Omas FAO 50th anniversary commemorative fountain pen - with paperweight

[dawncloak]

Dear friends

 

In 1995, the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations tasked the artist Giò Pomodoro to create a commemorative fountain pen, to celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary.

 

The pen is piston-filled, with a 18k medium big and comes inside a marble paperweight. The lid of the paperweight, as you can see, has the logo and motto of the organization.

The run was limited to 1000 pens, and you would be getting pen #0807.

 

I bought this pen myself at the FAO gift shop for my father, but he didn't like it. This pen has been filled, emptied and (obsessively) cleaned exactly once. It has never written more than 3 or 4 words.

 

You can see more pictures of one of these pens in mint condition here. (Click link)

 

The original box has been lost to time, but everything else (the paperweight, felt sleeve) is in mint condition, and the pen itself has been used, as I mentioned, once.

 

I am shipping from Austria through your preferred (registered) method. Contact me to discuss payment modalities, escrow or any other details.

 

I am selling it for 700$ (that is, USD).

 

Feel free to contact me for any additional info, if you want a videocall to look at it again or simply to say nice things!

Best regards