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Old 20 August 2010, 08:37 PM   #1
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Luxury Pen Auction - expected to raise $650,000

Thought some of you may be "in the market" for a new pen

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Old 20 August 2010, 08:51 PM   #2
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You mean this one?
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publi...&iSaleNo=18505

Yeah, 22% buyers premium, over $150 to send a pen from US to AU, plus it took like 10 days after auction to finalise shipping. Done it once, not again mate.

BTW, the black widow sold for US$20k, a bit lower than the $24k the article indicated.
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Old 20 August 2010, 08:55 PM   #3
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Wow, that really bumps up the cost of a bargain. Thanks for the heads-up on the "gotchas"
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Old 20 August 2010, 09:05 PM   #4
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Well, I've been watching their auctions for the past couples of years. For Montblancs, the Writers' edition pens usually sell very well - like 10-15% higher than one would get in ebay.
For Patron of Arts pens, they are more expensive and sometimes the pens go cheaper than ebay or other boards' sales. The skeletons usually have healthy competitions and they do usually achieve target pricing range.
For the normal production pens, they usually go cheap.
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Old 20 August 2010, 09:08 PM   #5
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I have a nice Sailor Maki-e


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Old 20 August 2010, 09:54 PM   #6
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That's a very lovely maki pen Carl!
Thanks for showing!
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Old 20 August 2010, 10:56 PM   #7
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Carl, what a beautiful pen you have...do you use it much???
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Sweet pen! Love the look, thanks for sharing.
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Old 20 August 2010, 11:07 PM   #9
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That's a very lovely maki pen Carl!
Thanks for showing!
Thank you for your kind words!

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Carl, what a beautiful pen you have...do you use it much???
Thanks! It has never been used, sadly. I recieved it as a gift from my grandfather this last Christmas. He was a general for the Swedish Olympic committee and recieved this pen as a gift from the Japanese committee. I will ask him to write down the story and keep with the pen!

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