PenComps

PenComps

Fountain pens — the price guide

132 tracked models, 6,013 completed eBay sales in the trailing 90 days. Every median is an outlier-trimmed sold price — click through for the latest comps behind it.

Grail & limited editions

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
Montblanc Lorenzo de Medici 1992 — Patron of Art $4,390 4 $2,200–$4,508
Montblanc William Shakespeare — Writers Edition $4,182 1 $4,182–$4,182
Montblanc Leo Tolstoy — Writers Edition $2,350 2 $2,300–$2,400
Montblanc Hemingway 1992 — Writers Edition $2,023 8 $500–$3,795
Montblanc Marcel Proust 1999 — Writers Edition $1,975 2 $1,700–$2,250
Montblanc Agatha Christie 1993 — Writers Edition $1,768 15 $1,200–$2,950
Montblanc Prince Regent — Patron of Art $1,700 1 $1,700–$1,700
Montblanc Franz Kafka — Writers Edition $1,658 2 $1,515–$1,800
Montblanc Edgar Allan Poe 1998 — Writers Edition $1,500 5 $995–$1,995
Montblanc Mark Twain — Writers Edition $1,495 1 $1,495–$1,495
Montblanc Alexandre Dumas 1996 — Writers Edition $1,299 3 $948–$1,299
Montblanc 136 — Vintage celluloid $1,295 1 $1,295–$1,295
Montblanc Jules Verne — Writers Edition $1,025 1 $1,025–$1,025
Montblanc Fyodor Dostoevsky 1997 — Writers Edition $1,020 3 $1,000–$1,199
Montblanc Oscar Wilde 1994 — Writers Edition $743 9 $480–$900
Montblanc Rouge et Noir — Heritage $641 8 $257–$1,499
Montblanc Boheme $574 30 $160–$1,200
Montblanc Voltaire 1995 — Writers Edition $537 1 $537–$537
Montblanc 149 — Meisterstuck $500 199 $150–$1,025
Montblanc 146 — Meisterstuck $325 156 $100–$800
Montblanc 145 Classique — Meisterstuck $214 59 $61–$520
Montblanc 144 — Meisterstuck $180 84 $65–$369
Montblanc 134 — Vintage celluloid — rarely traded —
Montblanc 138 — Vintage celluloid — rarely traded —
Montblanc 139 — Vintage celluloid — rarely traded —

Modern core collectibles

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
Pelikan M1000 — Souveran $673 24 $379–$1,390
Pelikan M805 — Souveran $500 20 $379–$700
Pelikan M800 — Souveran $474 81 $175–$910
Pelikan M101N — Special Edition $365 9 $175–$599
Pelikan M600 — Souveran $350 41 $175–$675
Pelikan M400 — Souveran $309 47 $99–$499
Montblanc StarWalker $295 42 $129–$639
Pelikan 400NN — Vintage $282 2 $240–$325
Pelikan 100 — Vintage $279 3 $250–$495
Pelikan 100N — Vintage $278 6 $152–$412
Pelikan 400 tortoise — Vintage $270 1 $270–$270
Esterbrook Estie $201 164 $90–$500
Pelikan M205 $152 53 $72–$249
Diplomat Aero $150 22 $87–$295
Cross Townsend $149 66 $40–$340
Pelikan M200 — Classic $129 111 $46–$219
Parker Sonnet $95 88 $35–$335
Lamy Studio $79 38 $45–$119
Waterman Expert $77 64 $31–$200
TWSBI 580 — Diamond $70 26 $50–$102
Waterman Hemisphere $57 35 $30–$139
Cross Century II — Century $57 43 $26–$130
Kaweco Sport $50 219 $16–$160
TWSBI Eco $40 125 $23–$80
Lamy Al-Star $38 64 $20–$65
Lamy Safari $25 218 $15–$59

Japanese makers

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
Nakaya Dorsal Fin — Handmade $3,250 1 $3,250–$3,250
Nakaya Piccolo — Handmade $3,000 1 $3,000–$3,000
Namiki Yukari $2,399 15 $999–$4,250
Namiki Emperor $1,950 5 $1,650–$2,500
Namiki Yukari Royale $1,800 3 $1,085–$1,900
Nakaya Neo Standard — Handmade $1,638 4 $500–$1,900
Namiki maki-e general — Maki-e $999 27 $319–$4,250
Sailor KOP — King of Pen $898 15 $685–$1,525
Pilot Urushi — Custom $884 48 $404–$1,450
Nakaya Portable — Handmade $850 1 $850–$850
Pilot 845 — Custom $700 3 $534–$800
Platinum Izumo $619 10 $545–$670
Sailor 1911 Large — 1911 $368 19 $200–$560
Platinum maki-e general — Maki-e $329 12 $300–$370
Pilot 823 — Custom $290 32 $218–$370
Platinum President $250 5 $130–$378
Sailor Pro Gear $239 95 $100–$450
Platinum Century — 3776 $219 139 $90–$480
Pilot 912 — Custom $212 15 $153–$349
Pilot Falcon $200 35 $120–$295
Sailor Pro Gear Slim — Pro Gear $200 39 $100–$340
Sailor 1911 Standard — 1911 $171 15 $120–$250
Pilot Vanishing Point $150 181 $76–$279
Pilot 74 — Custom $139 55 $70–$265
Pilot Metropolitan $25 48 $16–$42

Italian makers

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
OMAS Arco — Arte Italiana $1,013 6 $450–$2,650
Visconti Homo Sapiens $850 34 $400–$1,295
OMAS Paragon $750 21 $275–$1,599
Visconti Opera Master — Opera $700 3 $600–$800
Visconti Divina $618 6 $455–$840
OMAS 360 $520 8 $200–$1,450
Montegrappa Extra 1930 — Extra $499 3 $420–$800
Aurora Optima $449 38 $203–$667
Aurora 88 $423 39 $84–$950
OMAS Milord $407 2 $195–$620
Delta Dolcevita $399 13 $208–$695
Visconti Van Gogh $206 26 $95–$429
Leonardo Momento Zero $194 53 $120–$300
Pineider Avatar $123 18 $95–$250
Aurora Ipsilon $100 25 $60–$160

American & English vintage

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
Waterman Edson — Modern $910 11 $239–$1,620
Waterman Patrician — Vintage $557 8 $331–$1,825
Parker Centennial — Duofold modern $435 58 $149–$995
Sheaffer Legacy $400 70 $140–$679
Onoto $388 6 $80–$949
Parker Maxima — Vacumatic $335 11 $171–$465
Wahl-Eversharp Decoband — Vintage $258 4 $208–$650
Parker International — Duofold modern $244 33 $89–$521
Wahl-Eversharp Doric — Vintage $230 48 $123–$750
Waterman Carene — Modern $225 52 $128–$439
Sheaffer PFM $207 47 $50–$355
Parker Senior Big Red — Duofold vintage $179 57 $104–$417
Sheaffer Oversize — Balance $178 30 $69–$350
Waterman Hundred Year — Vintage $153 5 $150–$250
Waterman 52 — Vintage $150 105 $64–$351
Parker Cisele — 75 $125 37 $75–$225
Montblanc Noblesse $125 47 $80–$265
Mabie Todd Swan $121 61 $44–$401
Sheaffer Crest $101 26 $51–$250
Conklin Crescent $100 58 $50–$260
Sheaffer Targa $99 7 $53–$200
Parker Major — Vacumatic $93 70 $55–$199
Sheaffer Balance $85 193 $40–$250
Parker Vacumatic — 51 $83 45 $50–$190
Sheaffer Snorkel $75 150 $31–$206
Parker Aerometric — 51 $75 129 $40–$213
Sheaffer Valiant $70 24 $50–$191
Wahl-Eversharp Skyline — Vintage $70 196 $30–$203
Parker 61 $69 52 $40–$179
Sheaffer Imperial $60 144 $20–$200
Sheaffer Touchdown $59 98 $25–$132
Esterbrook SJ $40 69 $21–$69
Esterbrook J $38 172 $21–$79
Parker 45 $35 176 $20–$82

Cult favorites

Model Median (90d solds) Sold / 90d Range
Conid Kingsize — Bulkfiller $1,000 1 $1,000–$1,000
Caran d'Ache Leman $630 13 $300–$985
Graf von Faber-Castell Classic $417 18 $183–$950
S.T. Dupont Olympio — Line $294 94 $118–$1,500
Rotring 600 $275 47 $47–$485
Lamy 2000 $175 52 $100–$250
Conway Stewart — Vintage+modern $124 164 $80–$429
Vintage and limited-edition models only — we deliberately skip $20–80 daily writers, where sold prices cluster tightly and a guide adds little. More categories are coming; the catalog grows where the collector market actually trades.