FS Montblanc Meisterstruck ballpoint

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Here we have today a wonderful used, but loved,Montblanc Meisterstruck Ballpoint pen.

(I even reviewed it... I know, I can't help myself... I love writing about pens... :roflmho:)

 

This belonged to my friend's dad who had to be moved into assisted living I believe. Anyways, when they were organizing all his paperwork and cleaning his house and airplane hangar out (yeah! this guy had an airplane!) he grabbed a pen off the desk because he just needed one. He had it out today and I asked him where he got it (and he told me the story) and I told him what it was. He shrugged. So what?

 

I said, well, Mont Blanc are not cheap pens. I went in and looked on the internet real quick (we were at the mechanics shop where we all hang out in the afternoons drinking and enjoying ourselves with our beloved mechanic John) and pulled up some prices on Amazon and some other places. HOLY COW!! He says. FOR A PEN???

 

So of course he wants to sell it. He doesn't care about it in particular, and it has no sentimental value to him. It was just a pen he picked up off his dad's desk. Who knows what they threw away!? Oh well...

 

So here it is. For sale.

$150 or best offer. Seriously. And if I'm far off from a realistic price, let me know.

No box. No papers. Have no idea how old it is. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. It has a mont blanc refill from Office Depot he put in the other day, so it's good on ink for a while.

And here's a good thread I just saw about polishing these things nice and pretty.

http://www.fountainp...2-bought-a-146/

 

and pulled out my 10X watchmakers loupes to see the number on the clip.

not that it's important, (from what i read here) but here it is.

PG1470571

 

 

now onto the picture show!!!

 

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In this pic you can see some of the wear on the tip of the clip. Some silver showing through.

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You can see in this next photo very tiny engraving of GERMANY on clip ring. The other side has some sort of serial number. Is that the model? Would that tell me the year? Well, sort of. Montblanc website says they started doing that after 1991. So that tells us something of it's age.

 

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And here you can see a very small nick in the resin opposite the clip on the cap. Not bad. Might actually be pretty old too b/c it's very smooth. I think if it were a fresh chip it would still have sort of rough edges. But what do I know.

 

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Edited April 1, 2010 by watch_art

[watch_art]

Hm.

Good Morning!

 

And when I forget to write something, I really forget the important stuff.

 

Price includes shipping.

I'd prefer shipping CONUS and we can work out a better deal. I won't go AS low for international due to higher costs.

 

We can insure or not. Up to you...

 

I also plan to make a small wooden box to ship it in for international orders so it doesn't get damaged.

Conus, you get PVC.

 

I know it's not that old, and it's not super fancy shmancy, but it is a pretty nice pen and I'd like to be cautious with it.

 

I think I've covered everything...

 

Give me your offers!!!

 

Thanks.

[watch_art]

Reduced $140...

 

I can feel a tugging at the line.

[watch_art]

$130 shipped

[nicholasyeo]

$130 shipped

I'm so jealous! I can't even get a darn Meisterstuck Oblique Medium which IS BRAND NEW UNUSED sold!!!! At 190USD plus FEDEX.

[watch_art]

yeah but this is just a ballpoint. emphasis on just. you have a much nicer item. be patient.

 

i had a really good offer pm'd to me! but i was told to hold out for a couple more days and drop the price to $120.

 

so any takers at $120??? I know a few just went on ebay for 120. i looked. just like this one. condition very similar. but they didn't ship them in a homemade wooden box, did they???. i haven't made it yet, but i will. and it will be awesome! and it will say MONTBLANC on it!!! rawwrr!!!

 

:roflmho:

[watch_art]

and i was also given an offer where he said something about legrand vs. classic 144. is the only difference the gold or platinum? that's all i can see. could somebody help me out?

[Soulmaker1]

and i was also given an offer where he said something about legrand vs. classic 144. is the only difference the gold or platinum? that's all i can see. could somebody help me out?

 

Size is the difference, you have the smaller Classique version, both take the same refill though.

 

[watch_art]

thanks. i looked at montblanc.com and kind of figured i had the classique. i couldn't tell for sure, though.

[watch_art]

also, to sweeten the deal, you may select any of my prints (not the HUGE ones, they're pretty expensive) to take with your new montblanc pen.

 

just click on the coffee cup postcard on the bottom of my posts... if you pick a print, it will be sent in a large cardboard usps tube, with the pen in pvc taped to inside of larger cardboard tube so it doesn't float around.

[watch_art]

HAPPY EASTER!!!

 

 

 

 

even this fox would love this pen. better get it before he does!

 

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Edited April 4, 2010 by watch_art

[watch_art]

here's my 'bump'... :roflmho:

 

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[watch_art]

price reduced $105!!!

 

(i forgot to mention it in the 'bump' up there...)

[watch_art]

sold pending funds!

 

thanks fpn!!!