Montblanc Meisterstück Great Masters Red Python

[NoType]

amcityink, perhaps we should move further discussion of the 2021 Meisterstück Great Masters to the thread that deals specifically with that pen, entitled “Montblanc and Pirelli collaboration.”

[The Mustard]

On 8/27/2021 at 10:09 PM, NoType said:

The Mustard, you flatter me with your request, because my information is limited, but I will do my best to answer your question.  

 

As far as I know, Montblanc started a new collection of pens in 2010, named “Masters for Meisterstück.”

   2010  Meissen Black Special Edition Fountain Pen (106069, €1950|£ ?|$2521)

                                                                Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             Meissen White Special Edition Fountain Pen (106071, €1950|£ ?|$2521)

                                                                Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             Meissen Black Limited Edition Fountain Pen (106073, €15000|£ ?|$19389)

             Meissen White Limited Edition Fountain Pen (106074, €15000|£ ?|$19389)

   2012  L’Aubrac Special Edition (Grenadilla Wood) Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?) 

                                                                                     Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             L’Aubrac Artisan (Limited Edition 50 (Brazilian Wood) Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             L’Aubrac Atelier Privé (Limited Edition) 8 (Ebony Wood) Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

   2014  Moon Pearl* Fountain Pen (111693, € ?|£ ?|$2655)

                                   Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

   2016  Firenze Fountain Pen (111297, € ?|£ ?|$2535

                          Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

   * A Montblanc boutique manager relayed to me that halfway through production Montblanc stopped referring to the Moon Pearl pens as “Masters for Meisterstück” product because that moniker was reserved solely for pens that were created wholly or in part by a third party, a ‘master’ of a particular trade, while the Moon Pearl had always been created wholly ‘in-house’ by Montblanc.  Thus, the odd situation where the early Moon Pearl pens were labelled as “Montblanc Masters for Meisterstück Moon Pearl,” and the later as simply “Montblanc Meisterstück Moon Pearl.”  (I happen to possess one of the later, more simply named Moon Pearl fountain pens, and had asked this Montblanc boutique manager why only some Moon Pearl pens carried the name “Masters for Meisterstück.”)

 

To the best of my knowledge, in 2017 Montblanc then started a new collection of pens, “Meisterstück Great Masters.”  It has never been made clear to me if the intention were to rename the “Masters for Meisterstück” collection, or whether the “Meisterstück Great Masters” collection were regarded as separate, but the links between the two are made obvious by the 2017 installments of this new collection, which seem to be modified versions of the 2016 Firenze:

   2017  Exotic Leather Black Alligator Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?) 

                                                               Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             Exotic Leather Brown Alligator Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?) 

                                                                Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)   

   2018  James Purdey and Sons Special Edition Fountain Pen (118104, € ?|£ ?|$3240)

                                                                                 Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

             James Purdey and Sons Limited Edition 81 Fountain Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

   2019  Exotic Leather Red Python Fountain Pen (119695, € ?|£ ?|$3240)

                                                           Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

   2020  Exotic Leather Blue Alligator Fountain Pen (125571, € ?|£ ?|$3240)

                                                              Rollerball Pen (?, € ?|£ ?|$ ?)

 

One of the Montblanc Brand Ambassadors told me when I called her to enquire about specific details of the Python Leather pen’s python skin (which she couldn’t supply), that she had seen a Green Python Fountain Pen.  I have yet to find this green version of the Exotic Leather Python Fountain Pen.

 

As you can see from the above list, there are significant gaps in my knowledge, but I hope this helps.  

            

             

It does @NoType many thanks!