FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF BONHAMS NEW YORK'S JUNE SALE OF FINE WRITING INSTRUMENTS, THE AUCTIONEERS WILL PRESENT ANOTHER EXCITING FINE PEN SALE ON 19.AUGUST. CONSISTING OF JUST OVER 400 LOTS, THE SALE WILL INCLUDE RARE, LIMITED EDITIONS PENS BY MONTBLANC, DUNHILL AND LOIMINCHAY AS WELL AS FEATURE A NUMBER OF DUNHILL-NAMIKI PENS EXEMPLIFYING THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO ICONIC MAKERS. AMONGST THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LOTS WILL BE DUNHILL-NAMIKI LAKE BIWA MAKI-E FOUNTAIN PEN. THIS ARTIST SIGNED VINTAGE MAKI-E FOUNTAIN PEN COMBINES SEVERAL OF THE FINEST JAPANESE LACQUER TECHNIQUES AND IS THE RESULT OF THE FAMOUS 1930s COLLABORATION BETWEEN DUNHILL AND NAMIKI. EXTREMELY RARE, THE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE IS ESTIMATED AT $15,000 TO $30,000. ALSO OF INTEREST WILL BE A DUNHILL-NAMIKI MOTORITES MAKI-E LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN. DETAILED IN GOLD DUST AND MOTHER OF PEARL RADEN, THE DESIGN INCORPORATES WHEELS AND FLAMES IN HONOR OF DUNHILL'S ORIGINAL EARLY 1900s 'DUNHILL MOTORITES' LINE OF AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES. LIMITED EDITION 09/25, THE PEN IS OFFERED WITH ALL ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND PAPERS AND CARRIES AN ESTIMATE OF $20,000 TO $30,000. ROUNDING OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SALE IS A KRONE PINK STINGRAY LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN. RECALLING TROPICAL BEACHES, THE PEN IS MADE IN STERLING SILVER WITH GENUINE PINK STINGRAY CAP WITH PINK DIAMONDS ENCIRCLING THE CAP AND SURMOUNTING THE TOP. LIMITED EDITION 3/8, THE PEN IS ESTIMATED AT $8,000 TO $10,000. PREVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE AT BONHAMS' NEW YORK FROM 16.AUGUST TO 18.AUGUST.
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