Waterman Edson Boucheron specimen with production error

[Aleksn]

Does anyone have any insight as  a person or company that can provide a real world valuation of a   Waterman Edson Boucheron specimen with production error. This pen has been sitting in my collection for years and the other day I was looking at it and realized that the pen was made with a error in it. The gold webbing that covers the body of the pen was placed in the wrong position one portion dips down to line up with the nib. Instead of lining up with the nib it is 45 degrees off and lining  up with your thumb(if your right handed.see photos) From what I understand there were 10 specimen models made and they were suppose to be destroyed. I know of one other specimen that came to market years ago and was listed on ebay for what I thought was a astronomical price pf $50,000. Yes I have taken the pen apart to see if the webbing simply shifted but it has not it was simply made wrong. 

[rochester21]

Put it on ebay and find out the real value. Or...an auction house.

 

Do fountain pen production errors work the same as flawed coins? 

 

Why would i pay $50.000 for an Edson that looks wrong when a correctly aligned one costs $2000? 

 

I am sure there's a market for it, i hear hear people pay top dollar for dinosaur droppings so anything's possible. But personally i don't get it

[I-am-not-really-here]

From your description it seems to me it may simply be a barrel threading issue. This is a cartridge converter pen after all, right?  It's only 1/8 of a turn.

[OCArt]

The Carene has a method to adjust for this, perhaps the Edson has one too?  See 

 

[wspohn]

I'd think it would be worth less than a regular Boucheron - who wants a flawed pen?

[shalitha33]

Depends on the person who is buying it.

Error as in coins would make it rather unique and limited. That could add a premium.  Sort of like a vintage ripple pen with the wrong color mix.
https://vintagepensblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/waterman-five-color-ripple.html

[wspohn]

That would be great if you were right - I have a factory dud from Conway Stewart - a solid sterling (Francis) Drake with the threading made in error so that when you unscrew the cap the nib section comes with it. Wonder what I could get for that.....🙄

[shalitha33]

There is always a fine line between 'error' and 'damaged'. In the coin world a coin with salt water damage can either be graded as either Environmental Damage (obvious minus) or as Shipwreck coin (obvious plus). Both are physically the same. Other than for the salvage documentation that comes with one and not the other. Design errors on a coin (like a mule strike) can add value while other 'issues' can be seen as 'damaged' and deduct value.

[I-am-not-really-here]

Ooh, get that pen slabbed and graded!  Not.