Pens For Sale

The following pens are for sale. The condition of the pens are described generally and I'll be happy to respond to any specific questions you might have. My photography skills leave a lot to be desired, so my apologies for the less than satisfactory pictures. Unless otherwise noted, all pens have their inner and outer boxes, but I cannot claim that the outer boxes are in excellent shape - I moved a few times.   

If you are interested, please email me.

All prices are in US$. I have not included shipping costs since these will depend on the actual cost of shipping by the method chosen by the buyer.

Payment can be by PayPal or bank draft.

Just in case it is needed: FP-Fountain Pen, BP-Ballpoint, MP-Mechanical pencil.

Michelangelo Grande

Versailles Opera Club Copernicus Kaleido

Giacomo Leopardi

Wall Street

Homo Sapiens

Erotic Rollerball

Calligraphy

Travel Inkwell

 

 

Michalengelo Grande

A very nice limited edition pen with a very low number (2 of 1475). Is has a Medium 18K two-tone rhodium-plated gold nib. It has Visconti's power filling mechanism. Very clean and fully operational.

Price: $1100

Versailles

This is a 1999 Limited Edition release of 365 pens. This pen is mint, never inked or dipped and has the last number in the series: 365. Beautiful silver clip and overlay. When I took the pictures, I left the patina on, but it can be buffed (either I or you can do it). Comes in a beautiful wooden box, and I have the outer box as well.

The pen has an 18kt medium nib. If you know Visconti nibs, you know that these are very smooth writers.

I have only seen one on sale right now and it is on ebay listed for $2,500. I am listing this much lower. I am open to offers, but only reasonable ones.

Price: $1,250

Opera Club

This is the older style Opera known as the Opera Club (circa early 2000s). These have semi-flexible 14 kt nibs rather than the 23kt Palladium nibs in more recent Operas. This one comes with a typically smooth medium nib. It is a very elegant pen; understated and professional looking. The filling system is cartridge converter. It has never been used, and comes with all the boxes, including the external sleeve. The ball point takes the usual Parker-style refill; it is twist mechanism. The pens have the My Pen System, so your dealer can replace the Visconti jewels with your initials. I have seen only a few of these and the FPs go in the $425-525 range.

FP: $400; BP: $175

Copernicus

This series was released in 1996 in three colours, each limited to 999 pens. The bodies of are celluloid and they have crescent filling system. I have the green and the blue ones for sale. The green comes with vermiel and the blue with silver clip and band. The silver has two brassing spots (very small) towards the bottom end of the clip where it turns up. Both are medium nibs. Green is No. 270 and Blue is No. 12.

Blue: $425; Green: $375

Kaleido

Kaleido series was started in late 1990s and ran for a few years. I have the following that I had purchased in 1998/1999 in Italy. These were never used. All come with 18kt Medium nibs.

  • Honey set FP+BP. This one does not have the outer cardboard box.
  • Black with silver swirls FP.
  • Green BP only; sticker is on.

Honey set: $500; Black: $350; Green:$175

Giacomo Leopardi

Released in 1998 to commemorate the bi-centennary of Giacomo Leopardi's birth. The pen has 925 silver engraving atop black ebonite body. It is a limited edition of 2000 pens and this one is numbered 453 (the number is on the body). The decorations on teh body is 19th style and Leopardi's poem "The Infinite" is etched in full on the barrel. THe nib is 14kt rhodium plated Medium. This is a small pen of length 4-13/16" and can accept the common short international cartridges. This is new old stock, never used. The pictures below are not the best but there are much better ones on the internet.

Price: $425 CDN

Wall Street

This pen was released in 2003 (and purchased the same year). It has 18kt Medium nib. It is stacked celluloid to create the visual effect. It is part of Visconti’s “Squaring the circle” collection. The trim is silver. Never used and the FP has its original sticker (see the group picture at top).

FP: $550 SOLD; BP: $225;

Homo Sapiens

This is the original Homo Sapiens that was released in 2000s in regular size (not oversize), so easy on the hand as it is not as heavy as the oversize version. It is different froms subsequent releases in that it does not have a rose gold nib, but a white gold nib (in medium). I believe the ring inscription on the body is different as well. These are very hard to find now.

FP: $600 SOLD; BP: $300

Erotic Art Rollerball

The Erotic Art pen was released in 1998. The set included both the FP that came with traveling inkwell and a rollerball. I am selling the rollerball. Although I photographed the pen in a box, the box is for the FP. Right now, the RB is without a box unless I can find it.

Price: 270

Calligrapy Set

This calligraphy set is based on the Rembrandt fountain pen and was released in 2010s. Some of these sets were released with two fountain pen nibs (usually one being an italic) and other sets were released with a fountain pen nib and an ink roller tip. This one is the latter. The fountain pen has a steel nib (that is what Rembrandt's are). The pen has resin body and magnetic snap off cap.

Price: $175

Travel Inkwell (SOLD)

Not much to say about this. It is the original Visconti travel inkwell

Price: $50 SOLD