In 1996 I became more and more interested in nice writing instruments and inks. Interestingly at the beginning of 1996 my grail pen was a Montblanc Meisterstück Classique Rollerball. 255 DM was a lot of money for me, still attending High School.
On my search for a good deal I ended up with a copy of parts from Montblanc's price list, which I recovered a few days ago when looking through some old stuff.
...by the way, I ended up with a used Meisterstück Classique Solitaire Rollerball in pinstripe Sterling Silver which I still use today once in a while. It was purchased from an antique store in Munich for slightly less than the list price of the black resin model.
A few numbers for your reference:
- the exchange rate for US $ to DM was in average: 1 US $ = 1,505 DM in 1996
- the exchange rate for DM to € was set to: 1 € = 1,95583 DM in 1998
- the list price for the Meisterstück 149 was 665 DM; today's list price is 750 € (c. 1467 DM) in Germany and US $ 935 (Dec. 2016)
