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Is This Gold Trim / Burgundy Ballpoint/rollerball Real?


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I found this one for a suspiciously good price... it looks like a Burgundy Cruise Collection but the trim is gold, none of the Cruise Collection have gold trim.

 

And yet... here's what looks like a genuine (but vintage) Montblanc burgundy with gold trim that has a similar shape:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EUC-BOX-Montblanc-Classic-Burgundy-Bordeaux-Gold-Ballpoint-Pen-VINTAGE-RARE-/172121724109

 

 

So -- what are your thoughts. Is the 'mystery' pen real or fake?

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Your ballpoint pen is a real Montblanc Classic bordeaux ballpoint pen.

The one you linked on eBay is a Montblanc Generation bordeaux ballpoint pen.

Both have nothing to do with the Montblanc Cruise Collection (what a silly term of Montblanc)

Axel

Montblanc collector since 1968. Former owner of the Montblanc Boutique Bremen, retired 2007 and sold it.
Collecting Montblanc safeties, eyedroppers, lever fillers, button fillers, compressors - all from 1908 - 1929,
Montblanc ephemera and paraphernalia from 1908 to 1929,
Montblanc Meisterstück from 1924 up to the 50s,
Montblanc special and limited editions from 1991 to 2006
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Your ballpoint pen is a real Montblanc Classic bordeaux ballpoint pen.

The one you linked on eBay is a Montblanc Generation bordeaux ballpoint pen.

Both have nothing to do with the Montblanc Cruise Collection (what a silly term of Montblanc)

Thanks!

 

One more question. I just realized my Montblanc Classic is missing the lever which extends and retracts the refill.

 

The previous user tried to rectify this by adding a section of spring as a 'spacer' so the refill tip would stay out for writing.

 

Are replacement levers available anywhere?

 

(Also, moderators, I just realized this thread might have been better placed in the "it writes, but is not a fountain pen" forum, feel free to move it.)

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