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This seller looks fishy to me.

 

There was a time when Regina Martini sold Imperos on Ebay for about $300 each (that's where I got mine). Now this seller wants to max the money out of this sale. He or she also clearly misrepresents the facts when he states that the Impero was made in a limited run of only 98 pens.

Plus, you don't get to see if this pen bears the original engraved HT nib or one of the later gold nibs.

 

Tibaldi Impero auction

 

I know that these pens are the hardest to find among the three popular Tibaldis (Iride, Modello 60, Impero). There were other Tibaldis that are almost impossible to find (Modello 60 in another color different from the ubiquitous blue-white, then a green Tibaldi with rounded edges etc...)

Nonetheless, the price is steep, to say the least.

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I guess they're phobic about collecting Florida sales tax too. Didn't look, but they must be down state. Up here it's only 7 1/2%

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Okay one thing on here that bugs me is the shipping weight 10 POUNDS! What is the pen incased in, lead? A marble box? I mean I can not see the packaging being 10 POUNDS.

 

Anyone have this pen and can verify the weight of the packaging, I am quite curious about this now.

 

Cheers.

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Okay one thing on here that bugs me is the shipping weight 10 POUNDS! What is the pen incased in, lead? A marble box? I mean I can not see the packaging being 10 POUNDS.

 

Anyone have this pen and can verify the weight of the packaging, I am quite curious about this now.

 

Cheers.

 

The weight is probably another attempt to puff up their profit margin. I really dislike people with 'handling fees' that end up being 10 times the actual shipping cost.

 

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Okay one thing on here that bugs me is the shipping weight 10 POUNDS! What is the pen incased in, lead? A marble box? I mean I can not see the packaging being 10 POUNDS.

 

Anyone have this pen and can verify the weight of the packaging, I am quite curious about this now.

 

Cheers.

 

It does come with a heavy wooden box but I don't think that box weighs 10 pounds.

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brandons NOS (New Old Stock)

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Just because the guy has a starting bid a couple hundred to high,misrepresented the pen,didn't give decent pics, and over charges for shipping doesnt mean he's a bad guy. :ltcapd:

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That box is heavy. It is a drawer box made of maple wood, containing a bottle of ink, too. The drawer has a division for seven pens in its lower compartment. The first runs of the Imperos came also with a book. So the weight is not completely misrepresented. I don't have a scale or the book, but a weight of at least six pounds or more is possible.

 

Also, the original name of the (second) Tibaldi Impero which was made in 1998 is "Impero 36-98", to comemorate the first model of the same name from 1936. Maybe this made the seller to believe the false number of models made.

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That box is heavy. It is a drawer box made of maple wood, containing a bottle of ink, too. The drawer has a division for seven pens. The first runs of the Imperos came also with a book. So the weight is not completely misrepresented. I don't have a scale or the book, but a weight of at least six puonds or more is possible.

 

Thanks Saintsimon. That was what I was looking for, information. I have a solid mahogany chest, with drawer, that holds 20 plus pens and even with the pens it is less than five pounds. But with a book and ink I could see it pushing 6 maybe 7, so I guess the other 3 could be packing material. Still seems a bit excessive, maybe he was guessing.

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Here's a scannned excerpt from the booklet that came with my unengraved, numberless, but white nibbed Impero.

 

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3149/imperobooklet1gb7.jpg

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Pens Plus is Allen Gross, a long standing member of the collecting community. His pricing is premium and he focuses on modern pens. He just made a mistake on the Tibaldi history is all.

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No bids on it with about 3 hours to go. It must be that incredibly tempting low start no reserve amount :yikes:

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Pens Plus is Allen Gross, a long standing member of the collecting community. His pricing is premium and he focuses on modern pens. He just made a mistake on the Tibaldi history is all.

 

I've gotten a few good heavily discounted pens from Allan over the years, but this Impero is extremely overpriced even if it has the full barrel imprint and rhodium-plated nib. On his website he has the pen listed for sale at $2000!

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The only other Impero on eBay is even more, $795. If they're the same; I don't know the subtleties. I have had the pleasure of selling a few Tibaldis on consignment on eBay and they are indeed beautiful pens. And the boxes are heavy, though like others, can't say if they're ten pounds.

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No bids on it with about 3 hours to go. It must be that incredibly tempting low start no reserve amount :yikes:

 

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