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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Joe Stahl August 17, 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.

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Mana August 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Who would sharpen that? or touch it?

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Miranda August 29, 2009 at 12:07 pm

What happens when the lead runs out?

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josh August 31, 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!

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aliaskapopoy August 31, 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?

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mohammad rafi hajizada September 1, 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

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That guy you might know September 13, 2009 at 7:52 pm

Imagine if someone broke it

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hamed November 24, 2009 at 7:51 am

better to buy some gift for ur wife than a pencil.

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Jack November 24, 2009 at 5:22 pm

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???

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r jones December 5, 2009 at 12:48 pm

if someone told me they’d spent 9k on a pencil i’d punch them in the face.

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jamilaa August 12, 2010 at 11:08 pm

Lmaoo, soo true

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Souja Boy December 7, 2009 at 9:02 pm

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.

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lucky December 14, 2009 at 6:59 am

who would buy that thing

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link2link225 January 25, 2010 at 7:38 pm

“Hey man! look at this cool pencil i just bought for $12,800!!” (you accidently drop it and it snaps in half.)

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XxBilly bob bob BillyxX March 22, 2010 at 7:41 pm

It runs out eventually :P

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Dee May 1, 2010 at 2:23 am

waste of money when the lead runs out, bound to get stolen or it’ll snap when u drop it

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Muhammad Khalid July 18, 2010 at 8:00 pm

If I had $12,000 I surely should have spend it among poor deserving people. You need to feed the poors instead of buying pencils for nothing.

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Heather August 22, 2010 at 11:23 am

They should make a cheaper version, just with the built in pencil sharpener

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commonSense August 23, 2010 at 9:56 am

I bathe in hundred dollar bills, I have bought 12 of those pencils for my 12 umpa loompa slaves.

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