Most Expensive Pencil
Written by: jeremy Filed Under: Luxury on August 10th, 2009
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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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.
Who would sharpen that? or touch it?
What happens when the lead runs out?
lol, im sure spending nine thousand euro on a writing utensil that u must slowly distroy to keep sharp is a great investment!
What kind of moron would put down a “240-year-old olive wood” to make a few hundred pencils out of it?
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
Imagine if someone broke it
better to buy some gift for ur wife than a pencil.
Can you just put diamonds on everything and call it the most expensive thing? We have that many spares diamond?? WTH
Oh, and what’s with the 240 year-old olive tree, who would make pencils out of that???
if someone told me they’d spent 9k on a pencil i’d punch them in the face.
What kind of pencil is that!?! This thing is only for collection. Nobody will use it. I bet nonbody have bought this freaking thing. Just buy the most expensive pen! Its way better czause it master piece. P.S> I bought one.
who would buy that thing
“Hey man! look at this cool pencil i just bought for $12,800!!” (you accidently drop it and it snaps in half.)