So someone like Elizabeth II or Donald Trump, with more money than they know what to do with, will buy this and casually lay it on a desk...meanwhile, in 3rd world countries, there are starving masses who can't read or write and have no need of a pen.
Van Cleef and Arpels should have more sense.

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My wife bought me a Ferrari for Valentine's Day.All I got her was this Lousy pen.

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They should have at least mentioned where you could buy one! LOL! I hope insurance is included in the purchase price!

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To the wanna-be-puker ranting about people with wealth and appreciation for fine, rare and precious materials and workmanship being ignorant, greedy, foolish and blind...did it ever occur to you that is these very people who just may be the reason 318,000 children don't die of starvation every day!!! Sorry but you win the ignorant label today, my friend. Unless, perhaps you are a frustrated communist dictator seeking any possible excuse to bash all people who act, speak, live, believe & perceive differently than you do while at the same time portraying yourself as "the righteous one" so superior to even those more educated, worldly and wise than you. The few with their eyes wide open see the sickness in your psyche. Get well soon.

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The pen is exquisite albeit being very expensive. More expensive than warrants I think, but the concealed settings and mastery of craftsmanship looks incredible.

You know, you can complain about the excessive use of stones, how it can feed the children, cure aids, or other banal cliche farms found in these fora, but the fact of the matter is this: This pen is the flagship model celebrating the centennials of two renouned companies. Handmade with finest materials, it is impeccable, a work of art. I can guarantee you that these will be purchased by true purists of the art of writing instruments and not by born-rich libertines. When was the last time Paris Hilton bought a Renoir ?

"Why" ? (Aside from being an investment) For the same reason museums and benefactors spend millions on paintings - owning a unique piece of history and appreciating (or letting others) the mastery of it. Hardly a case of self indulgence.

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It saddens me to know that such self-indulgence is alive and well in this day and age. Someone who feels they need to spend money to be noticed is truley lacking in self-esteem, money only pays bills, it can not improve an empty soul.

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It makes me want to puke. It shows the heigth of human ignorance and greed foolishness and blindness. Do these people who make or buy these things know 18,000 children die daily from starvation? sick sick world we live and die in...Thank God for the few with eyes wide open..

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dont believe a pen could cost £3,70000. must say a real antique piece in the world. thanks.

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I am very sorry but I find the price tag on this pen to be quite disgusting. I dont know who is worse really, the corporate company that designed this pen and put it up for sale in order to bag the almight dollar, or the person that will no doubt ultimately purchase this bauble merely to make a statement that says "I can afford to buy it therefore I do". I've been a pen turner for a little over a year now and I make some gorgeous pens in woods and acrylics though I would never ever even think about putting such perverse price tags on my pieces. You see, my philosophy unlike corporate america, is to offer the best quality product possible at the most reasonable price that I possibly can. Sadly this point gets lost somewhere in the larger companies which is quite a shame. Perhaps this is why the economy is so messed up? Yes I might not get rich, and I might not get to live the jet setter lifestyle, but I know for a fact that I will live a good life and make a decent living doing something that I really enjoy doing. Imagine that? Maybe you should!!

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It's perfect like MBL, Maybach, Ferretti...

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