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Boutique Display In Birmingham Uk - Writers Editions


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Just a photo of the current display - it was nice to see some of the old WEs in stock (mostly as a part of sets). I haven't seen some of them in the flesh before. I have always liked the look of the Shaw, but the Faulkner took me by surprise.

 

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Writers editions in Birmingham Montblanc by Bigeddie100, on Flickr

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I was emailed about the Dickens when they first got it in a few weeks back - I was surprised that they'd managed to source one of the those. They've always had quite a small collection of the LE pens so its good to see they've got a good few of them together now.

 

If you want some eye candy though go to Harrods. Their selection of LE pens is incredible.

My Collection: Montblanc Writers Edition: Hemingway, Christie, Wilde, Voltaire, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Poe, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald (set), Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi, Swift, Balzac, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Saint-Exupery, Homer & Kipling. Montblanc Einstein (3,000) FP. Montblanc Heritage 1912 Resin FP. Montblanc Starwalker Resin: FP/BP/MP. Montblanc Traveller FP.

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If you want some eye candy though go to Harrods. Their selection of LE pens is incredible.

 

I believe that is the place where I have seen the most expensive pen I have seen in the flesh. Around 120,000 GBP if I recall. Of course, it was safely behind a display and I quickly moved along before the sales people had to usher me on my way!

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Despite my dislike of Birmingham, long story, I may just take a trip down there in the next week or two and have a mooch around.

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Sets usually seem to be easier to find than FP's. I see that the only G.B.Shaw FP is part of a set. When I tried to find a GBS FP, almost every boutique in the US had a set but none had just the FP. It's a shame really. One would think they may one day get to the stage where they split them up, just to see if they can sell them separately, but I don't think they ever do.

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Nice photo to commemorate 1000 posts, Bigeddie.

You don't know what you need until you realise you haven't got it.

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Congratulations on your 1,000th post Bigeddie and thank you for sharing the picture :thumbup:

 

Pavoni.

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They've updated their display today. They've added the Dafoe to the collection.

 

The store currently has two Dafoes. One on display and another sealed one - after I've just purchased mine.

 

Two things surprised me today:

 

1) The Fitzgerald fountain pen now retails at £920. I checked my receipt from 2003 when I bought my set from one of the London boutiques and the set cost £815.

 

2) The prices for the others look completely random.

My Collection: Montblanc Writers Edition: Hemingway, Christie, Wilde, Voltaire, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Poe, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald (set), Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi, Swift, Balzac, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Saint-Exupery, Homer & Kipling. Montblanc Einstein (3,000) FP. Montblanc Heritage 1912 Resin FP. Montblanc Starwalker Resin: FP/BP/MP. Montblanc Traveller FP.

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I will go and have a look. Meanwhile Brendon his surname is spelt Defoe just in case you want to do searches

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I will go and have a look. Meanwhile Brendon his surname is spelt Defoe just in case you want to do searches

Was that an ironic misspelling of my name :)

My Collection: Montblanc Writers Edition: Hemingway, Christie, Wilde, Voltaire, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Poe, Proust, Schiller, Dickens, Fitzgerald (set), Verne, Kafka, Cervantes, Woolf, Faulkner, Shaw, Mann, Twain, Collodi, Swift, Balzac, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Saint-Exupery, Homer & Kipling. Montblanc Einstein (3,000) FP. Montblanc Heritage 1912 Resin FP. Montblanc Starwalker Resin: FP/BP/MP. Montblanc Traveller FP.

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Was that an ironic misspelling of my name :)

OMG I am so sorry. :yikes: Do you know, I went and edited the post because I had spelt it wrong. But I altered the wrong letter.

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Beautiful pens. Thanks for the photo. It excites my MontBlanc desire.

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