD 5,000 - 8,000
EUR 550 - 900 / CHF 550 - 850 / USD 650 - 1,050TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 9,450
A very fine and rare fountain pen. Montblanc Writers Edition George Bernard Shaw: Limited to 16,000 pieces (2008). The pen body with the interplay of platinised trim and deep-green marbled lacquer, the medium 18K rhodium-plated gold nib engraved the flower basket motif is a reminiscence of Shaw's stage figure of the flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the his most famous play "Pygmalion".
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Brand Montblanc
Model Writers Edition: George Bernard Shaw
Limited Edition 07346/16000
Reference 102389
Year 2008
Case No. 07346
Signature Signed and numbered
Accessories Original fitted box and outer box, “George Bernard Shaw” booklet and blank reply card (2 Jun 2009)
Notes
Montblanc created this pen in 2008 in honour of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), in a limited and numbered edition of 16,000 examples. The seventeenth of Montblanc’s “Writers Edition”.
The pen’s design was inspired by Eliza Doolittle’s character in Pygmalion (which later became, in 1956, the musical, My Fair Lady), with a deep-green marbled lacquer finish and increasingly wide platinum-plated rings, representing her transformation from Cockney flower girl to lady.
George Bernard Shaw
British Literature's Brilliant Free-Thinker
(July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950)
The Dublin-born dramatist, playwright, critic, is known for his free spirit and his criticism of social evils. "Pygmalion" is Shaw's most recognizeable work, portraying his literary creativity. In this dramatically brilliant comedy filled with wit, social criticism, fine irony, Shaw subtly ridicules the class classifications in Victorian England.
The Dublin-born dramatist, playwright, critic, is known for his free spirit and his criticism of social evils. "Pygmalion" is Shaw's most recognizeable work, portraying his literary creativity. In this dramatically brilliant comedy filled with wit, social criticism, fine irony, Shaw subtly ridicules the class classifications in Victorian England.
In 1926, George Bernard Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1938, he won an Oscar for his film script adaptation of "Pygmalion".
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