A Pen is Mightier Than Sword and today its costliest too.......
The history of pens dates back to 4,000 BC, when people used crude instruments for writing -- consisting of hollow straws or reeds that carried some liquid, says penscollection.com.
Here are world's 3 most expensive pens :
1. The Limited Edition Mystery Masterpiece
A joint creation between Mont blanc and Van Cleef & Arpels, this is the most expensive writing pen ever created. It costs $730,000!
Each pen has 840 diamonds and more than 20 carats of gemstones set in a Van Cleef & Arpels patented 'Mystery Setting' that conceals the stone settings. There are three variations of the pen, set either with rubies, sapphires or emeralds, and accented by diamonds. Artisans took over 18 months to create this pen.
2. La Modernista Diamond Pens
It was made by the Swiss company Caran d'Ache in 1999 as homage to architect Antonio Gaudi.
The fountain pen was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000.
La Modernista Diamonds is made of rhodium-coated solid silver components.
It boasts of an 18-carat rhodium-coated gold nib and is set with a total of 5,072 Wesselton diamonds weighing in at 20-carats, as well as and 96 rubies totalling 32-carats.
The pen was hand-made by master jeweler Robert Perron and it took him six months to complete this true masterpiece of writing instruments.
3. Ripple HRH Limited Edition Visconti fountain pen
Made of 18K white gold and diamonds and with two-tone 18K gold nib, it costs $57,000.
It has double reservoir filling system and is sold in two variations -- white gold and black. Another distinguished Visconti pen is the Forbidden City HRH Limited Edition fountain pen.
Made of black resin, 18K gold and diamonds and boasting of Power Filler innovative filling system invented by Visconti, it is sold for $42,200.
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