Product Description
Type Luxury rollerball pen
Product Name "The Great Race" Limited Edition (Marked with a serial number on the end of the barrel (076), and a Curtis Australia catalog says that 500 were produced).
Manufacturer and Year Curtis, Australia - 2008
Length 5-1/2", and very hefty. It weighs 112 grams, or 4 ounces!
Filling System The pen will take standard international rollerball refills. A working refill branded "Curtis Australia" is installed.
Color Elaborate sterling silver (with hallmarks). Cityscapes from New York, Moscow, and Paris; details of the three winning cars from USA, Germany, and Italy; details of various automotive accessories, and etched words commemorating The Great Race are among the elements included.
Condition New old stock condition with no cracks, chips, dents or dings. This is a unique, very heavy, highly decorated, commemorative and limited edition pen (#076). All imprints and hallmarks are clear. The cap and barrel look excellent, with all the deep engraving intact and impressive. There is light tarnish marks as well as microscratching on the cap band area and on the clip. The end or the barrel where the limited edition numbering is has light scratching. No box or paperwork.
Curtis Australia is a luxury brand of primarily watches and jewelry. They use their jewelry-making skills in creating lovely decorative writing instruments.
