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ASTORIA: No. 1 Octagonal 14K Solid Gold Checkerboard Safety Fountain Pen, c.1920s

16 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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ASTORIA: No. 1 Octagonal 14K Solid Gold Checkerboard Safety Fountain Pen, c.1920s

No. 1 safety pen, hallmarked 585 (14K solid gold) on clip, octagonal barrel, checkerboard pattern, Astoria "racing flag" captop emblem, 14K gold Astoria nib, heart vent, wonderfully flexible and a brilliant writer. Very good condition. Rare.

Jens Rösler comments:
"A fantastic pen, equal in quality to a fine Montblanc. The company's extreme dedication to quality, similar to the Montblanc ethos, is why I like Astoria pens."

Provenance: From the Jens Rösler Montblanc Collection.

-Wallrafen, Stefan & Jens Rösler. Collectible Stars I: Montblanc 1908-1947. [Cologne: 2014], pp. 142. The present lot is the actual example pictured in the book.

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