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Newspaper Article About Fountain Pens C. 1983


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http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19830621&id=2OYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4345,157474

 

The Lamy 2000 costed $65 USD, the MB 149 a mere $250, etc.

 

Even with inflation calculated, it does not seem as though the price of Montblanc pens has stayed the same... :roller1:

 

It provides some interesting reading nonetheless.

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Nice. Thank you.

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Its amazing how the world turns! In those days I had a MB 149. Didn't appreciate it then and it got lost along the way. Now I look at the prices being sought for MB's and think what a pity I hadn't had the gift of foresight, in FP's as in so many other areas. :)

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Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Using the CPI inflation calculator $250 in 1983 is the equivalent of $595.06 in 2014. And $65 is now $154.72.

 

 

 

 

Ah, thank you.

 

$595 is still small change compared to what they are charging for an MB 149 now!

 

I guess that the Lamy 2000 price was not too far off, however.

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Its amazing how the world turns! In those days I had a MB 149. Didn't appreciate it then and it got lost along the way. Now I look at the prices being sought for MB's and think what a pity I hadn't had the gift of foresight, in FP's as in so many other areas. :)

 

I agree, I remember my father telling me stories about how he had disassembled a Parker 51 Special as a child, and then lost the parts! He was amazed when I told him what he could have sold it for now!

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Thanks for that. But Henry Kissinger used a L2K??? That wasn't what I expected!

 

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Thanks for that. But Henry Kissinger used a L2K??? That wasn't what I expected!

Ralf

Me neither. This information came as a surprise.
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21 chambers in a Lamy 2000 barrel? As far as I know, only the feed has chambers, so either the Lamy 2000 has a special barrel or author is mistaken.

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21 chambers in a Lamy 2000 barrel? As far as I know, only the feed has chambers, so either the Lamy 2000 has a special barrel or author is mistaken.

 

I was also surprised when I read that, maybe the author erroneously believed the feed to be part of the barrel.

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