World Top 10 Most Expensive Pens

World Top Ten Most Costly Pens

1. Aurora Diamante fountain pen



Price: $1,470,600

The Aurora Diamante is the most expensive writing instrument till date. Only one is for sale per year. The Aurora Diamante contains over 30 carats of De Beerss diamonds on a solid platinum barrel. It has a two-tone, rhodium-treated, 18KT solid gold nib and is personalized with a coat of arms, signature or portrait. Aurora Pens says it is the only over 30 carat pen in the world.


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2. Mystery Masterpiece Mont Blanc and Van Cleef & Arpels Limited Edition


Price: $730,000

To commemorate the centenary of these two renowned brands, Montblanc and Van Cleef & Arpels have collaborated on this fine, limited editions Mystery Masterpiece. Three individual editions, each set with either rubies, sapphires, or emeralds, will be crafted. Using the Mystery Setting technique for the gemstones, these intricate writing instruments are set to stun with their extravagant design, and equally-extravagant price: at US$730,000 each, they are truly a fitting homage to a century of each brands respective history.


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3. La Modernista Diamonds Caran dAche



Price: $265,000

La Modernista Diamonds was made by the Swiss company Caran dAche in 1999 in homage to Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), the most famous of Modernist architects. This amazing fountain pen was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000, becoming the most expensive pen in GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS in 2001. 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 Wessel ton 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.


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4. Omas Phoenix Platinum Fountain Pen Luxury Limited Edition with Diamonds



Price: $60,000

With overwhelming price tag of $60,000, this truncated cone shaped pen is a true embodiment of fact and fancy. Made with 950 platinum and yellow Enamel, with considerable length and diameter, 18K gold rhodiated engraving nib.


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5.Visconti Ripple H.R.H. Fountain Pen



Price: $ 57,000


One of the most remarkable Visconti pens is Ripple H.R.H. Limited Edition fountain pen. Made of 18K white gold and diamonds and with two-tone 18K gold nib, it costs $57,000.00. It has double reservoir filling system and is sold in two variations white gold and black.


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6.Visconti Alchemy H.R.H. Fountain Pens



Price: $ 57,000


The beautifully handcrafted Alchemy HRH by Visconti is part of the HRH collection of handmade fountain pens and roller ball pens from this fine pen maker. This luxury pen, unlike other fountain pens, has two nibs, two ink reservoirs and is trimmed with two different metals exquisite gold and silver vermeil. Both nibs are of the best 18K gold and come in different sizes to suit every writing style. Even those used to writing with roller ball pens will love using the Alchemy.
The body is made from a classic, rich, red resin and the gold and silver trim is decorated with expensive 4K diamonds and rubies. One cap has gold trim, the other silver, and these trims interlace to create a cosmic map with alchemic symbols stunning!


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7. Visconti The Forbidden City H.R.H. Fountain Pen


Price: $50,500.00


The Visconti brand is known for best quality, style and creativity. This distinguished Visconti pen is the Forbidden City H.R.H. 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 $50,500.00.


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8. MARTE Omas Fountain Pen



Price: $43,000

Omas Fountain Pen MARTE is part of the Viaggi dellUomo, Travel of Man, Masterpieces collection of custom design fountain pens, roller ball pens and pen sets. The Marte (Italian for Mars) is actually a map of Mars made from classic rose gold to represent the pink-red hue of the planet. Deserts, mountains and craters all feature on the barrel of this pen and four rubies mark the landing points of the Russian and American probes. The cap is encrusted with 2K of small diamonds reminiscent of the polar ice caps and the clip details astronomer Tycho Brahes Mural Quadrant. Even the rose gold nib is engraved with a representation of the Greek God Mars! There are just 30 of these fountain pens in circulation, so they are perfect for the pen collector to add to his expensive pen collections, or for the executive who enjoys writing with designer pens.


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9. Gaia High Luxury Omas Fountain Pens



Price: $43,000

Gaia high Luxury fountain pens and roller ball pens by Omas are a glimpse into the dark and deep recesses of the earth. The impenetrable inner core of the earth has inspired wonder, curiosity and interest in man since creation. A miscellany of precious materials such as the white and yellow 18K gold, the Onyx, the Crystal rock, the hematite and the vegetal resin has been utilized into the making of this mystic model by Omas.

Gaia High Luxury fountain pens and roller ball pens are a presentation in the celebration of Jules Vernes futuristic vision of the world. It also commemorates the one hundredth death anniversary. Depicting geographical wonders of the world, the pen absolutely differs from pens that reflect the classic essence of history. The dark grey colour of the metal that it is made of, symbolizes the trip to the dark interior of the earth. The body of the pen from top to toe features the engraved images of gigantic spiders, carnivorous plants, and water beasts. The blend of fear and wonder in the engraving of these horrors makes this particular model different from a range of pen collections.


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10. CREW 60TH White Gold Tebaldi fountain pens


Price: $43,000

TIBALDI Pens CREW 60TH are a landmark in pen making history with Bentley, the automobile giant creating its own handcrafted pen sets in association with the worlds best Italian luxury designer pen maker, Tebaldi.

These expensive Tebaldi for Bentley pens have a two-tone 18-carat yellow gold nib covered in rhodium and ruthenium. The pens barrel has the fine finish identical to Bentleys dashboard. This finish was first used in Bentleys earliest car with a technique called engine tuning. The pens cap and upper and lower barrel parts are knurled for a good grip while writing for the executive. You can see the level of ink through the transparent window of the Tebaldi for Bentley pens. A handmade tie shaped clip on the pen marks Tebaldis signature.

The Tebaldi for Bentley Crewe 60th white gold fountain pen collection is a limited edition of 40 solid white gold fountain pens

Mukesh Ambani $1.8 billion Antilla House Mumbai

Mukesh Ambani, an Indian billionaire, is moving into the largest, most expensive house in the world, built to his specifications. The $1.8 billion, 398,000 square foot tower, dubbed “Antilla” by its ostentatious owner, rises 567 feet above the Mumbai slums. The Ambani house is being derided for claiming it’s an environmentally friendly building and as a symbol of the growing divide between the minority of haves and the majority of have-nots in India.





Inside the Ambani house


Ambani is India’s richest person and number four on the Forbes list of world’s richest. Antilla has been billed the most expensive residential property in the world. It took more than seven years to build. Ambani’s wife, mother and three kids will be served by a staff of 600 in what Inhabitat calls an example of “excessive consumption, extreme wastefulness, and unsustainable living.” Antilla houses a health club with a gym and dance studio, a swimming pool, a ballroom, guestrooms, numerous lounges and a 50-seat movie theater. Three helicopter pads fit on the roof. A 160-car parking garage takes up several ground floors. Each floor has ceilings more than twice as high as considered normal, making the 27-story structure as high as a 60-story building.





Ambani's highly expensive building that was estimated 60-storeyed home is situated in one of the posh street- Altamount Road. Its cost was fixed approximately two billion US dollars and four thousands crores Indian rupees. The height of the Mumbai skyscraper will suppose to be 173 meter.



The building is planned to build with very gorgeous designs as like as maharaja's palace. It was designed by Chicago's eminent skilled designer Perkins and Will.



If anybody ask why Mukesh Ambani's house is so important to talk about, the answer is very easy that it is exceptional in terms of its diverse facilities. The special features of the building can mention here are, for instance, helipads, three rooftop landing areas, family residence of four floors with eye catching scenery of the Arabian Sea, apartments for guests hospitality, swimming pool, gym, health centre, garden, balconies, foliage floors, entertainment centre called theater reserved for cinema watching, car parking extra rooms that made it expensive and extraordinary as well.






Sustainable architecture questioned




Ambani’s attempts at sustainable architecture consisted of using Indian companies, contractors, craftsmen and materials firms, according to a Forbes Antilla profile. The building’s “green” attributes include trees growing inside and hanging gardens on the exterior called “living walls.” Sarah Rich at Inhabitat said that in Mumbai, a city of 13 million people, claims that Antilla is a green building are a deceptive facade. Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations. Rich writes that sustainability is about humanity as much as greenery. Living walls don’t translate to environmental integrity.





Ambani’s Antilla backlash


Ambani will throw a housewarming party on Oct. 28. The Australian reports that guests arriving from around the world will pass through miles of Mumbai slums to reach Ambani’s Antilla. Critics are saying that even maharajas of centuries past showed more restraint than Ambani. Antilla is a glaring reminder that India’s economic renaissance is heaping more on a small number of filthy rich “Bollygarchs,” while 800 million Indians live on about $1.60 a day.




What makes Antilla so expensive?



Though the building is designed to build 60 more stories, it will actually stand just 27 stories only as there would be considerably space between the floors. Each of the floors will be higher than the usual average of about three meters.





Parking and maintenance




For keeping the vehicles in well organized inside the house, at least six more floors are reserved for parking where two are booked for personal use of Ambani's family. Besides, an in-house car servicing centre is installed in fact that is allocated for the seventh floor.

A TRIBUTE - Thank God For The TATAs. By Lakshmi Mittal

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Lakshmi Mittal the owner of the largest Steel Corporation in the world Arcelor-Mittal and the richest man in Britain has written a gem of a piece about a rival Steel Company. It is indeed an eye opener.

As Lakshmi Mittal says, "...we have more to be proud off than what the Infosys and Wipros of India provide ..."


A TRIBUTE - Thank God For The TATAs.
- By Lakshmi Mittal

"I visited Jamshedpur over the weekend to see for myself an India that is fast disappearing despite all the wolf-cries of people like Narayanamurthy and his ilk.

It is one thing to talk and quite another to do and I am delighted to tell you that Ratan Tata has kept alive the legacy of perhaps India 's finest industrialist J.N. Tata.

Something that some people doubted when Ratan took over the House of the Tata's but in hindsight, the best thing to have happened to the Tata's is unquestionably Ratan.

I was amazed to see the extent of corporate philanthropy and this is no exaggeration.

For the breed that talks about corporate social responsibility and talks about the role of corporate India , a visit to Jamshedpur is a must.

Go there and see the amount of money they pump into keeping the town going; see the smiling faces of workers in a region known for industrial unrest; see the standard of living in a city that is almost isolated from the mess in the rest of the country. This is not meant to be a puff piece. I have nothing to do with Tata Steel, but I strongly believe the message of hope and the message of goodness that they are spreading is worth sharing. The fact that you do have companies in India which look at workers as human beings and who do not blow their software trumpet of having changed lives. In fact, I asked Mr. Muthuraman, the managing director, as to why he was so quiet about all they had done and all he could offer in return was a smile wrapped in humility, which said it all.

They have done so much more since I last visited Jamshedpur , which was in 1992. The town has obviously got busier but the values thankfully haven't changed. The food is still as amazing as it always was and I gorged, as I would normally do. I visited the plant and the last time I did that was with Russi Mody. But the plant this time was gleaming and far from what it used to be. Greener and cleaner and a tribute to environment management.

You could have been in the mountains. Such was the quality of air I inhaled! There was no belching smoke, no tired faces and so many more women workers, even on the shop floor. This is true gender equality and not the kind that is often espoused at seminars organized by angry activists. I met so many old friends. Most of them have aged but not grown old. There was a spring in the air which came from a certain calmness which has always been the hallmark of Jamshedpur and something I savored for a full two days in between receiving messages of how boring and decrepit the lack luster Fashion Week was.

Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tat a had created an edifice that is today a robust company and it is not about profits and about valuation. It is not about who becomes a millionaire and who doesn't'. It is about getting the job done with dignity and respect keeping the age-old values intact and this is what I learnt.

I jokingly asked someone as to whether they ever thought of joining an Infosys or a Wipro and pat came the reply: "We are not interested in becoming crorepatis but in making others crorepatis." Which is exactly what the Tata's have done for years in and around Jamshedpur . Very few people know that Jamshedpur has been selected as a UN Global Compact City, edging out the other nominee from India , Bangalore . Selected because of the quality of life, because of the conditions of sanitation and roads and welfare. If this is not a tribute to industrial India , then what is?

Today, Indian needs several Jamshedpur ’s but it also needs this Jamshedpur to be given its fair due, its recognition. I am tired of campus visits being publicizes to the Infosys and the Wipros of the world. Modern India is being built in Jamshedpur as we speak. An India built on the strength of core convictions and nothing was more
apparent about that than the experiment with truth and reality that Tata Steel is conducting at Pipla.

Forty-eight tribal girls (yes, tribal girls who these corrupt and evil politicians only talk about but do nothing for) are being educated through a residential program over nine months. I went to visit them and I spoke to them in a language that they have just learnt: Bengali. Eight weeks ago, they could only speak in Sainthali, their local dialect. But today, they are brimming with a confidence that will bring tears to your eyes. It did to mine. One of them has just been selected to represent Jharkand in the state archery competition. They have their own women's football team and what's more they are now fond of education. It is a passion and not a burden.

This was possible because I guess people like Ratan Tata and Muthuraman haven't sold their souls to some business management drivel, which tells us that we must only do business and nothing else. The fact that not one Tata executive has been touched by the Naxalites in that area talks about the social respect that the Tata's have earned.

The Tata's do not need this piece to be praised and lauded. My intent is to share the larger picture that we so often miss in the haze of the slime and sleaze that politics imparts. My submissions to those who use phrases such as "feel-good" and "India Shining" must first visit Jamshedpur to understand what it all means. See Tata Steel in action to know what companies can do if they wish to. And what corporate India needs to do. Murli Manohar Joshi would be better off seeing what Tata Steel has done by creating the Xavier Institute of Tribal Education rather than by proffering excuses for the imbroglio in the IIMs.

This is where the Advanis and Vajpayees need to pay homage. Not to all the Sai Babas and the Hugging saints that they are so busy with. India is changing inspite of them and they need to realize that. I couldn't have spent a more humane and wonderful weekend. Jamshedpur is an eye-opener and a role model, which should be made mandatory for replication. I saw corporate India actually participate in basic nation-building, for when these tribal girls go back to their villages, they will return with knowledge that will truly be life-altering.

Corporate India can do it but most of the time is willing to shy away. For those corporate leaders who are happier winning awards and being interviewed on their choice of clothes, my advice is visit Tata Steel, spend some days at Jamshedpur and see a nation's transformation on. That is true service.

Tata Steel celebrated 100 years of existence in 2007. It won't be just a milestone in this company's history. It will be a milestone, to my mind of corporate transparency and generosity in this country. It is indeed fitting that Ratan Tata today heads a group that has people who are committed to nation building than just building influence and power.

JRD must be smiling wherever he is. And so must Jamshedji Nusserwanji. These people today have literally climbed every last blue mountain. And continue to do so with vigour and passion.

Thank God For The TATAs!"

- Lakshmi Niwas Mittal