MONTEGRAPPA 2012 ALCHEMIST ELEMENTS FIRE STERLING SILVER FOUNTAIN PEN LIMITED EDITION OF 125 RETAILED AT $10,500

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MONTEGRAPPA 2012 ALCHEMIST LIMITED EDITION OF 125 FOUNTAIN PENS THE FIRE

FROM FOUR ELEMENTS SILVER COLLECTION

PEN LOOKS NEW NEVER USED. PEN ONLY. DEEPLY DISCOUNTED AS THE PACKAGING WAS LOST BY ORIGINAL OWNER. LIMITED EDITION NUMBER IS 040/125

 THE ALCHEMIST LIMITED EDITION WAS INSPIRED BY THE FAMOUS NOVEL “THE ALCHEMIST” WRITTEN BY PAULO COELHO. TO EMBODY ITS SPIRIT IN A PEN, THE ARTISANS OF MONTEGRAPPA HAVE FASHIONED A FORM THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MYRIAD SYMBOLS EMBEDDED IN THE STORY: THE SUN AND THE MOON, ACTUAL PIECES AND SYMBOLS OF THE METALS OF ALCHEMY, CARTOGRAPHER’S DRAWING COMPASS REPRESENTED BY THE CLIP.

 A DEEPLY SPIRITUAL MAN, COELHO ONCE MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN, WHICH INSPIRED *THE PILGRIMAGE* IN 1986. THE NEXT YEAR, HE WROTE *THE ALCHEMIST*,  HAS BEEN SOLD IN MORE THAN 65 MILLION COPIES, JOINING THE ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING BOOKS IN PUBLISHING HISTORY. IT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO MORE THAN 70 LANGUAGES – IT HAS EARNED THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST TRANSLATED BOOK BY A LIVING AUTHOR. A NOVEL THAT TOUCHES THE HEART AND THE SOUL.

TO EMBODY ITS SPIRIT IN A PEN, THE ARTISANS OF MONTEGRAPPA HAVE FASHIONED A FORM THAT ENCOMPASSES THE MYRIAD SYMBOLS EMBEDDED IN THE STORY. USING THE LOST WAX TECHNIQUE OF CASTING, THE PEN IS DECORATED WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SUN AND THE MOON ON THE CAP, THE BAND ONTO WHICH SUN AND MOON ARE ATTACHED INCORPORATING A ROTATING MECHANISM THAT GIVES THE SAME TACTILE SENSATION AS THE WINDING AND TIME-SETTING OF A MECHANICAL WATCH. PHYSICALLY, THE ALCHEMIST PEN COMMUNICATES THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF THE PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY THROUGH ACTUAL PIECES OF THE SEVEN METALS OF ALCHEMY INCORPORATED IN THE BODY; QUICKSILVER IS REPRESENTED BY ITS CHEMICAL SIGN. THE PEN’S POCKET CLIP OPENS AS DOES A CARTOGRAPHER*S DRAWING COMPASS. LIKE THE BOOK IT REPRESENTS, THE ALCHEMIST PEN OPERATES ON MANY LEVELS, AND ITS OWNERS WILL CONTINUE TO DISCOVER ITS MANY DETAILS IN SUBSEQUENT STUDIES.

1000 PENS FROM ALCHEMIST COLLECTION WAS MADE ENTIRELY IN STERLING SILVER WITH ACCENTS IN TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL. THERE ARE FOUR COLOURS OF ENAMEL, REPRESENTING THE FOUR ELEMENTS: AIR, FIRE, EARTH AND WATER. ONLY 125 FOUNTAIN PENS AND 125 ROLLERBALLS WERE MADE IN EACH COLOUR.

 **AS A WRITER, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMENSE POWER OF THE PEN. IT IS WITH THE PEN AND THE WRITTEN WORD THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE LIFE TO MY THOUGHTS AND REACH OUT TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. ALCHEMISTS WERE PIONEERS IN CHEMISTRY, METALLURGY AND BIOLOGY. MONTEGRAPPA IS THE ALCHEMIST OF PENS. IN THEIR ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY, THEY HAVE FORGED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WRITING INSTRUMENTS IN THE WORLD. I*M CONFIDENT THAT THE ALCHEMIST PEN WILL BECOME A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF WRITING IMPLEMENTS. ** PAULO COELHO