Pelikan Souveran M420, Worth Getting?

[Lentar]

I don't see much activity related to this? It's been out of production for over a decade, but I have an opportunity to get a new old stock unit. What would be a fair price, and is it worth it?

[OCArt]

I happen to like the looks of the 450 with the gold vermeil knobs but the 420 with the sterling knobs is also handsome. Indy Pens has them listed as "sold out" but with a price of $350.

http://www.indy-pen-dance.com/images/P/Pelikan_M420_P.jpg

[Bo Bo Olson]

Just because a piston fountain pen has been out of production a week.......= 10 years, means nothing.Most of mine are 70-60 years old.

 

Yes get the pen, you can later put a vintage factory stubbed semi-flex nib in it some day.

I neglected to get one back when it was affordable.......

 

Do check German Ebay, seller has to take Paypal *** and ship out of Germany, some don't and won't, being Provencal or too cheap to walk. I doubt if it would cost more than E120 if you don't fall into the Buy Now Idiot trap.

 

Well took a look, none in current German Ebay.de auctions nor in resent past auctions, so it is sort of rare.

 

Depends on how much you want it now, in cost instead of Hunting. If it's back burner, do Hunt in German Ebay.de once a week.

 

***In the EU we use bank wire instead of checks, so bank wire is cheap in the EU, it would cost $35 to send a bank wire from your US bank to the German bank and take up to a week. That is why the seller needs to take paypal.

Edited November 25, 2019 by Bo Bo Olson

[The Good Captain]

I got the last one at Pelikan/Niche Pens quite some time back. 18ct M nib and it's a real belter.

[sargetalon]

Very worth it if you like the look. I paid $475 many years after they were unavailable. You don't see them often so they are hard to value. I consider the M420, M425, and M430 a trio and the M420 is perhaps the hardest to come by these days.

[daenghafez]

The M420 & M425 were on sale at RM1,000@$285 in Isetan Kuala Lumpur store a few years back. I have an M420 to match with my M450 and M730. I procured the M420 in mint condition (and still is) years back at about $200. The M420 is a handsome pen to me.