Last week a few (OK- 5 is more than a "few") new Bexleys found their way into the horde- and I don't even know what Bexley's official designator is for 4 of them!

I have been watching with great interest the Special Editions commissioned by eBay seller "outletline"- he has had several pen companies, chiefly Bexley, make SEs for him, as well as pens that he has put the "Molteni" name on. When I saw these, well, let's just say I bought in bulk...

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outletline ("Molteni Pen Co") dubbed these the "Antonella"; I don't know what Bexley calls them. Bexley also made an SE for the 2007 Columbus Pen Show in the same design, though in Tibaldi Rose/Green celluloid (which I picked up too, haven't lensed it yet). The pen strikes me as "Wahl-ish", but that could just be the hard rubber talking...

These are outstanding- really, really nice. I am not one much for green pens, but the green/black ebonite is just stunning on this platform- my pics have totally failed to capture just how subtly cool this material is...

Next up, the "Celestial" (Molteni's name for it).

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Very interesting. I've not seen this design used on any other Bexley pen- the seller told me in an e-mail that this was his design. This is a piston filler; I don't know if it's an embedded converter or not. Reminds me of a Streamlined Duofold.

The last one that showed up was nothing all that special...

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Cheers!

Andy

I've seen some of his auctions ... I have no idea how he's coming up with some of these prices, however.

Take this pen, for example:
Light Transparent Blue and Metal

1) It looks like someone threw aluminum foil in the resin and called it "art".
2) MSRP of $980?!?! The Bexley LEs are only $500!!!

I've gotten a couple BC questions about this post:

None of the pens pictured have anything to do with the 2007 Columbus Show- I was pointing out that Bexley used the "Antonella" design for another pen (though not one that has seen wide-scale production yet). I haven't taken pics of that pen yet.

The "Antonella" is a C/C fill pen; the "Celestial" is either an embedded converter (likely) or a true piston (not as likely).

Andy