How Often Does Visconti Make Limited Edition Pens?

May 4, 2015

So I went shopping the other day, and purchased a few Visconti pens.

I purchased:

A Visconti Homo Sapiens Steel Mechanical Pencil

A Visconti Opera Black Striped

A Visconti Opera Limited Edition Deep Ocean Blue Fountain Pen (23ct Pd nib)

A Visconti Opera Master Clear Demonstrater Fountain pen. (23ct Dreamtouch)

A Visconti Van Gogh Maxi Fountain Pen Musk

A visconti Opera Elements Ballpoint Pen.

Now all of these pens are very nice, and I can't wait to receive them. (I bought them on Ebay). My only gripe is the number of limited edition pens they seem to crack out. There is always at least one. I have been looking for one of these pens online, the Visconti Opera Limited Edition Deep Ocean Blue Fountain pen. But I just can't find it anywhere! I know there are so many limited edition ones, but the 'fake' alarm bells are already ringing. Does anyone else have this pen, and could help?

I am starting to think that Visconti does so many limited edition pens, they almost lose their value. What do you guys think?

May 4, 2015

Visconti (and other manufacturers) will sometimes pair up with certain retailers to make special "limited edition" runs. I think if you were going to try to collect every single one, it would be both expensive and timely to do so, as I'm not sure there is even a comprehensive list of every single limited edition version that was made by Visconti!

Having said that, the pens are wonderful and lovely, and you should enjoy your new acquisitions when they arrive!

Also, some of the Viscontis that are "limited edition" will have a number on them, usually either on the cap or at the end of the barrel. But not all "limited editions" are numbered. So there's that. As for fakes or counterfeits, I can't say that I have had heard anything about fakes being made; probably because the styling is very distinct and the nib engraving is rather intricate?

May 4, 2015

Visconti likes to run with a theme, so they've got a series of Limited Edition Van Gogh pens, for example, each one keyed to the exact colors of a particular Van Gogh painting. I have three of them and they're all great looking pens. The prevalence of limited editions is just the nature of Visconti's business, they're not pumping out tons of identical pens like Lamy does. It's neither good nor bad, better nor worse, just different.

May 4, 2015

I wouldn't buy for value. Buy for use as most pens whatever the brand go down drastically, limited or not.

May 6, 2015

Visconti will make a limited edition for almost any reason. They do not tend to hold value well as you can often buy a new one of their larger limited editions for 50% of MSRP.

Some do sell out and are popular, but most are not really collectable. Buy what you like and you should be happy.

I have several Visconti pens I would never sell.

May 7, 2015

Congratulations on the Visconti Opera Limited Edition Deep Ocean Blue Fountain pen & the others.

Australian eBayer Rozmenko has a range of Visconti limited edition Australian releases. I think he used to be the Australian distributor.

I bought a Kakadu & a Didgeridoo from him nice Opera master versions.

Visconti and other Italian makers like Delta, Omas etc turn out limited and special edition pens almost constantly.

You will find they are often numbered sometimes ***/*** or simply *** on the barrel or cap. Otherwise they may be un-numbered and only a limited production run.

May 7, 2015

Congratulations on the Visconti Opera Limited Edition Deep Ocean Blue Fountain pen & the others.

Australian eBayer Rozmenko has a range of Visconti limited edition Australian releases. I think he used to be the Australian distributor.
I bought a Kakadu & a Didgeridoo from him nice Opera master versions.

Visconti and other Italian makers like Delta, Omas etc turn out limited and special edition pens almost constantly.
You will find they are often numbered sometimes ***/*** or simply *** on the barrel or cap. Otherwise they may be un-numbered and only a limited production run.

Yes. Five of the pens purchased were from Rozmenko. He is very good.

June 2, 2015

Yes. Five of the pens purchased were from Rozmenko. He is very good.

This is good to know, as I am looking to purchase from this seller. Thanks for the feedback!

June 3, 2015

These days, the trick of every manufacturer is to call a new range "limited edition" and maybe numbered. The suckers always go for it. Also very useful way to get paid for some small amount of old material someone found forgotten in the basement (so limited by definition).

So every manufacturer has a new & special, one-time-only limited edition every 6 months, now getting to be 4 months.

I like it because it's like a No. 12 bus: if you miss this one, there will soon be another one. If you are lucky someone will apply gold paint to the steel hubcap center, then you can ride on a No. 12 Fusion.

Edited June 3, 2015 by FriendAmos

June 8, 2015

Hi Ryan,

Congratulations on your purchases. That is some haul of nice pens! You have also found a great supplier.

Lots of manufacturers are making limited editions now. You just need to decide what you want to collect.

I once collected modern coins. Soon there was commemorative editions for everything. The lines were blurred between what were coins and what were tokens! Many releases had less relevance to me and my motivation for collecting was lost.

I don't collect pens as an investment. This is my passion and hobby. I don't intend to sell unless I make a bad purchase.