Most Expensive Pencil

Written by: jeremy Filed Under: Luxury on August 10th, 2009

World's Most Expensive Pencil

Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, purveyor of the Graf von Faber-Castell Collection, knows his writing instruments. They’ve been his family’s business since 1761, when Kasper Faber began producing pencils in Stein, Germany. In 1839, Baron Lothar von Faber created the world’s first branded writing instrument. In 2008, the Faber-Castell collection produced the world’s most expensive pencil.

A limited edition of the Graf von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil, the most expensive pencil is made of 240-year-old olive wood and has an endpiece and extender with built-in eraser and sharpener, all made of 18-carat white gold. The pen’s cap even features three diamonds beneath the Faber-Castell coat-of-arms.

Only ninety-nine limited edition Perfect Pencils were created. At a retail price of €9,000 (about $12,800), it truly is the world’s most expensive pencil.


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7 comments...What do you think?

  1. Posted by Joe Stahl 17th August, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    I see everyone is lining up to comment…..just as I am sure they are selling a ton of those pencils.

    Hello bys ang girls…can you say, “The marketing moron who came up with this idea could not get a job at Wal Mart”?

    Sheer stupidity. Oh, wait….I forgot the Hollywood market….My bad.

  2. Posted by Mana 21st August, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Who would sharpen that? or touch it?

  3. Posted by Miranda 29th August, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    What happens when the lead runs out?

  4. Posted by josh 31st August, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    lol, im sure spending nine thousand euro on a writing utensil that u must slowly distroy to keep sharp is a great investment!

  5. Posted by aliaskapopoy 31st August, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    What kind of moron would put down a “240-year-old olive wood” to make a few hundred pencils out of it?

  6. Posted by mohammad rafi hajizada 1st September, 2009 at 2:28 am

    i am the leading importer of pen and pencils in afghanistan , so i like unique things .this pencil is also a unique thing and its nice

  7. Posted by That guy you might know 13th September, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Imagine if someone broke it

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