What's The Most Expensive Fountain Pen You Ever Bought?

[Hector67]

This one

[Hector67]

And this is my daily user

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

This one

I would not mind if this was my most expensive pen!

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

And this is my daily user

Or this one.

[Hector67]

Thanks Zaphod.

[Azura]

I would not mind if this was my most expensive pen!

Me neither...(:

[cancoi]

A tie, both Pelikans: a tortoise M400NN from Swisher (I miss Swisher) & a Katie Hill Memorial Binderized M150 from the Pentrace fundraiser. [Katie Hill was a pen afficianado who sadly was killed walked back to her hotel after the DC Pen Show. Pentrace put together a limited buy in her honor.]

[Pens Woods]

Probably my Montblanc pens: Two 149s and a Thomas Mann. Although a few of my Pelicans are not far behind in price.

[Exchletzia]

My most expensive purchase so far is the Justus 95

[inkstainedruth]

Well, I've just purchased my second most expensive pen ever. Technically, if you count shipping, it is the most expensive. Like #1, it's a Pelikan, a green striated 400, only this one is from the 1950s (the feed certainly looks right, from what I've read). It's got an OB nib, which looks to be fun to play with.

Of course I have to wait several weeks for it to arrive from Germany....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Zillaxila]

well... I recently bought the most expensive so far, which was an Omas 360 Vintage limited edition in smoke cotton resin. I got it last week and I must say it is amazing! Howeeeeverrrr I am looking at a Nakaya Naka-ai, and I am going to buy it this friday....so this one takes the top!

Edited January 27, 2015 by Zillaxila

[oregano]

My Conway Stewart Marlborough. It was painful to 'pull the trigger' on that one, and I had to sell a beautiful pen

to make up for it. But now I don't regret it one bit!

[TSherbs]

Well, I have broken the $100 ceiling with a MassDrop Makrolon Lamy 2000 for just a few dollars more. Never owned a gold nib before.

Edited January 28, 2015 by TSherbs

[alex137]

A few weeks ago I found a good deal on a Pilot Decimo VP on eBay, $140 with shipping. It was purple, my favorite color. I couldn't resist. Second most expensive was a regular VP, bought used, for $80. I love me some Vanishing Points.

[Brian K]

Well, I've just purchased my second most expensive pen ever. Technically, if you count shipping, it is the most expensive. Like #1, it's a Pelikan, a green striated 400, only this one is from the 1950s (the feed certainly looks right, from what I've read). It's got an OB nib, which looks to be fun to play with.

Of course I have to wait several weeks for it to arrive from Germany....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

I think I have spent too much time on Facebook recently, Ruth. I read your post and started searching for the "like" button.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Brian K

[4lex]

$900 MB Legrand Doue Steel

 

Are expensive pens worth it? Of course not, unless you can sell them for more then you payed.

Half of expensive pens write no better then Pilot V Pen, and thats like a $3 pen.

[penmanila]

two MB agatha christies, one of which has been my everyday carry for over a year now. i'm not a rich man and the pens cost quite a bit, but the pain of paying for them has long been replaced by the pleasures of ownership and use, and i have no regrets whatsoever about their purchase. should i ever need to, i could let go of one and be fairly certain of recovering my cost, if not even making a small profit. but i doubt that's ever going to happen

[katanankes]

Visconti Alchemy desk pen.

[martinbir]

Are expensive pens worth it? Of course not, unless you can sell them for more then you payed.

Half of expensive pens write no better then Pilot V Pen, and thats like a $3 pen.

 

Are expensive pens worth it? Of course they are if they give you pleasure. Even a Safari is expensive compared to a stick ball point, so expensive is relative to your own values.

 

I know people I think are crazy to spend out on fancy cars, designer clothes etc. They think I am crazy to spend over £100 on a pen and even say they could not afford to do so. We all get pleasure from different things.

 

To quote Steven Fry "It is the unnecessary things which make life interesting and enjoyable"

[Cryptos]

Talking about pens currently owned, EoC's most expensive is a vintage Aurora 88P (with no serial numbers): cost $60.

 

Talking about most expensive pen ever bought, a Waterman 94: cost $150.

 

Luckily EoC only lost $15 on selling the Waterman. However, it is currently in transit and this one can only hope the buyer doesn't try the old "pen never arrived" thing. Sadly, EoC lacks any confidence in this area nowadays.