Montblanc 149 in 2000 and in 2024

[mke]

I have a number of "historical" catalogues (1998-2019) for pens in Japan. NOT Japanese pens. https://www.instagram.com/p/C8TKj-gvVjT/

 

Just for your "amusement".

I just saw that in 2000, a Montblanc 149 was 65000 Yen. That would be ¥72,526.27 ($493) in today's money.

But actually, the price is 151800 Yen ($1032). On Amazon, you can find them for 130000 Yen ($884).

 

gold price: $270 (2000) vs $2000+ /ounce (not adapted to today's money)

salary in 😧 25118 (2000) vs 42450 Euro (2023) (not adapted to today's money, I think)

MB earnings (didn't check)

 

salary data: https://www.sozialpolitik-aktuell.de/files/sozialpolitik-aktuell/_Politikfelder/Einkommen-Armut/Datensammlung/PDF-Dateien/tabIII1.pdf

gold price: https://www.gold.org/goldhub/data/gold-prices

 

Just for your information: Used MB149 are available on Yahoo Auctions for 30000-50000 Yen.