| Pens have always symbolised a certain class in the | | | | without appearing like it has been supported. The |
| upper socialites. There are many types of designer | | | | designer pen can be studded with rubies, emerald or |
| pens which come with ornate outer covering. The | | | | sapphires along with diamonds. This masterpiece took |
| techniques used in the reservoir ink pens are | | | | about a year and a half to be created by skilled |
| advanced involving capillary techniques and cartridges | | | | craftsmen. |
| built in the pen. The best of craftsmen are involved in | | | | Another expensive pen is the La Modernista |
| designing the pen. | | | | Diamonds, it was designed by Caran d’Ache in |
| The most expensive designer pen created cost | | | | the year 1999. It was sold in London and Harrods at |
| around £487,000 and was jointly created between | | | | a price of £177,164 and was deemed the most |
| Van Cleef & Arpels and Mont Blanc. It was | | | | expensive pen in the Guinness World Records in the |
| considered a masterpiece, each pen have around 840 | | | | year 2001. The designer pen was made of an 18 |
| diamonds and a lot more than 20 carats of | | | | carat rhodium-coated golden nib and was set with |
| gemstones. This is set in a Van Cleef and Arpels | | | | totally 5,072 Wesselton diamonds. It consists of 96 |
| patented "Mystery Setting" that covers up the stone | | | | rubies totalling up to 32 carats. It was made by |
| settings. On top of the culet a groove is made, the | | | | Robert Perron and it took him a total of 6 months to |
| bottom part of the stone is slid on top of the layers | | | | finish the piece. |
| of the lattice design so that the stone stays in place | | | | |